(06-08-2016, 10:57 AM)Telluride Wrote:(06-08-2016, 09:51 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Something that I've been mentally chewing on since I saw it, but it unrelated to Ishgard itself:
We watch Lucia block a stream of fire with her shield, which sends her back dramatically but leaves her unharmed. Lucia's a pure-blooded Garlean with a third eye. That means she can't channel aether. THAT means that "ordinary" people can definitely do things at a higher power level: Her sword also shoots off big bursts of energy during the Steps battle.
Seems pretty concrete to me that the "baseline" of power is higher than Earth-Mortal standards!
Could be that she's got some high-quality equipment that has its own infusion of aether. It would be appropriate for Lucia, of all people in Ishgard, to have it. After all, the lack of jumping dragoons and godlike powers in that cutscene indicate that the loss of the Knights Twelve hasn't exactly been addressed yet, not that we ever actually saw those guys doing much of anything useful besides hassling the WoL's buddies and being Thordan's personal guard.
Could also be that the Storyboard team and the Lore team missed their lunch dates and weren't exactly in tune with each other.
Actually, it is never said that Garleans cannot channel Aether, just that they cannot wield magic. Two different, if similar things. This gone over a little in the Warring Triad side story where Urianger is trying to figure out who screwed up his wards.
