Dynamis - Limit Breaks

[Dikatis]

One, the status condition 'Breaking your limits as only a true Warrior of Light can' (or something like that) I can concede a little on. However, we also 'break our limits' when we're summoning allies in Seat of Sacrifice, right? Elidibus says it's an 'incantation of eld, but not of Hydaelyn's making. What are you?' We're drawing from the power of Azem in that scene, with our own desire fueling it. That's not necessarily Dynamis either, right? It's aether, because that's what the Ancients used, and therefore impossible to be Dynamis (as we have no lore support for Azem using Dynamis). In the final fight with Zenos, we literally burn our soul, which could be Dynamis, but we can't limit break, and that would be stupid useful in that fight. But Zenos can, or appears to, powered by his voidsent which is an aether construct.

Two, I kind of see a link where you use your Dynamis to channel Aether, it makes a little more sense. But that opens an entire mess of issues itself. When we cast thaumaturgy spells, do we use Dynamis? Conjury? Summoning a Fat Cat minion is pulling the minion out of the Void... is that Dynamis or Aether?

No one said the attack itself isn't aether. It's just using dynamis to channel a lot more aether and pull out a lot more power than you'd normally be able to. The ancients don't need to use dynamis to pull out attacks on the level of a Limit Break because they have so much more aether.

As for the solo duty, well, game mechanics? It'd be neat if you could use a Limit Break in that scenario but it wouldn't be all that impressive to use a Healer Limit Break there so you're probably not allowed to do it there for the sake of parity.


I don't see why the other schools aren't able to use dynamis. It's just a form of energy manipulated through emotions. If anything, Dark Knight and Dancer are all about using emotions (love and hope) to draw out additional power (dynamis) and to a lesser-extent, Warrior (using one's desire to protect others to unleash an inner strength beyond normal mortal limits).

To quote Nidhana:

Akasa can neither be created, or destroyed. It is beyond our power to purposefully alter or manipulate. The only thing observed to influence it is an abundance of... I want to say "spiritual emotion". As a veteran of the battlefield, surely you've experienced moments of desperation or exaltation where you've transcended the usual limits of your capabilities? That is the manifestation of akasa, the invisible essence harnessed by heart, mind, and unyielding spirit!

The context of WoL and friends' final battle with the Endsinger fits this perfectly.

Then there's the reworked Ultima Weapon fight where you get this message prior to your Limit Break gauge charging to Level 3:

Hydaelyn: I have not the strength... to shield thee again... Permit not that manifestation of that vile magick, lest Darkness prevail!

Your fervent hope shines forth with resplendent Light, granting you strength beyond your limits!

This implies that WoL and friends were able to channel a LB3 Limit Break through their sheer determination empowering them with dynamis despite not normally being able to.