(09-03-2017, 10:51 PM)OboeShoes Wrote: Is there any specific details as to when this time occurred? Would it be possible to have a character who lived during that time?
We don't know. That was basically the devs going "hello here is our fantasy version of the Bakumatsu" in a few throwaway lines during the SAM quests. Even the Sekiseigumi is just a red recolor of the RL Shinsengumi. (Correction: either fantasy Bakumatsu or fantasy Sengoku. Probably the latter.)
If you go off the Garlean occupation of Doma, then it was at the very least 25 years ago. Likely more. But that's just speculation.