How Do You Treat Time?

[Arianne Beaudonet]

I'm of the same mind as many here. I tend to use my own time as Eorzea's time, though I do use the current weather conditions in game in rp. This isn't the first MMO I've played were a day in game is much shorter than a real life day and that's just the way I've always done it. It's just easier that way.

 

As for the Aetheryte/travel discussion, I know the Aetheryte's are canon so I kind of take the middle ground on using them. Arielle doesn't like using them at all. They make her feel strange when she uses them, similar to the intro scene for those of us that aren't legacy players. She will almost always try to find another way to travel, even if it takes longer. Her sister, on the other hand, is more comfortable with using the Aetheryte's, but she doesn't abuse their use. She's practical in her use. Does she really need to be at such and such a place in a matter of seconds? Is it an emergency? If the answer is no, she will use use other means to get her destination (ie, chocobo, boat, wagon, etc). Same with the airships. The only time she will use them is if it is on official business for the Grand Companies and they require her to take the airship.

 

Just my 2 cents on how I rp it.

[Braddock]

This may have been discussed before on an older thread, but I can't find it, so I'm going to start a new one (or the first one.)

 

Right, so, time. How do you treat RP time? Do you act as if RP conversations last as many days as the in-game day-night cycle passes? Do you treat the in-game time as corresponding to your own time? Do you never think about time, and exist in stasis?

 

I'm curious how the various RPers of FFXIV treat time, the rate of it passing, and all of that in regard to RP.

 

For me, time is fluid.

 

IG time, a minute is about 4 of our seconds (I counted it, so feel free to do so as well).  Which can make it a little odd having an RP that lasts 2 hours IRL be like a few days IG.  So I don't ever use that.

 

When it comes to RP on the forums or in MSN or Skype, I don't have a set time unless it must happen before or after a certain event.  That's really when time matters to me.

 

Other than that, not really.