Ifrit Fight

[Malakhim]

So I take it nobody else thinks that this entire ordeal is slightly disconnected from the main storyline, which makes the game itself seem that much more disjointed.

[Pulseczar]

So I take it nobody else thinks that this entire ordeal is slightly disconnected from the main storyline, which makes the game itself seem that much more disjointed.

It is part of the storyline. Your highest is only level 31. You'll see it in a main mission soon.

[Malakhim]

It is part of the storyline. Your highest is only level 31. You'll see it in a main mission soon.

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

[viion]

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

You are correct, the story is starting to make absolute no sense XD We fight this guy then we do story and its like we just met him and everythings different, ah well im not to much into story, it was very typical and boring to begin with!

[Krausus]

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

Probably has to do with the poem Yoshi mentioned in a previous letter, as well as the Archanists in the game, notice the moon is eclipsed.

[AdvancedWind]

So I take it nobody else thinks that this entire ordeal is slightly disconnected from the main storyline, which makes the game itself seem that much more disjointed.

Except it is.

Of course, from what we've seen on Ifrit's first appearance, he wasn't exactly intent on fighting us. But maybe after whatever new storyline events happens now, we can fight him for several reasons, the three most likely being

A - Ifrit is testing us (which, by the way, is a pretty classic reason for summon fights in the series)
B - Ifrit was summoned to fight against the imperials, but for whatever reason went out of control and we must beat some sense back into him.
C - Ifrit was summoned to lay waste on Ul'dah and we must stop him.