Are you really a warrior of light if you used a skip potion?

[Xion136]

...bruh...

[Crysten]

Story skip or not, considering the ability and mental capacity of most adventurers and Warriors of Light it's clear Hydaelyn needs a better vetting process either way.

[Mihana]

If you aren't a Legacy character then you aren't a WoL. We're the ones who were there in Eorzea's greatest time of need and then sealed away outside of time for 5 years! NPCs even refer to us as Warriors of Light well before you"ve even fetched your first item for somebody. The adventurers who sacrificed all for the realm yet none could remember us due to that blinding light. WE are the TRUE Warriors of Light!


Joking and all that aside I'm not sure if you're trying to troll or just be real. Who really cares if you've bought a potion to skip ahead, the game doesn't. All they're missing is the story so that's up to the player. As long as they're having fun, let them.

[Gula]

Joking and all that aside I'm not sure if you're trying to troll or just be real. Who really cares if you've bought a potion to skip ahead, the game doesn't. All they're missing is the story so that's up to the player. As long as they're having fun, let them.

How about the other option that's just genuine curiosity?

[Mihana]

How about the other option that's just genuine curiosity?

The way the whole thing has been worded I strongly doubt that. The OP treats "Warrior of Light" as a special real world title and doesn't recognize players who skipped as the real deal. I don't really approve of using level/story skips if you're a brand new player either but in the end it's just a title and doesn't give you rights to look down upon those who skipped. As long as they're a willing player who takes the time to learn the ins and outs of the game and their job I don't care.

[Camiie]

Imo, not really. I mean, I think there is a difference between doing stuff as hydaelyn's chosen and just paying like $60 to act like you did. I think they should do something ingame to differentiate the real warriors of light from the ones who bought their way in. Like maybe call them "Warrior of Light Jr." instead?

Almost seems like stolen valor to call yourself a WoL when all you did was pay SE money. :v Does anyone else feel the same? Nothing against skip potion users, but I don't consider them on the same level as the other warrior of lights, like myself.

Do you really need to brand other players to make yourself look better by comparison? Why not just let your own skill and experience speak for itself?

[Lacan]

Do you really need to brand other players to make yourself look better by comparison? Why not just let your own skill and experience speak for itself?

Not trying to make them look bad or anything, I just don't like them claiming to be WoLs when they haven't been through the same stuff I have. I mean, I literally got framed for someone's murder. All those guys did was open up their wallets. Our experiences just aren't the same. We shouldn't be on the same level.

I wouldn't want to lock skip potion users out of the status forever though. After they completed a new game + they'd get to be fully fledged WoLs too. I think that's only fair.

[Mihana]

Our experiences just aren't the same. We shouldn't be on the same level.

I don't see what your experience compared to theirs has to do with anything. This just sounds like a bunch of self entitlement. You aren't any better than them. So instead of trying to make demands just take pride in the fact you went through the steps, the story, and got to experience it. Treasure the memories. By skipping the main story they're depriving themselves of what you as the Warrior of Light went through. You don't have to like it but have to accept it. Every player is a Warrior of Light in their own story, there's only one. Period. How they experience it doesn't matter.


EDIT: I want to mention I am referring to THE Warrior of Light, as in the one who defeated the Black Wolf, ended the Dragonsong War, liberated lands, and so on. The game DOES refer to there being many WoLs out there but they aren't the main one. You the player have that role.

[Iscah]

Not trying to make them look bad or anything, I just don't like them claiming to be WoLs when they haven't been through the same stuff I have. I mean, I literally got framed for someone's murder. All those guys did was open up their wallets. Our experiences just aren't the same. We shouldn't be on the same level.

I wouldn't want to lock skip potion users out of the status forever though. After they completed a new game + they'd get to be fully fledged WoLs too. I think that's only fair.

"You" haven't personally been through any of it. You didn't get framed for murder, you played a game in which your character (and my character and everybody else's character) got framed for murder.

You're playing a game - a story - in which your character has earned the title Warrior of Light. They still did those things if a player fast-forwards through the story. They don't personally play those parts, but they still happen.

As I said last time, it's like starting to read a book series from Book 4 instead of right from the beginning. The characters haven't done anything less in the story so far just because you haven't personally read about them doing it.

[Lacan]

"You" haven't personally been through any of it. You didn't get framed for murder, you played a game in which your character (and my character and everybody else's character) got framed for murder.

You're playing a game - a story - in which your character has earned the title Warrior of Light. They still did those things if a player fast-forwards through the story. They don't personally play those parts, but they still happen.

As I said last time, it's like starting to read a book series from Book 4 instead of right from the beginning. The characters haven't done anything less in the story so far just because you haven't personally read about them doing it.

Lies and slander. I remember it all vividly, I was there every step of the way. Skip potion users can't say the same.