I'm genuinely curious and confused as to what the goal is in limiting the number of Dragoons. What exactly are they trying to convey with this factoid?
Should we be finding the Dragoon characters more badass because the standards are so strict and the fighting is so dangerous? Should our WoL be seen as even more amazing because they're a second Azure Dragoon? Should we think dragons are more intimidating because they can kill Dragoons so easily? Hell, should we think that for all of their training and might, lore-Dragoons are incompetent because they seem to die so often despite the high standards and elite training and specialised equipment? Who knows, maybe they're trying to kill Job RP.
It's just a little confusing to me as to why you'd stick your guns to an exact figure. It takes way less mental gymnastics to keep the figures plausibly vague, especially when every other relevant figure in making this "thirty dragoons at a time, ten dragoons presently" figure believable (example: Ishgard's total population, the size of Ishgard's military, the number of soul crystals, the number of Drachen Mail, etc.) is conspicuously absent.
EDIT: Also, unless I missed quest text somewhere, we still have no idea how dragoons jump. Basically, WoL gets chosen by Eye of Nidhogg, and now he can jump into the air. Is it exclusive to dragon power or something?
Should we be finding the Dragoon characters more badass because the standards are so strict and the fighting is so dangerous? Should our WoL be seen as even more amazing because they're a second Azure Dragoon? Should we think dragons are more intimidating because they can kill Dragoons so easily? Hell, should we think that for all of their training and might, lore-Dragoons are incompetent because they seem to die so often despite the high standards and elite training and specialised equipment? Who knows, maybe they're trying to kill Job RP.
It's just a little confusing to me as to why you'd stick your guns to an exact figure. It takes way less mental gymnastics to keep the figures plausibly vague, especially when every other relevant figure in making this "thirty dragoons at a time, ten dragoons presently" figure believable (example: Ishgard's total population, the size of Ishgard's military, the number of soul crystals, the number of Drachen Mail, etc.) is conspicuously absent.
EDIT: Also, unless I missed quest text somewhere, we still have no idea how dragoons jump. Basically, WoL gets chosen by Eye of Nidhogg, and now he can jump into the air. Is it exclusive to dragon power or something?