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    Morningstar1337's Avatar
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    Aurora Aura
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    Exodus
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    Thaumaturge Lv 80

    The quanity and canonicty of the Beatsmen quests

    DISCLAIMER: I am in no way claiming that the beast tribe quests are non-canon.

    With that said I'd like to point out that in our side-quests we sometimes do the same quests multiple times. For this I will cite the Rank 5 Ixal quests.

    In those quests you have to get mats not just for ship parts, but for another thing that winds up aiding someone in need (yo only have to craft the ship parts BTW). With that in mind, while I can buy that an orphanage can get more rooms, I on the other hand cannot comprehend the sister of the person you have to bring the parts to having multiple babies on a daily basis (though as far as I know, she could have multiple sisters)

    Also due to...
    Tataramu being "grounded" (closer to the "You can't leave your room" sense than the "Accept Titan as your Lord and Savior!" sense)
    he cannot help you with the Rank 5 quests, however doing the preceding quests still implies he pulled some strings.

    This begs the question, we know that the quests are canon, but are the multiple times we do these quests also canon?
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    Anony Moose
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    Excalibur
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    Arcanist Lv 100
    Lore-wise, I think every one discrete event happens one discrete time, regardless of whether or not the duty or quest can be repeated for reasons of game mechanics and play. This extends not only to the beast tribe quests, in my opinion, but also to things like dungeon clears and primal wins. For example, I believe that Garuda has been summoned three times since A Realm Reborn's story began - once for each quest. I don't think this sister has a hundred babies any more than I think the Ixal summon Garuda every week for Wind Weapon Wednesday, or that every morning Captain Madison wakes up with a new head... though that would be a pretty interesting follow-up to Tam-Tara HM...
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    Sapphic's Avatar
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    Sapphic Meow
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    Odin
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    With repeat events, you have to throw lore out the window when it comes to MMOs. Like killing the same named bosses innumerable times in the same dungeons. Or why everyone can get the same "unique" relic weapons.

    Same with RP, theres a point where you just do the content as it kinda fails when you repeat the same content. Unless you obscure the fact that it is the same NPCs you deal with each time.
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