Is there a lore reason for why we can fall from great heights?

[Conundrum]

And no, I'm not asking for a cutscene of us sitting on a bowl but maybe at least seeing us enter a stall or outhouse and a fade to black on the door closing. You know, something tasteful.

I am the Warrior of light.

I have slain mooks beyond counting...

I have slain almost as many gods...

I have faced off against dragons...

I have traveled to other dimensions (and done the same things there)...

I have traveled to the edge of <redacted> and battled <redacted> to avert <redacted>...

I have punched <redacted> in the face...


But the one thing I couldn't triumph over was Tataru's chili.

[Conundrum]

Clearly dynamis is at work here!

I know you're joking...

But has everyone noticed that a lot of people are using Dynamis like spackle to cover over every "plot hole" (more specifically, anything questionable or unanswered) in the game.

[Aurikai]

There's ZERO lore reasons because you take fall damage in PvP, it's just simply a convenience mechanic for PvE.

[Hayden]

we're basically gods. We can to solo one on one with Ifrit, Odin, you name it. What's a fall? Besides if you think my lazy WOL ass is walking down that cliff...you got another thing comming

[Zomkei]

Lore reason is because people complained about having to stop and heal after jumping off one of those cliffs back in ARR and HW. That being said, I kind of miss extreme heights being fatal like in most MMOs

Ninja used to be the only job to not take any fall damage, if I recall correctly.

they still took fall dmg, it was just they took less / lower fall dmg.

[van_arn]

What kind of second-rate adventurer would you be if you didn't have good insoles? We're the warrior of light. We have the best insoles gil can buy and magic can enhance.

[Sylve]

Well technically there are real world accounts of people falling from some insane heights and surviving.

We would just be using aether subconsciously to either dampen the shock similar to how a cat manages to avoid serious injuries from falling by relaxing itself and landing in a particular manner or just a literal slowfall effect that manages to keep us from achieving terminal velocity.

[Fyrebrand]

To be perfectly honest, it is pretty dumb and there is no excuse for it. I would rather have it so that falling from a great enough height will kill you, but whenever you die you can just revive at the nearest aetheryte. A feeling of danger around being high up and being nervous about what could happen if you fall, makes navigating the terrain more exciting. I suppose that sort of dynamic is somewhat diminished in a game where you can easily unlock flying mounts and elevation is of no importance, though.