Explaining the Term "Warriors of Light"

[Anonymoose]

Every character made is a Warrior of Light, and participated in the past events (as far as the story goes). As indicated with Cid's flashback scene aboard the airship. ... all players' characters are the heroes from Carteneau, sent five years into the future.

I'm interested in whether or not this can even be true. The heroes at Carteneau were sent into the time rift by Louisoix at the end of the battle. The alternate introduction is the player coming out of said time rift. If every character ever made was supposedly at Cartenau... shouldn't every character's story begin coming out of the rift?

Actually that's not totally correct ... original Warriors of Light ... new Warriors of Light ... making the arguement irrelevant.

Just to make sure I'm not reading it wrong - a more elaborate way to arrive at the same conclusion, yes?

[ajx]

In order to ease his frustration, you use the power of the Echo to elicit the memories from his soul. As he watches them replay, he recalls more and more about his past. As the memory of donning the goggles returns to him through the power of the Echo, represented by a bright light, he sees through it to the source of this gift - the player - who symbolically hands the goggles (the memory) to him, thus breaking the wall in his mind and allowing him access to his full identity.

If you are not a Twelvesblade, the scene ends after the black text. .

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This is not true, I creatd a new character in a new world and the scene did not end at the black text , I had the whole text .

Secondly , almost every important NPC in this game seems to think im familiar , so its not one of the exclusives the twelvesblade were meant to have .

[Anonymoose]

This is not true, I creatd a new character in a new world and the scene did not end at the black text, I had the whole text.

That's really strange, actually. I sought out a bunch of YouTube and Twitch channels to make sure the comparisons were right and I've seen it end after the black text many a time, now. [Example Here] Could there even be a different trigger for it? Or could it be that your account has glitched flags? People getting cutscenes they weren't supposed to, or not getting the ones they should, was a common complaint in open beta...

Maybe someone will confirm or deny all this someday and lay it out for us... >.<

[saber_alter]

That's really strange, actually. I sought out a bunch of YouTube and Twitch channels to make sure the comparisons were right and I've seen it end after the black text many a time, now. [Example Here] Could there even be a different trigger for it? Or could it be that your account has glitched flags? People getting cutscenes they weren't supposed to, or not getting the ones they should, was a common complaint in open beta...

Maybe someone will confirm or deny all this someday and lay it out for us... >.<

that text might just be exclusive for those with legacy accounts. i am not legacy, and i did not get the text after.

[Rannie]

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hmmm I created two new characters (well one was a cancelled character from 1.0, that never did United We Stand, and the other is a brand new one) While my new characters have the Legacy Tattoo they don't get the "Hey you look familiar" they get more of the "Hey did you just...." figuring this is them asking if we just used the echo...now i haven't gotten up to Cid yet on my alt characters but when I did get to the Waking Sands with Minfilia I didn't get the whole "Aye I remember you speech" I got the whole newbie speech from her

and with my Rannie I got the whole original warrior's of light cutscenes.

[Toranja]

If Hydaelin chooses you, you are a Warrior of Light. NPCs take a awhile to realize this, because there isn't a flashy sign above your head indicating your status.

I think this is the OP's point and something we can all agree on.

Plus, you are a Warrior of Light solely because you were chosen. You can do the things you do, because Hydaelin is watching over you, aiding you.

[BlueMage]

To be a Warrior of Light, you have to be a Lv50 Warrior.

[VisRalis]

To be a Warrior of Light, you have to be a Lv50 Warrior.

/closeenough
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[Chaotic_Darkfae]

This is not true, I creatd a new character in a new world and the scene did not end at the black text , I had the whole text .

Secondly , almost every important NPC in this game seems to think im familiar , so its not one of the exclusives the twelvesblade were meant to have .

That's really strange, actually. I sought out a bunch of YouTube and Twitch channels to make sure the comparisons were right and I've seen it end after the black text many a time, now. [Example Here] Could there even be a different trigger for it? Or could it be that your account has glitched flags? People getting cutscenes they weren't supposed to, or not getting the ones they should, was a common complaint in open beta...

Maybe someone will confirm or deny all this someday and lay it out for us... >.<

Necroposting a bit.

I think the system was broken for a time. I remade Legacy characters at two different points. Both were what Anonymoose terms Meteor Survivors. The first was remade in Beta 3, and retained her tattoo and the "Hey, you seem familiars"; the second was remade post-launch and did not retain his tattoo but retained his "Hey, you seem familiars" but I had a second remake who did retain her tattoo and "Hey, you seem familiars". I have a couple of friends who had 1.0 accounts and had 1.0 characters and etiher restarted with new characters or made alts who got their tattoos and got their Twelvesword dialogues.

Either it's super crazy bugged, or it was briefly account based.

[Enkidoh]

Oh, I have no doubt that SE really did plan to treat all 1.0 players as 'Warriors of Light' originally, because that's all that was ever stated on the subject - Yoshi just said that 'all 1.0 players would get a special storyline', and didn't clarify or elaborate on it - however due a bug that could not be fixed in time, the game couldn't differentiate between 1.0 players from new players.

During Phase 3 of the Beta when this bug was first apparent, I didn't get the Legacy opening and no extra dialogue from npcs who should have remembered my character, however, one npc who ironically stated they did recall my character yet shouldn't have because he had never met her at all in the first place was Rahbaun during the level 15 main story 'envoy' quest (possibly because my character was a GLA at the time she spoke to him in that quest). This was fixed in Phase 4 however, where he didn't have the extra dialogue, so it basically showed that it was a bug after all that SE ultimately couldn't fix in time.

So SE probably just settled on the Lunar Transmitter battle as the cutoff point for Legacy opening requirements and retconned it accordingly. It's unfortunate, but it's not too big a deal.

In any event, as has been already stated, it's irrelevant anyway as

by the end all players are regarded as Warriors of Life, regardless of whether they destroyed the Lunar Transmitter in 1.0 or not, or are adventurers newly taken to the 'path' - all are referred to in the ending of the main scenario by both Hydaelyn and the leaders of the Grand Companies as a 'Warrior of Light reborn', and as their 'Champion'.