Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
The point was, nobody knew or even attempted it before he showed everyone it was possible. He pretty much single handedly created the solo RDM fad.
Avesta had youtube fame, and "JP fame" among the NA playerbase. That doesn't mean other people weren't doing the same stuff at the same time, nor that he "created" anything. I suppose it's possible he made a bunch of NA players think they could solo if they leveled RDM, but it's not like he influenced the real soloists much at all. If anything, most, like Rog, became a bit embittered because people tended to sing Avesta's praises despite the fact that they could do all of the same things, and were often told that they were "just copying Avesta".

Fact of the matter is, Avesta is just one of many good Red Mages. Plenty of other people have done everything he's done, at the same time or before, he's just the one who got e-famous for it. That said, the bangles are almost certainly named after something else entirely.