(09-17-2015, 01:26 PM)Ashe Wrote: I would take all 1.0 class lore (not regular lore like the history of Hydaelyn) with a grain of salt and here is why:Â
1) Â Most players don't play by this lore because most people are not 1.0 players. Yes, some know the 1.0 class lore but majority do not and majority will have no idea what you're talking about.
2) Â The lore team working on FFXIV now retconned most of the classes. Black Magic currently isn't really life or death magic as it was in 1.0, but it's more of a technique of using thaumaturgy that takes aether from the earth, destroying the land, and making your own magic stupidly powerful. If used incorrectly, you risk spontaneous combustion (as seen in 3.0).
3) Â The 1.0 THMs were much much much darker than the ones now. I feel like it would be difficult to RP with that explanation of the magic. If you go around RPing that kind of special snowflake who harms themselves for the sake of their magic, people may be turned away.
I RP a black mage who does not cast correctly and, therefore, doesn't cast often at all.Â
My advice would be don't go further than replacing your eye with materia or something minor that isn't like, "My character has an ironworks magiteck arm after cutting it off and sacrificing it to the void to make his magic the most powerful ever." or something....either way, I wold take the 1.0 class lore with a grain of salt 'cause it is 90% defunct.
As far as I know, the devs haven't retconned any of the base class lore (i.e. Thaumaturges, Conjurers, etc).
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