Real time vs Sundren time

[LuxA]

Is one year of real time the same as one year in Sundren? I've noticed people treat the passage of real days and in-game day/night cycles differently.

[Lotus]

There is no standard. It's best to use vague language to refer to the passage of time, and I assume that PCs don't talk from sundown to sun-up to sundown again. Every once in a while, we'll move the server timeline forward, but trying to track it in-game is a futile exercise.

[Kirin]

I use the general rule of thumb that days are roughly realtime, but years only move at the "speed of plot", and changes when the staff says it changes.

[Peridan]

The timeline on the wiki is structured so as to make one year real time being two years game time.

[Doubtful]

Think of server time in much the same way as you would a a lyrca costume. It stretches and adapts to fit the form its needed for, bulging or contorting as needed, sometimes uncomfortably so.

For instance, the walk from the Sunderer's Gate to The Pit should take a while, IG its around 50km. Not a few couple of mins to hop transitions. As lotus says, its best to disregard the march of days during a single conversation, though this can be abruptly changed if a night dweller arrives.

Hours of event time can represent seconds of event time (if things go round based), weeks or days can be handwaved away and it can take multiple sessions over weeks to represent a day or less in game.

Speed of plot, a day or two for each real day or whatever suits. Ideally, keep it vague.

[LuxA]

Think of server time in much the same way as you would a a lyrca costume.

So shiny and pretty to look at but not very warm.

[Kitsunestume]

For instance, the walk from the Sunderer's Gate to The Pit should take a while, IG its around 50km. Not a few couple of mins to hop transitions.

I have a chart for that! Not canonically vetted, but still relatively accurate. So that walk would take 2 days. Meaning that unless you are a high level wizard with conjurations to burn, 'a quick trip to town' is never actually all that quick - a good thing to keep in mind when someone is in a time-critical situation and Sendings for backup.

[Missyb1]

Well unless you have mad dimension door skills and have to cast it 4 times... *cough* James *cough*

[Artemis]

From what I remember it is ten minutes per game hour. You can do the math from there.

[Kitsunestume]

Sundren uses 6-minutes-per-hour for day-night cycle and buff timers, but in terms of RP that makes a 3 hour conversation (not unusual) take a straight day-and-a-half, as mentioned by Lotus.

I think the OP is primarily asking about time in terms of roleplay speed of the characters compared to how fast events are marked for us as players.