(07-02-2013, 05:46 PM)Nako-Chan Wrote: Question 1) I hear some saying new players also get the Echo in ARR. I saw a handful say no. Some say every player character is now a Warrior of Light, others say only Legacy characters are Warriors of Light. Would someone clarify for me which once and for all?
Well, I am not a a professional lore expert, but I play one on stage and screen, so I may be able to clarify this particular point.Â
I've only played this from the Limsa-Lominsa/Marauder angle side of things and while I do think the game pretty much treats you as an "Echo-using-Warrior-of-Light", it is ambiguous and vague enough to make you wonder. This is standard in many "modern" Japanese stories on TV/Media...at least a number of years ago. Basically, the Japanese like ambiguity in their endings of stories.
While the game does do this, it is for each person to decide if they truly are or not. I have also seen some scenes where, if you are not a "Warrior of Light" from 1.0, the game is setting you up on a path to be something similar anyway (if not the same thing...just a "new warrior of light). Again, this is up to individual players to embrace or ignore in their vision of their characters in the world.
Also, I want to add it is not out-of-question that players new to 2.0 are also "Warriors of Light" from the get-go. Since there is this world-wide memory loss at a specific point in time (the climatic end battle of 1.0) a new player coming in is basically "discovering" his past and ties to it. Basically, you are also amnesiatic of events. This opens a wide blanket to all and doesn't shut anyone out of being a "Warrior of Light" unless they choose to do so in IC-RP interactions. Still, you are going to get the cinematics for such.
I am a bit goggier on the Echo, but as Jonexe points out, I feel every player should have it. Again, it is up to the players to decide if they have that or not. The game's storyline seems propels you through as propel you through as if you have, similar to my "Warrior of Light" statement.
2) Yes, the same. The opening cinematic for new players, it is exactly like the "Hear, Think, Feel" mantra. So, that means that new players do get it.
TL;DR : Yes, everyone is a yodelling Fighter of changing bright lightbulbs. ;P
