Faith, Dynamis, Aether, Summoning

[MikkoAkure]

Yeah, one of the issues with dynamis is that even on our sundered world, dynamis is a weak force.

Limit Breaks on the Source already have explanations from the lore book directly attributing them to aether. We use dynamis against Endsinger while in open space surrounded by concentrated dynamis.

One of the pitfalls with dynamis is that it was introduced very late in order to explain something that only happens in Endwalker. To me at least, there isn't much foreshadowing for dynamis before 6.0 and it feels like it was introduced to solve a problem they just created. It would've been the least they could have done to have something of an introduction to it in 5.4 and 5.5.

I personally don't hate it nor am I spiteful at it, but at least to me it's pretty obvious that it was invented long after most of the lore was already created and it was written in such a way that makes it difficult to reconcile it with past magical phenomena that have already been explained in detail.

Where dynamis has potential in the story is not in gunking up explanations of stuff we already "know" about, but in the future of the story. The dynamis genie is out of the bottle and now we are in a world that no longer has Zodiark's aetheric bubble or a Mothercrystal. There's potential for dynamis to affect new stories and new magic. It wouldn't surprise me if our level 100 abilities are explained with dynamis. That would be a nice way to cap off our classes before the inevitable level crunch.

[SannaR]

Yeah, one of the issues with dynamis is that even on our sundered world, dynamis is a weak force.

Limit Breaks on the Source already have explanations from the lore book directly attributing them to aether. We use dynamis against Endsinger while in open space surrounded by concentrated dynamis.

One of the pitfalls with dynamis is that it was introduced very late in order to explain something that only happens in Endwalker. To me at least, there isn't much foreshadowing for dynamis before 6.0 and it feels like it was introduced to solve a problem they just created. It would've been the least they could have done to have something of an introduction to it in 5.4 and 5.5.

I personally don't hate it nor am I spiteful at it, but at least to me it's pretty obvious that it was invented long after most of the lore was already created and it was written in such a way that makes it difficult to reconcile it with past magical phenomena that have already been explained in detail.

Where dynamis has potential in the story is not in gunking up explanations of stuff we already "know" about, but in the future of the story. The dynamis genie is out of the bottle and now we are in a world that no longer has Zodiark's aetheric bubble or a Mothercrystal. There's potential for dynamis to affect new stories and new magic. It wouldn't surprise me if our level 100 abilities are explained with dynamis. That would be a nice way to cap off our classes before the inevitable level crunch.

I disagree in that it hadn't been introduced. After we learned of it I have always felt that is what we have subconsciously tapped into when we've needed a boost. Even if it's a retroactively thing that's been hinted at via things like Omega's testing. Where they observe us tapping into a power any time it looks as though we're on the ropes. To the point where they go and try to kill us in order to watch us need to tap into said power. Only to have Midgardsormr use up the last of his strength and free us before chastising Omega for trying that method and going for his nap. There's been a few other times when our enemy has expressed surprise at our ability to surpass what our sundered butt should be capable of doing. And yeah at the time all of these instances came about the devs probably didn't mean for them to hint at dynamis. Yet there's enough to be more than a coincidence.