(07-21-2015, 08:00 AM)Tumensuns Wrote: It's more of a question of continuity, not people just being mean spirited. If fantasia was as readily available, then why aren't we weaponizing it(as someone had said earlier in this thread)? Or why haven't we seen instances of it in the main story? Sure would have helped with the whole Ul'dah thing if we could just change form.
Because, as Fernehalwes said at the London Fan Fest, Fantasia can only turn you into what you (the drinker) actually really feel that you truly are and truly want to be. So, it can't be used as a weapon, to facilitate crime, to escape danger, and so on; it simply doesn't work that way. It just lets you transform yourself into the thing you want to be deep in your heart.
Now, sure, you can argue that he was just being playful with an answer and that the fact that it never shows up in the MSQ is an argument against its existence, but IMO, there's enough "cover" at this point to justify Fantasia's existence, as well as enough lore regarding its rarity to justify people being quite skeptical about it ICly (though don't forget full body glamours, which show up in several quest lines).
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