
Something that I've been mentally chewing on since I saw it, but it unrelated to Ishgard itself:
We watch Lucia block a stream of fire with her shield, which sends her back dramatically but leaves her unharmed. Lucia's a pure-blooded Garlean with a third eye. That means she can't channel aether. THAT means that "ordinary" people can definitely do things at a higher power level: Her sword also shoots off big bursts of energy during the Steps battle.
Seems pretty concrete to me that the "baseline" of power is higher than Earth-Mortal standards!
We watch Lucia block a stream of fire with her shield, which sends her back dramatically but leaves her unharmed. Lucia's a pure-blooded Garlean with a third eye. That means she can't channel aether. THAT means that "ordinary" people can definitely do things at a higher power level: Her sword also shoots off big bursts of energy during the Steps battle.
Seems pretty concrete to me that the "baseline" of power is higher than Earth-Mortal standards!