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RE: Primals in RP? - Mermaid - 07-09-2017
(07-09-2017, 02:05 AM)Kieron Lohengrin Wrote:Of course summons have always been a thing but that instance of it is inconsistent with how it's been handled previously in this game. Which is to say it's not:(07-08-2017, 11:51 PM)Valic Wrote: Also wanted to ask about what the deal with the boss of Xephatol is doing summoning Garuda so easily... and then she just poofs?
it's a final fantasy game
summons have always been a thing
A. Summoned through tons of prayers and crystals and hangs around draining aether from the land.
or
B. A little Egi summoned by a summoner.
RE: Primals in RP? - L'ohba Tia - 07-09-2017
(07-09-2017, 02:54 AM)Mermaid Wrote:(07-09-2017, 02:05 AM)Kieron Lohengrin Wrote:Of course summons have always been a thing but that instance of it is inconsistent with how it's been handled previously in this game. Which is to say it's not:(07-08-2017, 11:51 PM)Valic Wrote: Also wanted to ask about what the deal with the boss of Xephatol is doing summoning Garuda so easily... and then she just poofs?
it's a final fantasy game
summons have always been a thing
A. Summoned through tons of prayers and crystals and hangs around draining aether from the land.
or
B. A little Egi summoned by a summoner.
Primal rules have been bending for a while now, and Alphinaud very briefly commented on it. It's becoming easier to summon them. Shinryu was summoned by Ilberd to fuel his own wishes of creating another Calamity, directly conflicting with the wishes of the sacrifices he used who were praying for Rhalgr. Who got what they wanted? Ilberd. And in Stormblood, there are two instances of accidental primal summonings.
RE: Primals in RP? - Zelmanov - 07-09-2017
(07-09-2017, 03:15 AM)L Wrote:(07-09-2017, 02:54 AM)Mermaid Wrote:(07-09-2017, 02:05 AM)Kieron Lohengrin Wrote:Of course summons have always been a thing but that instance of it is inconsistent with how it's been handled previously in this game. Which is to say it's not:(07-08-2017, 11:51 PM)Valic Wrote: Also wanted to ask about what the deal with the boss of Xephatol is doing summoning Garuda so easily... and then she just poofs?
it's a final fantasy game
summons have always been a thing
A. Summoned through tons of prayers and crystals and hangs around draining aether from the land.
or
B. A little Egi summoned by a summoner.
Primal rules have been bending for a while now, and Alphinaud very briefly commented on it. It's becoming easier to summon them. Shinryu was summoned by Ilberd to fuel his own wishes of creating another Calamity, directly conflicting with the wishes of the sacrifices he used who were praying for Rhalgr. Who got what they wanted? Ilberd. And in Stormblood, there are two instances of accidental primal summonings.
Got a theory that the ease in summoning is directly tied to the weakening of Hydaelyn, since Primals are nothing but aether (belonging to hydaelyn) focused and given form through prayer and thoughts. Considering that a dispelled primal stays an entity within the lifestream, perhaps as hydaelyn weakens, it becomes easier and easier to cross the barrier back into the living world.
RE: Primals in RP? - Maia - 07-09-2017
I think that summoning Primals is becoming way more common in the recent storyline, but it doesn't seem any easier for non-WoL types to take them down. It took an NPC character death to entrap the Primal that Ilberd summoned, and then...