Revelations from Patch 3.5

[Naria]

The 3.5 MSQ baffles me.

Why did Papalymo feel like he needed to do the Louisoix self-sacrifice thing? Why did they just simply assume that the WoL can't defeat whatever primal Ilberd tried to summon? I mean, you can defeat Bahamut, Alexander, Scathach & Super Saiyan Diabolos, Thordan (who had the power of the two eyes too), Nidhogg, The Warring Triad, and a whole host of other potential world-enders.

So technically when we defeated Bahamut he wasn't at full power. The primal that Ilberd was summoning was suppose to be more powerful than Bahamut, who caused a Calamity. If it is Rhalgr than that makes sense--a partial summoning of the Twelve was used to try to power the seal to permanently contain Bahamut because a full summoning would have destroyed all life on Hydaelyn. It took another primal with Tupsimati and basically a death-powered summoning to even make a dent in Bahamut at full power. Rhalgr is only one of the Twelve but worship of the Twelve predates the Allagans and it is implied that they are on a completely different level than other deities in Eorzea. With his sacrifice and Tupsimati, Papalymo only bought the Scions time. I want to know what Elidibus is playing at since "kill everything" is not his usual style.

Addendum

Spoilers for speculation about Omega Weapon

I'd speculate that Tupsimati seems to have some sort of influence over time (which isn't a new idea). Louisoix used it to send the 1.0 WoL forward five years, an act that left them branded with "the mark of the twelve". Papalymo's seal is probably some sort of stasis that keeps the summoning from finishing. Possibly somehow connected to Thailiak? Since there have been hints that Omega has something to do with time then it might be that we aren't going to face Ilbred's primal head on but try to use Omega's power to reverse the summoning before the primal can manifest.