One thing that really bothers me about MMO stories in general is that most of them try to pull this "YOU are the ONLY ONE who can STOP THEM" thing. Which I Hate, with a capital "H" and the fiery intensity of a million Foreman grills, because MMO stories can never decide if the Hero actually is the Chosen One or not.
Up until now, I had been under the impression that the Warrior of Light had been defeating the Primals by themselves, at least ever since Thordan. Which is acceptable, that's what the WoL is renowned for, the god killer, the eikon slayer. Which is also why Zenos bothered the shit out of me; it's implied that he's some kind of experiment or clone or something, sure, but this wahoo with a golf bag and huge shoulder pads is on-par or greater than shit like King Thordan and Sephirot? Really?
As I recall, there's also zero reason given as to why we are capable of defeating Zenos in the Ala Mhigo dungeon; maybe he was literally just waiting for the Warrior of Light to hit Level 70, I don't know.
Anyway, I thought that the Warrior of Light was THE CHOSEN ONE, defeating the primals by themselves (and requiring help for larger scale things like Castrum Meridianium and the Steps of Faith). I didn't have a problem with that.
What I did end up having a problem with was the story talking about how the Warrior of Light needs the help of friends to defeat primals like Susano, along with some OOC forum talk that "obviously the WoL didn't defeat primals by themselves, they had a bunch of help! It makes sense that Zenos beat them!"
Which bothers the shit out of me, because narratively speaking, why aren't these other heroes mentioned? Either the Warrior of Light is The Chosen One, or he isn't, and if he isn't, why doesn't the narrative acknowledge the army of other loot-crazed wahoos that are clearly present in the setting and who also happen to be just as capable of killing Primals? Wy are these other heroes who are so clearly integral to my success not ALSO realm famous?
Like, did everyone forget about Aragorn and Gimli and Gandalf and everyone else in the Fellowship because Frodo (well, technically, Sam) is the one who destroyed the One Ring? What kind of sense does that make?
And yes, you can call this being extremely anal retentive and nitpicky and me being unable to suspend my disbelief or whatever, but it still bothers me. Clearly, in order for WoL to have help in fighting primals, the other 7 people would need the Echo or else be tempered, right? Why is the WoL the only one getting credit when everyone--at least everyone in the Scions--seems to know that the WoL needs help to defeat primals? Why don't they ever ask any of these other heroes for help when Ala Mhigo's shit is getting pushed in?
Or I guess it's just a plot hole.
Up until now, I had been under the impression that the Warrior of Light had been defeating the Primals by themselves, at least ever since Thordan. Which is acceptable, that's what the WoL is renowned for, the god killer, the eikon slayer. Which is also why Zenos bothered the shit out of me; it's implied that he's some kind of experiment or clone or something, sure, but this wahoo with a golf bag and huge shoulder pads is on-par or greater than shit like King Thordan and Sephirot? Really?
As I recall, there's also zero reason given as to why we are capable of defeating Zenos in the Ala Mhigo dungeon; maybe he was literally just waiting for the Warrior of Light to hit Level 70, I don't know.
Anyway, I thought that the Warrior of Light was THE CHOSEN ONE, defeating the primals by themselves (and requiring help for larger scale things like Castrum Meridianium and the Steps of Faith). I didn't have a problem with that.
What I did end up having a problem with was the story talking about how the Warrior of Light needs the help of friends to defeat primals like Susano, along with some OOC forum talk that "obviously the WoL didn't defeat primals by themselves, they had a bunch of help! It makes sense that Zenos beat them!"
Which bothers the shit out of me, because narratively speaking, why aren't these other heroes mentioned? Either the Warrior of Light is The Chosen One, or he isn't, and if he isn't, why doesn't the narrative acknowledge the army of other loot-crazed wahoos that are clearly present in the setting and who also happen to be just as capable of killing Primals? Wy are these other heroes who are so clearly integral to my success not ALSO realm famous?
Like, did everyone forget about Aragorn and Gimli and Gandalf and everyone else in the Fellowship because Frodo (well, technically, Sam) is the one who destroyed the One Ring? What kind of sense does that make?
And yes, you can call this being extremely anal retentive and nitpicky and me being unable to suspend my disbelief or whatever, but it still bothers me. Clearly, in order for WoL to have help in fighting primals, the other 7 people would need the Echo or else be tempered, right? Why is the WoL the only one getting credit when everyone--at least everyone in the Scions--seems to know that the WoL needs help to defeat primals? Why don't they ever ask any of these other heroes for help when Ala Mhigo's shit is getting pushed in?
Or I guess it's just a plot hole.
