(10-18-2014, 09:22 PM)Merri Wrote:(10-18-2014, 08:51 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:(10-18-2014, 08:34 PM)Aya Wrote:I was hoping that they would explain that the Echo is actually more common than the super-special-snowflake storyline was suggesting.(10-18-2014, 08:09 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: So, uh, yeah. You are perfectly justified in playing a regular Joe if being that super-special snowflake doesn't sit right with you.How could there ever have been any question about this? O.O
The story line is an obvious single-player story thrust upon an MMO.
But NOPE!
This was actually answered in 1.0 to an extent, but no so much in ARR. The echo isn't common in relation to the general populace. There are, however, a lot of people who awoke with the echo. It was inferred that the Path of the Twelve (which disbanded after the calamity) had many members. Again, in comparison to the general populace, a couple hundred people scattered across Eorzea is next to nothing. It's not as exclusive as people seem to think, though. At least, it wasn't during 1.0, and some of those characters are still around.
The path of the twelve was only secretive because they were fearful of people figuring out about their "gift" and being afraid of them. Not because it was five or six people working in the dark.
If you want your character to have the echo, give it to them. If you don't abuse it, most people shouldn't really care. It's a part of the world, and opens doors to interesting possibilities that would otherwise be unfeasible.
But yeah. Just my opinion, on top of what was established in 1.0
Pretty much everything Merri said. The Echo is uncommon when you consider the entire population. But since it is canon that adventurers have certain qualities (aetheryte travel, for example) that set them apart from the rest of the population, it could be argued that the Echo is fairly common within the adventurer population -- it's just a matter of people knowing/realizing it's there.Â
I'm actually surprised that more people RP not having the Echo, even as a latent thing that they don't ever use or acknowledge. It honestly didn't seem to be that big of a deal to me as long as it wasn't being abused.
