What's up with the date of birth in this game?

[Ramon]

Does it effect the gameplay at all?

[Kiana]

Originally posted by shoki:

Originally posted by The Mayor of Murder Town:

I can't tell if you're making a joke or if you actually believe that, and I'm not sure which is worse.

It's simple math. 1day in eorzea is 72min of our time. ARR has been released 3years ago. Considering that they use the same calendar as we do just count it up and you'll end around 80years.

That is assuming the in game clock matches the time that passes in canon. Which is a fairly big assumption.

In Tactics, Tactics Advance and A2, years can pass through the gameplay calender, while no cutscenes acknowledge more than a few days passing at most.

"Gameplay and Story Segretation", I believe TVTropes calls it.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by Kiana:

Originally posted by shoki:

It's simple math. 1day in eorzea is 72min of our time. ARR has been released 3years ago. Considering that they use the same calendar as we do just count it up and you'll end around 80years.

That is assuming the in game clock matches the time that passes in canon. Which is a fairly big assumption.

In Tactics, Tactics Advance and A2, years can pass through the gameplay calender, while no cutscenes acknowledge more than a few days passing at most.

"Gameplay and Story Segretation", I believe TVTropes calls it.

It's not only a big assumption, it's also wrong, with so many numerous ways to point out how. Let's start with the fact that the day-night cycle is often disregarded in-story, with many cutscenes opting for a particular time of day regardless of what time you enter them. Or that it's entirely perspective-based to use a day-night cycle that has been running for three years in a story that could have only just started yesterday. Or that characters refer to events from before the Calamity as a single-digit number of years.

Originally posted by ♋️LunarCainEX🐶:

Here we have the Timeline of Final Fantasy XIV that the Entire Community decipher from the Lore
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV/Timeline

Final Fantasy XIV started in the Sixth Astral Era till the Seventh Umbral Era.
Final Fantasy XIV ARR started right at Seventh Umbral Era until Seventh Astral Era
(We start in Year 5)

Umbral eras begin as a result of some form of calamity, schism, or collapse.
Astral eras are triggered when you've recovered from or exceeded the Umbral Era's trigger.

We can assume the Dark Heroes we met could be during their time of Sixth Astral Era as their final Battle when Bahamut broke out in the mist of battle between Eorzea Alliance and Garlean Empire in Year 1572.

Which can't really determine character age, which is what this is all about.

Originally posted by ♋️LunarCainEX🐶:

But thats just make it confusing all the more as to why do we need 2 different world, 2 different heroes (Dark and Light) and the Trailer which shows the Dark Heroes just makes it more complicated are we playing with Chaos Theory or something.

We don't have two worlds. We have thirteen.

[Frowny]

Birthdate doesn't change stats, that's the diety you choose which does. Just like with race bonuses, outside the very few exceptions (Dunesfolk lala BLMs not needing a piety meld) they're just for RP and make no difference.

[Deso Lark]

Originally posted by ♋️LunarCainEX🐶:

Here we have the Timeline of Final Fantasy XIV that the Entire Community decipher from the Lore
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV/Timeline

Final Fantasy XIV started in the Sixth Astral Era till the Seventh Umbral Era.
Final Fantasy XIV ARR started right at Seventh Umbral Era until Seventh Astral Era
(We start in Year 5)

Umbral eras begin as a result of some form of calamity, schism, or collapse.
Astral eras are triggered when you've recovered from or exceeded the Umbral Era's trigger.

We can assume the Dark Heroes we met could be during their time of Sixth Astral Era as their final Battle when Bahamut broke out in the mist of battle between Eorzea Alliance and Garlean Empire in Year 1572.

Only that we are 2 different World as the Dark Heroes world is dying while ours is still florish but for who knows how long due to the Ascians depleting Hydaelyn.

But thats just make it confusing all the more as to why do we need 2 different world, 2 different heroes (Dark and Light) and the Trailer which shows the Dark Heroes just makes it more complicated are we playing with Chaos Theory or something.

Everything about this is so hilariously incorrect that I can't even.

Edit: autofill ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Originally posted by Deso Lark:

Everything about this is so hilariously incorrect that I can't even.

Edit: autofill ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

1: Why Necro 2017 Old Thread
2: The entire Lore has been established and explored by the Efforts of the FFXIV Community.
3: If you think its all wrong, i dare you to try challenge the FFXIV Community at the Official Forums.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by Deso Lark:

Originally posted by ♋️LunarCainEX🐶:

Here we have the Timeline of Final Fantasy XIV that the Entire Community decipher from the Lore
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV/Timeline

Final Fantasy XIV started in the Sixth Astral Era till the Seventh Umbral Era.
Final Fantasy XIV ARR started right at Seventh Umbral Era until Seventh Astral Era
(We start in Year 5)

Umbral eras begin as a result of some form of calamity, schism, or collapse.
Astral eras are triggered when you've recovered from or exceeded the Umbral Era's trigger.

We can assume the Dark Heroes we met could be during their time of Sixth Astral Era as their final Battle when Bahamut broke out in the mist of battle between Eorzea Alliance and Garlean Empire in Year 1572.

Only that we are 2 different World as the Dark Heroes world is dying while ours is still florish but for who knows how long due to the Ascians depleting Hydaelyn.

But thats just make it confusing all the more as to why do we need 2 different world, 2 different heroes (Dark and Light) and the Trailer which shows the Dark Heroes just makes it more complicated are we playing with Chaos Theory or something.

Everything about this is so hilariously incorrect that I can't even.

Edit: autofill ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

To be fair, he posted that two years before we fully understood the differences between worlds. Back then we really did think events on the first happened mostly the same way as they did on the Source, instead of, as we know now, so different that nothing is even called the same thing. So it's wrong, but it's an understandable lack-of-information wrong.

[Deso Lark]

Originally posted by The Mayor of Murder Town:

Originally posted by Deso Lark:

Everything about this is so hilariously incorrect that I can't even.

Edit: autofill ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

To be fair, he posted that two years before we fully understood the differences between worlds. Back then we really did think events on the first happened mostly the same way as they did on the Source, instead of, as we know now, so different that nothing is even called the same thing. So it's wrong, but it's an understandable lack-of-information wrong.

That's fair.

[Legion]

there was supposed to be a system added that would take your birthday and your guardian deity thing into consideration and do something. but it was scrapped....

[Mio Rin]

Originally posted by Legion:

there was supposed to be a system added that would take your birthday and your guardian deity thing into consideration and do something. but it was scrapped....

That was probably for the best.
Otherwise someone would've BigBrained the stronkestest minmax and we'd have yet another meta layer to get policed on.

[galacticcorgi]

Originally posted by ♋️LunarCainEX🐶:

Originally posted by Deso Lark:

Everything about this is so hilariously incorrect that I can't even.

Edit: autofill ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me.

1: Why Necro 2017 Old Thread
2: The entire Lore has been established and explored by the Efforts of the FFXIV Community.
3: If you think its all wrong, i dare you to try challenge the FFXIV Community at the Official Forums.

It's not been 80+ years in-game. It's not even been a year. It's why, every year at the Rising, they say it's been Five Years Since The Calamity. The XIV community also sometimes thinks that the Ascians are right and genocide is the answer, so forgive me if I roll my eyes at this.

[RopeDrink]

Birthdate:
1st Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon (essentially the 1st of August - my actual birthday - seeing as they use half the amount of months we do in reality).

Guardian:
Rhalgr, the Destroyer

Both of these had miniscule effects - probably since been removed entirely.

Back when I made my character in ARR, the birthday would give you specific (negligible) stats that don't really effect the game, eg. a bit more MIND or less STR (but only in 1-3's), as did the choice of Guardian. It may have been related to 1.0 or somesuch, but has no real relevance now.