so i was reading this forum:Lore drop thread(Sorta spoilers) - #261 by skittlesnakes and in there i learned just how fucking strong the grand navy is, from them being confirmed to be stronger than the arcane government which was a group that CLASHED WITH THE PROMETHEAN FIRE CURSE USER (before it was retconned) and how they CASUALLY ARRESTED THE APOCALYPSE CURSE USER (nero)
this brings us to the syndicate, the recruiter npc in the asyn base in bronze sea mentions how the grand navy had used the asyn before, used the asyn before to KILL WHO?
honorable mentions: every single kingdom agreed to not have any squabbles with the grand navy and to just let them govern the seas and dictate a bunch of laws, this can also mean that they are SO strong that other kingdoms are scared of them
nero was the reason why the grand navy formed, and it took a coalition of nations to take him down—getting all of nato on one dude isn’t really casual imo
this is because vetex loves downplaying all of AA to make AO seem more impressive, when you use your eyes to compare the two, AO is just a glorified reskin of AA that thinks it has an “indepth-political drama” ongoing (it doesn’t)
The AG whoops the Gravy so badly it isnt funny
come talk to me when those bums at the chimera sea can afford to put electrical lights in even their most REMOTE outpost in the POOREST sea (like the AG, in outcast tower)
Plasma is SIGNIFICANTLY stronger in the SS than in the WS (verdies vs AO)
Shadow is SIGNIFICANTLY stronger in the SS than in the WS (blinding vs withering)
King Calvus’ Aether vs SS Aether (ornament)
The War Seas WISHES it was the SUPREME, DIVINE AND SUPERIOR Seven Seas.
which is why the AA magics are STRONGER. ironically, the seven seas has ALOT more war, on a more devastating scale than the war seas could even DREAM of
verdies was only level 200. and he still WIPES any war seas characters
there are no savants in the great seven seas. all mages can fully use swords, whereas in the war seas mfs forget how to use their hands the second they can use a semi-competent magic
seven sea aether SOLOS
also the top 10 in AA (pre AO retcons) are so far ahead of the AO top 10 its not even funny:
that kind of makes no sense? verdies is like lvl 280 or smth of course he’ll be stronger
i think that’s just a gameplay thing that would be eventually changed but never did because the game broke n stuff, so vetex put it in both wom and ao
also aethereal ornament’s a freaking exalted weapon that has been used so many times the arcanium metal just absorbed the aether magic or some shit like that, i think that’s how it works