Quote Originally Posted by Malamasala View Post
Then explain Carbuncle not being a glowing ball? I mean if everything had to be simplified, why did we get a full blown carbuncle prime as pet on level 4? Clearly we have room for detailed and wonderful pets, as long as they remain small. And I for one wouldn't mind the entire cast of primes to be next to me in fairy size as long as they looked like their originals. Others would of course disagree since they can't stand things not looking big and mean.
To be fair, they didn't really explain Carbuncle very well at all. I was super surprised by that. I might go back through the cutscenes and refresh my memory to see if there is a better explanation than I can remember. I also remember absolutely NO lore reason behind why we 'lose' Carbuncle as we gain the elemental Egis. Then again, there is no large primal Carbuncle mentioned in the storyline like Ifrit, Garuda, Titan, Leviathan, Ramuh, etc... So he may be something different than the same 'glowing ball' I envision would be an Egi... but he's not an Egi because it doesn't say Carbuncle-Egi. It says Emerald or Topaz Carbuncle.