Who knew the 6.15 Omega Quests… (Spoilers)

[Veloran]

I'm pretty sure she had zero idea of how much energy from the crystal is needed to reach Ultima Thule. Yes, she knows the location, no she probably doesn't know how much is the energy cost.

Maybe. But if we believe the developers, the Mothercrystal was just something that was randomly accumulated over time, not something that was intentionally collected by Hydaelyn. Meaning that she wasn't even particularly prepping power for the travel to Ultima Thule to begin with, it was just something which happened to work out.

Anyway the fact remains that there's no excuse for why she couldn't have had the energy to spare to talk to WoL. That entire plot element was obviously just written in when they hadn't even decided what Hydaelyn was or what she wanted, and the story they wrote later on just failed to justify it. Especially with the whole "No, Hydaelyn totally doesn't need to draw in energy like all the other Primals" thing.

[SannaR]

Maybe. But if we believe the developers, the Mothercrystal was just something that was randomly accumulated over time, not something that was intentionally collected by Hydaelyn. Meaning that she wasn't even particularly prepping power for the travel to Ultima Thule to begin with, it was just something which happened to work out.

Anyway the fact remains that there's no excuse for why she couldn't have had the energy to spare to talk to WoL. That entire plot element was obviously just written in when they hadn't even decided what Hydaelyn was or what she wanted, and the story they wrote later on just failed to justify it. Especially with the whole "No, Hydaelyn totally doesn't need to draw in energy like all the other Primals" thing.

Are you talking about the slower Aether collection bit? That was probably due to the prepping of the first and the source for a light aspected calamity?

[CrownySuccubus]

Especially with the whole "No, Hydaelyn totally doesn't need to draw in energy like all the other Primals" thing.

It was explained in ShB that neither Zodiark nor Hydaelyn required massive aether consumption under normal conditions because of the abundance of aether in the Ancients sacrificed to summon them. Modern primals require obscene amounts of aether because they are comparatively Aether-starved.