Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
Then what's the difference between us and the WoD? We're all doing the same thing. Primal gets summoned - yeah, Ascian victory, no one denies that. But by that logic, our victory over it would just as equally fuel the next Darkness feat. And if you say beating the Primal is a victory to the Light, why did the WoD defeat Ravana? There has to be something to have made their victory not tilt the scales back, to still have made it worthwhile for them to bother. So far, the only thing setting us and them apart seems to be whose proxies we were at the time the deed was done.
I don't know the answer.

But then, if we follow your logic, should we pull Arenvald along to finish off every primal we beat? Or Fordola? Perhaps we should get Lolorito, assuming the former two are too associated with the Light? Or was it a victory for the Light too when the Company of Heroes defeated Titan and Leviathan? If it were explained as "Every time Hydaelyn's chosen defeats a primal entity, they become more powerful," we'd have a genuine point here, but as far as we're told, that's not the case. We're still street level with immunity to lower level godhax.

It also, again, begs the question: the Ascians act like they're in the advantageous position with the WoL between a rock and a hard place; defeat the summoned primal, and terrify beast tribes to summoning again or remaining idle and letting the primal rampage and turn more people and make themselves stronger. Why would this be an advantage if this weighted the world in Hydaelyn's favor, and why wouldn't we be running around doing what the WoD was doing (agitating beast tribes into summoning with the specific purpose of slaying that primal to gain Universal Points for their team)?