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RE: Mage (WHM/BLM and the like!) Q/A - V'aleera - 06-10-2015
(06-09-2015, 09:03 PM)Nako Wrote: Do remember there is a reason why it is/was taking so long for the land to recover from the calamity. And if you've completed Coil, then the aftermath of that should speed things up considerably.But in the second part of 2.5
So I don't know if the events you mentioned actually helped that much, or if something else is afoot.
RE: Mage (WHM/BLM and the like!) Q/A - Verilys - 06-11-2015
(06-10-2015, 01:25 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: With that said, I seem to recall that Raya-O-Senna was teaching us the abilities we were picking up as White Mages as we went along? Or am I completely misremembering it at this point?
I've not finished the White Mage stuff, but for the quests up to level 40, there's no real teaching going on. She does tell you general stuff like:
Only You Can Prevent Forest Ire Wrote:I would ask you to placate this tree. The process is quite simple: stand before the tree and raise your hands. Commune with the elementals that reside within, and attune yourself to them, until your feelings are in absolute harmony.
... but I don't think that counts as much in the way of teaching! So far, it seems she's mostly been the sort to rely on A-Towa-Cant's crystal to do the work in terms of actual abilities. Her role seems to mostly be motivational speaking and trying to get her brother to stop being a jerk. Though that may or may not change in the later quests, the character had, at least to that point, clearly been learning White Mage-ness some other way.
Supporting this would be the dialogue of the initial quest:
Seer Folly Wrote:A most admirable cause, yes? But alas, A-Towa was never to return. He perished in a far-off land, and having taken no apprentices, his legendary powers were lost to us for eternity. Or so I believed...until I met you
Which would appear to imply that, due to the crystal, those powers are not lost. Presumably as the teachings get Matrix'd into your brain over time. That and (again, to the point I've been up to), there's been no narrative connection between gaining abilities and what Raya-O-Senna says. Not even anything like, 'Allow me to show you a useful spell'. She usually leaves you on the note of 'go hone your skills'.
... or how her brother's a jerk.
RE: Mage (WHM/BLM and the like!) Q/A - TheLastCandle - 06-11-2015
(06-09-2015, 08:46 PM)Sin Wrote: I think it's clear to me that if Elementals could simply turn off succor a lot of their actions wouldn't make full sense. Certainly, the new nefarious ways of obtaining White Magic mentioned in Las Vegas would be irrelevant since you know even if you get it through your nefarious brilliance... first elemental that spots you is going to turn it off. No, I think they take a much more hand's on approach to policing the use of Succor by hiding the art away, being extremely selective of the practitioners, and slaying whoever doesn't follow the rules to the letter.
I don't think we're due for some large scale Elemental's go HAM greenwrath in the future simply because of the aforementioned weakening due to the Calamity. They're in no position to rage. Unless you mean the very far future... like in seven expansions.
Not on the cataclysmic level, no, I agree. But again:
Quote:[...]even in their diminished state, in the White Mage job quest, it took the MC, Raya-O-Senna, A-Ruhn-Senna, and the spirit of A-Towa-Cant to Quiet just the Guardian Tree.
So.. in the Twelveswood, their very center of power? Yes, I do think it's inevitable that something, eventually, is going to set them off. Not only based on the above, but from a storytelling perspective, I simply doubt it's one of those things that SE is going to relegate to the background for the life of the game. That's really all I'm saying.
RE: Mage (WHM/BLM and the like!) Q/A - LiadansWhisper - 06-11-2015
(06-11-2015, 12:08 PM)Verilys Wrote: ... or how her brother's a jerk.
The only time I've wanted to beat someone with a stick more than that questline was when I was in Coerthas.
I really wanted to beat all of the Isghardians in Coerthas badly.
But yeah, her brother...is a piece of work.
RE: Mage (WHM/BLM and the like!) Q/A - LiadansWhisper - 06-11-2015
(06-10-2015, 07:07 PM)Intaki Wrote:(06-09-2015, 09:03 PM)Nako Wrote: Do remember there is a reason why it is/was taking so long for the land to recover from the calamity. And if you've completed Coil, then the aftermath of that should speed things up considerably.But in the second part of 2.5
So I don't know if the events you mentioned actually helped that much, or if something else is afoot.