Midgardsormr and his children [Spoilers]

[firstsin]

I don't believe the blessing of light is actually gone.

My understanding is that the chosen warrior of light is being tested by Midgardsormr.

Reason I say this is because Midgardsormr tells us we are not gifted, we are chosen. After he "seals" the blessing he says he will watch what we do.

Furthermore the blessing of light is what allows us to fight the primals.

Lastly it may as well be that Midgardsormr is actually protecting Hydelyn. The Ascian did mention she is getting weaker.

[Kuwagami]

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Right after that though, he's asking us what have we achieved by ourselves. And in fact, what did we really do ? Primals ? All Hydaelyn's doing. Same for Ultima. And Lahabrea. The only thing we did really by ourselves was to sneak into the praetorium. And helped creating the crystal braves. And that's about all for now (more coming in 2.55 at least ^^)


However, about Primals, I don't think it's THAT great an issue that we lost the blessing of light.

Only Ifrit tried to temper us. Titan wanted to bury us alive for trepassing his sanctuary, Garuda wanted to straightly rip us apart, Leviathan wanted to drown us, Ramuh didn't care at all about us and would just have blown up everything if that would mean saving the forest, the Mog came because reasons but had no business with us and Shiva was only summoned because we were attacking.

So all in all, only one Primal would have been "dangerous" without the blessing. Maybe the other primals that we'll see in 3.0 and onwards will be more akin to Shiva and Ramuh : they do not wish to harm us but to test us and to help us learn further on our wolrd and the true meaning of our power.



As for Midgarsormr action, I think he just severed our connection to Hydaelyn in the sense which we won't be able to rely anymore on her power to defeat our foes. No more help against tempering, no more shield of light to protect against mass destructive weapons, etc.

Time to become a real hero, I'd say

[Astrid_Stormborn]

However, about Primals, I don't think it's THAT great an issue that we lost the blessing of light.

Only Ifrit tried to temper us...[snip]

As for Midgarsormr action, I think he just severed our connection to Hydaelyn in the sense which we won't be able to rely anymore on her power to defeat our foes. No more help against tempering, no more shield of light to protect against mass destructive weapons, etc.

Garuda tries to temper the player after you fight her, but not only does it not work, it bounces back and rips the Wind Crystal out of her in the process.

That said, the loss of the shield of light, while a worrying one with regards tempering, may not be a critical one necessarily. There's still enough of the Echo that allows the player to understand Ascian speech, although whether there will be any more Echo-flashbacks is an open question at this point. And the Warrior of Light's abilities in fighting are certainly not diminished.