I was talking about the form shadow took, which was defined by the fact that the seven sea’s shadow applies withering (more dmg)
(also im 99% sure vetex stated that AA Shadow was different from WoM’s shadow, so it wouldn’t be all that surprising if something like this would occur across sea clusters)
If your argument is “but thats where magic originated!!!”, firstly that’s false until proven that the ruins of Athens lays in the War Seas.
Secondly, I have no idea where you get the idea War Sea magic is more advanced. It’s not. If this was the case, then War Sea Shadow, Plasma and Fire wouldn’t hit like wet paper when compared to their Seven Seas variants. (AA Plasma and Fire can actually last a few seconds in water, instead of being erased on contact with it)
(In lore) Both shadows are magic energy formed into a shadowy form. (In game) Vetex definitely wouldn’t have known back with AA what shadow would be like now.
the war seas is where mount olympus once stood
olympus is in greece
you know what else is in greece? that’s right, Athens
clearly war seas magic is more advanced, because they have more complex magic circles and they consider way more magics to be “base” magics
also you’re comparing an undead completely magic saturated super savant to just some fellow who is a descendant of a god and has been experimented on a little bit
i’m pretty sure this is also part of the reason why the magic circles are different, they’re much more complex in the wars compared to the seven seas, signifying the advancement in magic they have
this is literally just game balancing and new mechanics being added or changed slightly
Irrelevant argument, the Seven Seas had cultures ranging from Ptolemaic Egypt (Savaria) to Arabs (Sabura) to Japan (Sixth Sea). Your argument of “its in proximity…!!” makes no sense, especially when positioning in Arcane is incoherent. (There are also Japanese and Norse Cultures in the War Seas so…?)
They may be base, but again they are weaker than their Seven Seas counterparts, quality over quantity. The Seven Seas has far better known magic users, along with holding the strongest known people in Arcane.
No, I was comparing basic NPCs such as pirates, bounty targets etc. All have the ability to use these base magics but are all weak when in comparison to the Seven Seas.
Again, I would not trust that source seeing as Vetex is known to change certain aspects of the lore, contradicting himself from time to time. Though I do understand that this would be valid prior to the Lore doc change
none of that is what i was arguing, if you have proof that what i was arguing has changed then please show me
dawg this is just game balancing and a result of our reference points being different between games, of course they won’t seem as strong when everything else is also strong
maybe because we actually know the story of the seven seas