So, we do know that the world is essentially in a Simpsons time bubble and the only definite movement is from 1.0 to 2.0. However, recently I've been questioning what exactly are the times.
As in, is Eorzea still primitive or is it safe to assume your average Ul'dah merchant wouldn't balk at a gun, concept of a hot shower and could operate a tomestone of frivolity?
tl;dr incoming
You have job quests that show that formerly exclusive job paths are becoming more and more open to the masses, seasonal events which are very modern and out of the norm (See casually coddling and parading a voidsent for All Saint's Wake) but then snap back to the MSQ. The snazzy leather jackets, jeans and 20th century fashion go poof with turbans, tunics and whatever era you'd call Ala Mhigan fashion.
From mass production of guns back to sticks and rocks.
Interior design is also harder to place since we can't go into every building the way we could in ARR. Sinks are a housing item, toilets are actually coming soon, and other indoor plumbing. Do they have this stuff in Gridania too or are people respecting the elementals with free "fertilizer."
Saying all this to sate my curiosity on the state of the world on the Source. A lot has happened since 2.0, and as the expansions go on, I'd like a more clear understanding on what constitutes as the norm or standard in a world where a chocobo carriage can slowly carry on, and then vroom vroom two Adventurers are doing sick donuts in a Regalia and SDS Fenrir.
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As in, is Eorzea still primitive or is it safe to assume your average Ul'dah merchant wouldn't balk at a gun, concept of a hot shower and could operate a tomestone of frivolity?
tl;dr incoming
You have job quests that show that formerly exclusive job paths are becoming more and more open to the masses, seasonal events which are very modern and out of the norm (See casually coddling and parading a voidsent for All Saint's Wake) but then snap back to the MSQ. The snazzy leather jackets, jeans and 20th century fashion go poof with turbans, tunics and whatever era you'd call Ala Mhigan fashion.
From mass production of guns back to sticks and rocks.
Interior design is also harder to place since we can't go into every building the way we could in ARR. Sinks are a housing item, toilets are actually coming soon, and other indoor plumbing. Do they have this stuff in Gridania too or are people respecting the elementals with free "fertilizer."
Saying all this to sate my curiosity on the state of the world on the Source. A lot has happened since 2.0, and as the expansions go on, I'd like a more clear understanding on what constitutes as the norm or standard in a world where a chocobo carriage can slowly carry on, and then vroom vroom two Adventurers are doing sick donuts in a Regalia and SDS Fenrir.
Continue reading...