Discrepancy in lore (spoilers)

[Bhearil]

I am not even disagreeing with you on that since I dont like it when you compare strenght to someone that is not even part of the game but I wanted to make sure that this was not something a poster came up with.

In the end the devs will decide what they need at the moment. The WoLs greatest weakness is a cutscene after all. My character has every job at lvl 80. So when someone is taken hostage I could just be like "Well have a swiftcast sleep right in your face" but instead no matter how strong we are, as soon as a cutscene starts we are weak as lvl 1 adventurers.

Remember during the banquet when you are lv 50 and some random mook guards detain you and tie you up like if you were a punk? On some jobs like monk (you have no weapons, so what? being unarmed doesnt instantly make your martial arts null) that has unlocked 7 chakras already is quite ridiculous unless Uldah guards are super beefed up and are Legatus level each one.

Wol has extreme cases of cutscene incompetence, plus most of the biggest threats were defeated due to external powers: Ultima got Hydaelyne personal intervention, Nidhogg got a Dragon Eye, Hades got 7 more Wols, Albert soul and the entire light collected till then, Elidibus got trapped in the Crystal tower forever due to Graha's help.

Its true that Wol defeated Thordan and Zenos with no external help amongst others, but the first by now is being power creeped as hell and the second is being stated to be a miracle to pull out a win. Other enemies like primals werent that strong, were weakened dut to story reasons, or the Wol was specifically buffed due to the Blessing of Light

Wol fame derives originally from being an Eikon Slayer due to the blessing of light making the tempering issue irrelevant and buffing the Wol during certain situations to godlike levels, something that Ysale even mentions in game during Heavensward.