Numbers on Lightning Card

[desufin]

The first datamining leak of the Lightning card had the stats of the left picture but after the emergency maintenance they had shortly after Gold Saucer was added the second one showed up. Odds are SE were quick to nerf it when people pointed out the card was hilariously broken and really REALLY dumb to have as a tournament reward (or even be in the game in general).

[Evangela]

I think they nerfed it too much. now its total power is 27, weaker than Zidane and Shantotto (both 29).

[thendcomes]

Shantoto and Zidane both have opposing strong sides, so their "weak" sides are higher to compensate since they are generally worse than the cards with connected strong sides.

[RobinRethiel]

which one is correct?

Of course the right one. A A 9 7 would be some kind of 8 star card.

[HakuroDK]

The one on the right is the correct card, or it is now.

Quote from the FF Wikia:

Lightning Card used to be the most powerful card with its total number of 36 (9 A 7 A) before Square Enix quickly decreases it to 27 (9 A 1 A) during an emergency server maintenance they had shortly after the Gold Saucer update.

[Gallus]

What the hell is always wrong with Lightning xD, they turned her into some kind of semigod in FFXIII-2, she got a boob job in Lightning Returns...and now her card was beyond dumb broken op in FFXIV.

I understand the fanservice and all...but SE's obsession with Lightning celestial glorification is going a bit too far xD.

[HakuroDK]

I understand the fanservice and all...but SE's obsession with FFXIII celestial glorification is going a bit too far xD.

Fixed. SE seems to be obsessed with its own delusions of success in FFXIII rather than their ACTUAL success of FFXIV.

[Evangela]

What the hell is always wrong with Lightning xD, they turned her into some kind of semigod in FFXIII-2, she got a boob job in Lightning Returns...and now her card was beyond dumb broken op in FFXIV.

I understand the fanservice and all...but SE's obsession with Lightning celestial glorification is going a bit too far xD.

because people hate her so much for no good reason. so SE keeps using her as a trolling tool.

they even make FFXIII steam trading cards, all 6 of them are Lightning cards.

I see a lot of people getting angry every time they see Lightning makes a cameo appearance. it's kinda hilarious how they overreact like Lightning will give them a heart attack or something.

[Gallus]

Well...to the above poster, I don't hate Lightning or w/e lol, I just never found her to be a very appealing character to be honest, and that comes from someone who enjoyed both XIII and XIII-2 (though I could not be bothered to even try Lightning returns). But it's true SE keeps bringing her up everywhere, not that I particularly hate it...I just find it...hilarious.

[Ooshima]

What the hell is always wrong with Lightning xD, they turned her into some kind of semigod in FFXIII-2, she got a boob job in Lightning Returns...and now her card was beyond dumb broken op in FFXIV.

I understand the fanservice and all...but SE's obsession with Lightning celestial glorification is going a bit too far xD.

You forgot to mention that she was almost beyond god in Lightning Returns when she slayed Bhunivelze, the god of gods