Quote Originally Posted by Riepah View Post
We still went to Ishgard by ourselves, killing bunches of dragons on our own that groups of sellswords were entirely unable to defeat, with ease. Then we go and accomplish a feat the whole army of Ishgard wouldn't have been able to do without us. Our combat strength through all this - which happens way after we lose "the blessing of light, which is the only thing that let us do all those awesome things". So no. The blessing of light is not the source of our strength, or they couldn't have put those story fights and the duty in after the story.
Notice at the Steps of Faith you need cannons, giant dragon-slayer harpoons, and exloding barrels. Plus a ton of Ishgardian backup. Things intentionally feel a lot different than a Primal battle.
You need all this extra stuff because you don't have the Blessing of Light to allow you to just go in and murder the dragon directly anymore.