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Kilieit · **07-03-2016, 02:37 PM**

(07-03-2016, 09:15 AM)Kellach Woods Wrote:
(07-02-2016, 04:53 PM)Kilieit Wrote: a) Ridiculously privileged political position. As a result of Minfilia and the Grand Company leaders speaking directly and personally in your favour, you are introduced to the absolute masters of every discipline (the job mentors) and learn directly from them. These masters gift you "job stones" (aka soul crystals - that's a whole other lore dump on its own, one of which was posted quite recently in another thread of this forum if you go looking), which accelerate the learning process, but are rare artefacts that are in some cases quite closely guarded. If the Warrior of Light was not the Warrior of Light, it's highly unlikely that they would be introduced not just to one absolute master and one soul crystal, but multiple...

To be fair, your status as the Warrior of Light has no bearing on the storylines of these quests. I can't think of a single class or job-related questline that actually directly references the MSQ beyond a few twists here and there if you've completed certain parts (I.E.: Being DRG and completing DRG 50 changes how a certain NPC is introduced to you).

If the WoL masters all classes, it is entirely through their WoLness and the Soul Crystals (except MCH) rather than being introduced to anyone via political means.

Well, what I mean is...

Is it likely that Random Average Adventurer #285964 Who Isn't Anything Special would express an interest in learning to use a lance, succeed in defeating an individual who plagued the entire Lancers' Guild for months without being defeated, and then - as a result of earning such trust - immediately be introduced to Alberic bloody Bale afterwards?

Or defeat a pirate who's evaded Limsa Lominsa's experienced pirate-capturing authorities for weeks, then be introduced to Y'mhitra, sister of Miss Big-Bloody-Deal Archon, as a spell-casting mentor (even if they weren't necessarily pursuing the route of SMN)?

The NPCs we meet and interact with to learn mastery of our roles from are, on the whole and with exceptions, major NPCs who are prestigious, busy, and very unlikely to be introduced to us unless we'd already achieved something remarkable.

The WoL achieves remarkable, outstanding things... for no apparent reason. We can only assume it's due to Hydaelyn's blessing. Almost every class mentor constantly, at almost every quest turn-in, mentions how incredibly quickly you're learning and how incredibly good you are at what they're teaching compared to novices of similar experience. Some quest chains even feature fellow novices being bitter and jealous towards you as a result, because it feels unfair. (And it is. It's just not something WoL has any control over.) And that's not even to mention the parts in MSQ where, when compared against adventurers of similar skill and experience, the WoL is shown to be far and away more likely to A) survive B) prevail, when challenging more-or-less any given enemy.

Anyway, here's the politics: due to achieving remarkable things, the WoL is granted recognition. The people of Eorzea - in this case, the class mentors - open doors for the WoL because the WoL is recognised; i.e., the job quests. The WoL utilises these doors to become better at what they already do.

This isn't an avenue that's open to regular adventurers. An average adventurer seeking to master the lance would join the Lancers' Guild, do drills, run missions, do some more drills, run some more missions, etc etc etc... for like. Several months, probably. And then maybe go back to adventuring, or maybe pursue status or rank within the guild itself for a year or two. It would take time and effort, and that time and effort wouldn't even necessarily pay off - certainly not in terms of being introduced to more advanced masters to learn from.

They wouldn't show up, literally magically learn all the skills they need in triple time, defeat a recurring antagonist that's troubled the experts for months, then - as a result of their heroic and outstanding deeds - be introduced to, again, Alberic parent-swiving Bale as a mentor for their continued education.

It doesn't have to be tied in to MSQ to be affected by status as the WoL, I don't think. The WoL achieves impossible things wherever they go, and that will always impact the opportunities available to them. The effects of being Hydaelyn's Chosen are way more far-reaching than what is mentioned in the MSQ.

An acceptable timeframe for learning multiple classes?

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