(12-06-2014, 01:58 PM)allgivenover Wrote:(12-06-2014, 01:48 PM)Gegenji Wrote: And on the subject of Jacke, I wouldn't put too much stock into that cutscene counting as straight lore. It's a literary device (slipping into nerd again, augh!) oft-used to show sneaky thief/ninja types moving away faster than the eye can follow. It's a "badass" establishing shot; he didn't turn an invisible through Stealth, he's just straight up gone. Same with the Ninja you come across.
Basically, while you CAN make an argument that aether must be being used, it's just as easy to be able to explain away how you can do it without.
That's cherry-picking. We have no way to do know what the devs intend us to consider lore worthy or simple game mechanics and given SE's treatment of it so far we're unlikely to ever get an official word on it.Â
Even so, if we strip out the mechanics entirely there's still the scene with Jacke, that alone is reason enough to discard the notion that it's not magical in the slightest.
I'm a software engineer too, but I don't see how that gives me or anyone authority on this.
So because the super-awesome thief that obviously has mad skills disappears in the brief moment of distraction caused by someone walking between the MC and him, it has to be aetheric? I'm not saying it's not - far from it - I'm just saying that you could explain it as him just having agility and speed beyond most normal folks, which is fitting to what is supposed to be the best Rogue ever (considering he's leading the entire Rogue's Guild). I'm basically arguing that there doesn't "have" to be an aetheric component to it like you posited. I'm basically just nitpicking your usage of "absolutely must" and providing a non-aetheric alternative to explain why it doesn't.
And, I should probably note, I'm not using my programming knowledge as a source of authority. I just mentioned it because of a deep-seated need to explain why I jumped to that answer first and foremost. Just like that guy from Ancient Aliens always jumps to "I'm not saying it's aliens, but ALIENS."
