Honestly, I've seen this argument cover multiple aspects of the game. From class, to relic, to Artifact armor. I'm going to use two classes as examples, both of which I've 50's Dragoon and Paladin.
As roleplayers the smart thing to do is take that portion of the lore that says "you are the one and only" with a grain of salt, because as stated previously the jobs are not consistent. If we abide by the lore anyone can become a free paladin but not a sultansworn, yet there can only be one Dragoon or White Mage?
Lets face it, the game and it's story were not designed with Roleplayers even remotely in mind. And anyone that rolls their eyes and says I shouldn't RP with my Dragoon relic and or AF gear because of the "lore" when I see Paladins doing just that all over the place can go pound sand.
IC Gharen isn't a sultansworn and didn't receive his soul of the paladin according to the games story. Same goes for Dragoon. As far as I'm concerned, the lore while nice, isn't sacred in these aspects, and to treat it as such would be shooting ourselves in the foot.
As roleplayers the smart thing to do is take that portion of the lore that says "you are the one and only" with a grain of salt, because as stated previously the jobs are not consistent. If we abide by the lore anyone can become a free paladin but not a sultansworn, yet there can only be one Dragoon or White Mage?
Lets face it, the game and it's story were not designed with Roleplayers even remotely in mind. And anyone that rolls their eyes and says I shouldn't RP with my Dragoon relic and or AF gear because of the "lore" when I see Paladins doing just that all over the place can go pound sand.
IC Gharen isn't a sultansworn and didn't receive his soul of the paladin according to the games story. Same goes for Dragoon. As far as I'm concerned, the lore while nice, isn't sacred in these aspects, and to treat it as such would be shooting ourselves in the foot.
