(07-29-2013, 05:47 AM)Cio Behkt Wrote:(07-29-2013, 04:38 AM)Khazeto Zhwan Wrote: Another point that I have just thought about, Not everyone can see the Moogles, I think I read that it was connected to the echo so what about those people then? Mognet won't work for them so it would make sense that there IS a a normal postal service.
Moogles classify officially as a beastman race, much like goblins and sylphs, so I think they can be seen by everybody and occupy the same plane of reality. There are some cutscenes where they are only visible to the player, true, but I think that they might just have the power of selective invisibility. In 1.0, they helped conjurers in the Shroud communicate with the elemental spirits, so non-Echo people have definitely had dealings with the moogles. Whether or not an individual would trust their mail to a beastman, though...
An additional point is that Mognet is also new -- it only appeared in the last five years of game when the Moogles became more active after the Calamity.
Actually it's stated pretty specifically that not everyone can see them, E-Sumi-Yan is surprised when he finds out you can see them and states that only certain people have that ability. It's never specifically stated that it's tied to the Echo, that was merely a link that many players made since the Echo made us capable of speaking to Beastmen. In the case of the original 1.0 Gridania opening I believe neither Yda or Papalymo were able to see the Moogles, only you were, and again in the case of the 2.0 Gridania opening no one else in the caravan can see them and they remark that they're surprised you can see them. This is evident by the fact that one of them drinks the old merchants bottle of... whatever... and he doesn't even notice despite them doing it right in front of them.
One theory I had was that moogles could somehow alter time, because during the original Gridania opening they manage to freeze you, Yda, Papalymo, and the treant, and in the 2.0 Gridania opening no one seens to notice that you just had a lengthy conversation with yourself...
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