It's a shame that those who reside on the First lack the same potential as those on the Source by virtue of not being as complete. That really puts a dampener on my desire to role-play a resident of the First. Not because I wish to play a powerful character but it because it indirectly makes them much less relevant in the grand scheme of things.

It does make sense from the perspective of all the excess aether having to go somewhere, at least - and it's not as if we didn't see some on the First put up an excellent fight even faced with the Warrior of Light as an opponent.