Quote Originally Posted by NoloeTazier View Post
The Battle of Silvertear Skies changed the aether of the land drastically and Dalamud's ascent extrapolated this drastically. Thanalan isn't actually a desert it's just a pretty dry place and that's why Ul'dah works because of the access to water (a reason why the Sil'dih-Ul'dah war happened with a drought). The aether of the land has had a chance to recover and return to what it once was...a real desert would be Sagoli to the south (not just the place around Forgotten Springs) home/ruins of Sil'dih and Pagl'than the home land of the Amalj'aa.
Yes, these two are part of the reason of why the aetheric currents changed, but Dalamud's descent didn't affect Hydealyn just in the same way as our moon would affect the Earth, and that's why I said that it was close. Anyway, from what we learn in certain place, one would think that the aether is not actually recovering, but quite the opposite :/

Also, by "a lot" I meant "more than what would normally rain in a desert of these characteristics", keeping in mind that most of Thanalan would fall under the category of a semiarid desert. So, of course there is water in deserts, but not in abundace and only in certain parts, and that's exactly why Sil'dih and Ul'dah fought for such an important and strategic resource in that place.

Moreover, it seems that current rains in Thanalan are not dictated by a rainy season, in which the super rainy weather would actually make sense in eastern due to it being savannah-like, but are an anomaly as stated on the levequest that I mentioned. If people in Thanalan say that, it might be because the weather there actually changed from what they had been noticing over the years