Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
It's a shame that those who reside on the First lack the same potential as those on the Source by virtue of not being as complete. That really puts a dampener on my desire to role-play a resident of the First. Not because I wish to play a powerful character but it because it indirectly makes them much less relevant in the grand scheme of things.

It does make sense from the perspective of all the excess aether having to go somewhere, at least - and it's not as if we didn't see some on the First put up an excellent fight even faced with the Warrior of Light as an opponent.
First RP is always going to be pretty limited anyway as we go back to the Source or other worlds in future expansions anyway. Unless SE actuall makes an RP friendly means of traveling between worlds.