(07-07-2015, 04:38 PM)Hammersmith Wrote: I'm one of those people who doesn't like to bring mechanical things like soul crystals into actual RP. Â They're literally weird skill switchers and they only show up for Warrior of Light stuff. Â Don't see them anywhere else.
In terms of the Soul Crystals...
PLD and DRG specifically refer to other people using soul crystals (PLD to the point where they give you one, you find another one and they strip it from you because it's a traitor's soul crystal).
WAR, BRD, BLM, SMN are essentially "revive the art" quests, so no other mention of soul crystals exist.
WHM ties it specifically to a certain deceased NPC, but implies that it is necessary to even be a white mage from what I remember.
SCH has you find one but is unnecessary if the art is learned properly - The fairy itself comes from the tablet Alka Zolka found rather than the crystal.
MCH uses its soul crystal as a power battery rather than a skill switcher. It's how you activate most of your aether mechanisms.
AST has one for... reasons - you just get the job and tutelage from a NPC.
DRK I am so out of the loop on that I can't really say.
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The point is, for certain classes they are a good part of the lore and for others they are essentially cheat sheets for you to learn the skills stupidly fast.
