Originally Posted by
Airget
LL is off the mainland so it's hard to involve them in the story since the only reason the Empire is attacking them is so they don't have time to build their forces in the background. They are considering everyone an enemy but there's no need to do nothing more then small invasions to keep them on their toes.
the lv 40 Garuda fight will most likely explain the empires involvement in it all just like the lv30 Ifrit fight had some involvement with the Empire. The reason why Gridi/Ulda are getting so much love it cause they are on the main land where the Empire is setting up their stronghold, the Empire has no reason to setup a stronghold on LL and the Kobold have no reason to be pissed off with them yet.
With that said though I do think that perhaps if we get another Primal fight before 2.0 hits it'll be against leviathan so LL will finally get some involvement, maybe the Empire wants to disrupt levi so the ocean's waves no longer flow making travel by ship worthless and the reason why Garuda is being called on is to weaken her so that the wind is weaker. Weaken the wind and the water and LL will have no means to fight on sea with their current technology as well as the possibility that travel through current airship tech might not work.
Of course this is just pure speculation but the story to the 40 fight should give us some insight towards the Empire, at least I hope it does. Also when the next miniupdate does hit all the areas should have a hamlet they can defend so just gotta wait til then and LL will at least have that XD.