(05-07-2015, 02:56 PM)theincubuslord Wrote: To be honest, I do think it's a rather douchebag move by Sqeenix to make such restrictions on the class lore.
"You can be a White Mage, but ONLY if you a Padjal (which you can't be) or if you are a Warrior of Light (which you can't be either)."
"You can be a Dragoon, but ONLY if you are an Elezen (or Hyur?) from Ishgard."
"You can be a Black Mage, but EVERYONE will hate you, because it is illegal."
"You can be a Dark Knight, but ONLY if you are one of the 12 that exists, and that means you HAVE to be that singular Warrior of Light chosen to be (which you cannot be)."
So yeah, I would rather bend the lore a bit and work around it rather than being an elitist about it, because as mentioned earlier, it is just too restrictive.
By SE's own admission at the lore panel, one of the reasons they write the job stories that way is to give the player character that Chosen One feel. It's an unfortunate consequence of the desire of devs to make people feel special -- which is great in a single-player game and not so much in an MMO.
To me, at least, lore-bending is reasonable to achieve your character concept, so long as it's done carefully and with a solid, plausible narrative justification. Part of that is not trying to do too much and part of that is also staying within the lore as much as you can. For instance, I can see a talented adventuring conjurer coming across an Allagan device that teaches them how to use Succor, as it sees their pure heart. I can't see an avowed warrior who destroys and pillages suddenly waking up one day as the chosen of the elementals.
It's a bit of a different circumstance, though, if SE comes right out and says, "X is not possible, period" or "X must and is always done this particular way." Then again, that's quite rare; even in the WHM case, the lore panel offered a pair of outs ("There are other ways of getting white magic. There are other groups trying to revive white magic using nefarious means.").
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