(07-10-2015, 12:49 PM)Thorgar Wrote: not to derail the thread but i was under the impression from the game dialogue that Primals showing up was far more common. after i killed Ifrit in MSQ, and dealing with the grand companies it seemed that they had to put down ifrit time and again. the language used made it seem far more common than just a handful of times.
where does it state that it has happened only a couple of times total?
No where at all. The implication from both 1.0 and 2.0 onward is that the beast tribes regularly summon their primals. That is what they are going after crystals for. That said, one could debate the frequency of when a primal is summoned to go into full combat rage mode, or just to temper/drown/whatever a new batch of servants. It is also debateable what power level a primal has when it is summoned. All that is required for every primal summoning is a large amount of aether, but the amount of aether and technique seems to be a determining factor.Â
The Grand Companies are largely tied up preventing the hostile beast tribes from gathering enough crystals/aether to summon them. The fact that primals can only be dissipated and not killed is a factor. Hence the Alagans and others coming up with more permanent and strange solutions to the primal problem. I mean, look at Odin. Odin pretty much shows up when ever he damn well feels like it, it is part of his nature.
