Dear SE,
Just about all your games are about light vs dark. In FF3 we find out that the crystals will get dark warriors if light starts to take over to much. Maybe in a later expansion you could have are character fight for the dark because the light is threatening to upset the balance. We could enter another universe because Hydaelyn for see the problem knowing it could cause problems in our own universe. To save are own universe, we must become a warror of the dark.
We are currntly known as the warrors of light but if we have to fight for the dark to keep the balance while at the same time we are still a part of the light then maybe we'd be called warrors of the crystal or crystal warrors.
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03-06-2015, 12:23 AMGreatMonkeydark and light
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03-06-2015, 12:49 AMTheMunimai
Not that I believe it in any way but some fans have already begun theorising that the Ascians are the warriors of darkness....
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03-06-2015, 12:51 AMSekhmetM
It's almost as if it's the defining theme of the series which links them all and thus gives it character.
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03-06-2015, 02:10 AMDestinova
Hydaelyn = Light
Zodiark = Dark
They are already fighting over the balance. -
03-06-2015, 03:27 AMFenralThe problems that arise when light is out of balance were teased during the Syrcus Tower quest, actually, as what began the downfall of Allag. Might've been an accident, or a case of the lore team not communicating with the event team, since the rest of the CT story went right back to the "light is absolute good" that FF3 tried so hard to subvert.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatMonkey
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03-06-2015, 03:30 AMBrightshadow
The light is good the darkness is evil, so more light means more good, more darkness means more evil so I wouldn't really want to fight for the dark side lol.
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03-06-2015, 03:39 AMAtlaworks
Stick to what you know, eh? This is why Gaius was such a good villain- he wasn't evil, he just didn't give a marmot's arse about darkness OR light, he just solved the problems he saw by crushing them into a fine paste. Good motivation.
That being said, considering the story events of 2.5 you might be getting what you want after all. Just be patient, this story is far from over. -
03-06-2015, 03:47 AMRemilia_NightfallEmperor Mateus would like a word with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brightshadow
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03-06-2015, 04:02 AMFelisThere was no "dark and light" balance thing in the CT story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenral
Xande was pushed into a corner by the rebels and he activated the Crystal Tower. But the energy sended by Bahamut to the Crystal Tower was too much, resulted into a worldwide earthquake. The 4th umbral era began. -
03-06-2015, 04:06 AMmyahele
I hope that they'll go with too much light = not good and the right balance of both is necessary. I'm getting sick of the light=good. dark = bad.
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03-06-2015, 04:16 AMRisvertasashi
I think XIV is doing pretty well at depth and subtlety. Sure, Warriors of Light and other FF tropes, and Dragons and some wider fantasy tropes... the game's got all those. But we also got Gaius van Baelsar, the whole Kobold thing, and if you've been doing Coil and following other hints... the Dragons :O
In short, SE's been giving us plenty of grey areas. At least from my perspective.
(Can we just murderize all the Ascians already so the interesting villains can have more camera time?) -
03-06-2015, 04:36 AMFenralNot explicitly, but you missed Doga and Unei's explanation for why the Allagans resurrected Xande in the first place. They built their Crystal Tower to provide all the energy they ever needed, and it did. It did its job so well they no longer had goals to strive for, leading to the slow but steady decline of their civilization. Xande, our metaphorical "darkness," was revived to counter out the "light" that had stifled their growth as a civilization.Quote:
Originally Posted by Felis
It's also meant as a reference to the decadence and decline of the Roman Empire, but it seems rather odd that they went out of their way to specifically point out the Tower as a root cause of the problem in a story that ultimately wanted to pass it off as a "light" that should be given to the people of the future. Just my two cents, but I have done the legwork on this one. -
03-06-2015, 06:24 AMWobble
The Shiva storyline made me question just this. If you remember there is warning that maybe the side we are fighting for is not all they may seem and then Shiva said the exact same line from when we first start the game, hear, feel, think. So makes me wonder what is really going to happen with the intro of 3.0. Here is the video Cutscene think it's around 2:56 where Iceheart says it.
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03-06-2015, 06:24 AMLemuriaAww, but I hear the dark side has cookies... and Darth Vader!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brightshadow
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03-06-2015, 06:37 AMUrthdigger
As has been mentioned before, the ascians appear to be the warriors of darkness. It may one day turn out that they're the "good" guys... but I doubt it.
I find it odd that so many people mention Gaius, but nobody has mentioned Nael Van Darnus. As the main villain of the Seventh Umbral Era storyline of 1.0, he embodied light. White armor, bright laser attacks, and seeking to purify a heretical land that put their belief in false gods, Nael was a holy, "light" bad guy, much in the way Alexander was in FFXI (and one could also draw parallels with Gaius and FFXI Odin) -
03-06-2015, 07:02 AMRisvertasashiWell, your example actually makes Gaius even more interesting, in my eyes. Gaius skirted with treason when he helped you stop Nael in version 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Urthdigger
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03-06-2015, 07:31 AMUrthdiggerGaius was in many ways an example of a "dark" hero done well. Any other time you'd be adversaries (and were, in the 1.0 and 2.0 storylines). However, he helped you anyway because it suited his needs. I recall his reasoning being something like "I wish to rule Eorzea, not a smoking crater."Quote:
Originally Posted by Risvertasashi