Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-5019018-20170811014154/@comment-18014300-20171026032455

Master Sima Yi wrote: While that is certainly possible, I think for consistency's sake it'd be better to use the Assassin insignias for some and not others. Besides, in my mind there's more to the universe than the Assassins and therefore I'd say it's better to reflect that in these images. That way, it's also very much possible to make eras for Assassins, Templars and Instruments; after all, I don't see why they shouldn't get eras. I don't remember exactly all the developing ideas we briefly discussed over this on Discord, but first, I would like to say that if there's a reason for factions not to get eras, it would be because... they're not eras o.O... which are settings, not groups of people. I don't mean that in a condescending way, but a teasing way because I know that's just arguing semantics.

Because aside from that point, I'm open to including factions in the so-called "eras" bar.

However, I think we should first clarify what we want out of "eras". I think we should tackle that question at its roots first. I forgot exactly what you and Nesty said before on Discord about this, but I am convinced that delineating exact eras isn't necessarily the best idea, so I'm actually open to the idea of abolishing them altogether and leaving only faction icons.

So again, I think the question we really need to be asking is: what function and purpose do we want out of this header bar thus far named eras. I think they don't need to be eras necessarily if you want faction icons for example.