The Eye of Janthir and the Flameseeker Prophecies

[Nayru]

Is this really a surprise? Our travels over the years have made us much more powerful. The Mantle are also more widely-traveled now. Aside from S. Shiverpeaks, Ring of Fire, and Tarnished Coast, they may well have sent some of their members to Cantha and Elona to train and bring back new techniques. (Where did all those white tigers come from?) They have learned, just as we did, and now have new skills for their core professions plus picking up the tricks of rits, sins, dervs, and paragons.

So their power has grown over the years quite naturally and does not require any gems handed out by the mursaat to explain it.

The white tigers convinced me of your argument.

[Смерть]

Is this really a surprise? Our travels over the years have made us much more powerful. The Mantle are also more widely-traveled now. Aside from S. Shiverpeaks, Ring of Fire, and Tarnished Coast, they may well have sent some of their members to Cantha and Elona to train and bring back new techniques. (Where did all those white tigers come from?) They have learned, just as we did, and now have new skills for their core professions plus picking up the tricks of rits, sins, dervs, and paragons.

So their power has grown over the years quite naturally and does not require any gems handed out by the mursaat to explain it.

I agree, it is possible for the Mantle to get stronger through travel, but that does not necessarily discredit the idea of the stones helping out. Especially since we do not have any way of measuring the increase lore-wise between experience gained and whether or not the gems do anything.

[Nayru]

Is this really a surprise? Our travels over the years have made us much more powerful. The Mantle are also more widely-traveled now. Aside from S. Shiverpeaks, Ring of Fire, and Tarnished Coast, they may well have sent some of their members to Cantha and Elona to train and bring back new techniques. (Where did all those white tigers come from?) They have learned, just as we did, and now have new skills for their core professions plus picking up the tricks of rits, sins, dervs, and paragons.

So their power has grown over the years quite naturally and does not require any gems handed out by the mursaat to explain it.

Hmm, that makes more sense to be honest. The fact that they use white tigers does imply that they at least had contact with Cantha. However, it doesn't explain why Anet chose to replace the random weapons the White Mantle used to have with new weapons that all have red gems in them.