I don't have any issue with people retconning parts of characters when the devs have clobbered them with lore drops. We often play in grey areas of lore, and so adjustments often have to be made when the devs fill those areas in. That said, IMO, one should generally try to avoid areas that are likely to get sketched out in the future to avoid getting clobbered. Even when people are okay with retcons, they can be quite jarring.
In terms of the lore panel answers, none of them affect my characters. The whole "there are other ways to get White Magic" opens up a new potential avenue for RP (or, one might say, validates a position I've held on Jobs), but I'm going to hold off on pursuing that until we know more. I did have to make a minor adjustment to L'yhta's background when we found out about the low literacy rate of Eorzea, but that wasn't anything particularly problematic as it didn't change her present state, only her past.
I do feel a bit bad for pureblood Garlean defectors who've decided to play highly trained mages, however... the devs did more or less obliterate those characters with a single answer.
In terms of the lore panel answers, none of them affect my characters. The whole "there are other ways to get White Magic" opens up a new potential avenue for RP (or, one might say, validates a position I've held on Jobs), but I'm going to hold off on pursuing that until we know more. I did have to make a minor adjustment to L'yhta's background when we found out about the low literacy rate of Eorzea, but that wasn't anything particularly problematic as it didn't change her present state, only her past.
I do feel a bit bad for pureblood Garlean defectors who've decided to play highly trained mages, however... the devs did more or less obliterate those characters with a single answer.
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