2010-12-24, 01:22 AM
I just don't get why so many people just want the Cygnus to be evil period. Yeah, otherwise it follows a more stereotypical path, but there comes a point where you accept those since all plot frames were created centuries ago anyway. It is how something is presented that determines it's enjoyability. Originality is all well and good, but there's only so far you can go in terms of plot that hasn't been done (unless you pull something stupid like that upcoming "Cowboys VS. Aliens" movie). Besides, knowing the creators of this game, I'd much rather have consistency than something overly new (see Olivia).
As for my revised opinion of what I think happened; I believe that they attempted to reseal the Black Mage, but were given a false report on how to do it by some sort of spy or traitor; and instead of sealing him inside an object or location like he had been before, he wound up sealed inside Cygnus. Even then, the seal was not complete and her influence eventually led others into darkness. As mentioned before, the death animations of the new steroid mobs have a dark swirl in them before returning to their original mobs, so I'm more inclined to believe corruption is the theme here. What has my curiosity piqued is more that behind the gate to the future, there are two passages (of a possible many? perhaps akin to the maps with the doors just outside of Pap) that have been forcefully broken into. I could understand if the Black Wings + Mage forcefully broke into the past in order to undermine the present, but I can't think up circumstances that would motivate someone to break into/or out of the future.
@accuracy: Watch them change everything to make DEX and acc needed again and screw over warriors adapting to the BB standard now. At least if people can kill pap before then, they'd have the overkill acc cape to account for that.
As for my revised opinion of what I think happened; I believe that they attempted to reseal the Black Mage, but were given a false report on how to do it by some sort of spy or traitor; and instead of sealing him inside an object or location like he had been before, he wound up sealed inside Cygnus. Even then, the seal was not complete and her influence eventually led others into darkness. As mentioned before, the death animations of the new steroid mobs have a dark swirl in them before returning to their original mobs, so I'm more inclined to believe corruption is the theme here. What has my curiosity piqued is more that behind the gate to the future, there are two passages (of a possible many? perhaps akin to the maps with the doors just outside of Pap) that have been forcefully broken into. I could understand if the Black Wings + Mage forcefully broke into the past in order to undermine the present, but I can't think up circumstances that would motivate someone to break into/or out of the future.
@accuracy: Watch them change everything to make DEX and acc needed again and screw over warriors adapting to the BB standard now. At least if people can kill pap before then, they'd have the overkill acc cape to account for that.