Fix the Elemental Wheel

[Wynn]

I'll answer this, Wynn. One can argue because of precedents... Most, if not all, of the most absorbing, mystifying, interesting, and exciting of the imaginary worlds ever created in all disciplines of Arts and Entertainment are those that respond to consistent and elegant inner rules. These worlds include some of the great epic poems, novels, operas, films and games that are the forerunners of the MMOs that we, you and I, choose to play today.

I want this inner logic to be present in this game, not just to bust anybody's genitalia (that includes yours,) but rather to add consistency, interest and depth to a world that I would like to visit often in years to come. It was this inner logic and elegance that attracted us all (those who visited it, that is) to Vana'diel and it was no small part of the appeal that kept us anchored there for so many joyful years. It was a world that made sense and felt real and that captured attention and affection, not just because it was fun, but also because it obeyed its own laws with admirable consistency. This is simply the reason why lore is important.

Or do you think that when Tolkien wrote his Lord of Rings tetralogy, or when Rowling wrote her Harry Potter cycle, or when George Lucas chose his sources of inspiration for his Star Wars saga... do you really think they just wrote what came into their heads without some sense of skeletal order for their universes. It's the consistency and inner logic of these worlds that keeps succeeding generations fascinated with their myths.

So we're just asking for the standards of imaginary worlds to be maintained.

R

First bolded quote: You can't argue based on precedent because, in a newly imagined fictional fantasy world, there isn't one. If this were another title based in Vana'diel, I'd agree with you. However, it's not.

Second bolded quote: Of course there is a skeletal order to those imagined worlds...their own skeletal order. That's the point. And it didn't just materialize out of thin air or come carbon copied from something that came before. They each sat down for long periods of time writing, collecting ideas, changing ideas, solidifying concepts. All until they came to a firm understanding of their own fictional universes.

As long as the rules are consistent in their own universe, they are true and believable for that universe. The world of Hydaelyn obeys its own laws with regard to magic. It operates just like the wheel says it does. And that's all it needs to do. Our approval need not apply.

Besides, this argument is extremely silly. Are you really saying you can't possibly fathom how an enormous magical gust of wind could smother/disrupt/damage a fire?