(07-03-2013, 02:00 PM)Khaze Wrote: Yeah I agree that technology is the main choice for mundane tasks in Eorzia but not in the world as a whole. Â Looking at you Garlean Empire, Magitek might be high technology but it is fused with magic obviously.
Actually, not entirely. Full blooded Garleans as a whole are born with a passive ineptitude for the use of magic. Most can't cast at all, and those that can would probably struggle immensely getting off even the simplest fire spell. Those Garleans we see in-game that do cast magic aren't from Garlemald proper. They are conscripts from territories that have been conquered by the empire.
Magitek is crafted through the use of machine and aether, believe it or not. The technology is just machinery, however it's given such strength because of it's power source - pure, concentrated Aether in a liquid form. It's called Ceruleum, and can be obtained either from the ground itself with special mining equipment, or harvested directly from crystal deposits.
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