Quote Originally Posted by ObsidianFire View Post
The "starshower" in 1.0 is canonically debris from Dalamud falling. Just about everyone in Eorzea saw it and the vast majority of them did not end up with the Echo afterwards. It should be noted that everyone that did have an awakened Echo did see the Starshower.

In 2.0, it's very odd. In the opening scene of 2.0, we hear Hydaelyn and swipe at Lahabrea in the Aetherial Sea. Which is long before we even see a starshower. The starshower we do see isn't even real. It happens after we pick up our first crystal of light and happens in the Aetherial Sea where our Crystals of Light are. Which happens after we hear Hydaelyn for the first time.

This is less of a problem for 1.0 legacy characters, who would have already had the Echo at this point anyway. It's a bigger issue for everyone else since the start of 2.0 is when they would have gotten the Echo most likely.
Seems like they're trying to hand wave it as "PC is special".