Revelations from Patch 2.55 [SPOILERS]

[RobinRethiel]

Weapon Damage > all stats. Have you ever fought with a broken weapon? Even if everything else is working, you do peanuts for damage. If they took your weapon, you wouldn't be able to fight at all.

That's GAMEPLAY. Not story. You see Raubahn kicking down pillars with his feet?

And the whole story of "we don't have our weapon" is just assumption anyway.

It wouldn't have been a one-on-one fight, either. The dining hall / royal palace was swarming with Brass Blades and Crystal Braves; even if we had our weapons, it's unlikely we could have taken them all on.

That's impossible. You can't just port in an whole army. That's exactly the point. If they rang the alarm bell, everyone in the city would know this. If they don't - and since they can just say, nothing special happened, beside Raubahn slashing a Lala - then there are no swarms.

If you accept one point, then the next makes even less sense. And even if: the whole army can't just teleport in and there is only one door leading to the room.

By the way: maybe some of the Sultansworn are corrupt, but if they see, that the Monetarians with the help of foreign mercenaries are fighting the Royalists - whom would they - in total - help? The Sultansworn are the Sultanas' guard.

Yeah, yeah, we know, the Lolopoly-Man bought them all - but you know: this would **** even more, if he really could do this. More than the other problems. It would mean, that Uldah is even worse than the empire.

[Rannie]

That's GAMEPLAY. Not story. You see Raubahn kicking down pillars with his feet?

And the whole story of "we don't have our weapon" is just assumption anyway.

Again You are WRONG it HAS been addressed in the story line about being HELPLESS WITHOUT your weapon and being tied up. Mhor Dhona you are infiltrating the Castrum there to free both Minfillia, Tataru, Urianger, and Papalymo. They are ALL tied up and Urianger and Papalymo are BEGGING you to hurry up and UNTIE them so they are able to assist you with fighting. Therefore your blast on trying to blow the whole story of not having our weapons has been busted.

[RobinRethiel]

Again You are WRONG it HAS been addressed in the story line about being HELPLESS WITHOUT your weapon and being tied up. Mhor Dhona you are infiltrating the Castrum there to free both Minfillia, Tataru, Urianger, and Papalymo. They are ALL tied up and Urianger and Papalymo are BEGGING you to hurry up and UNTIE them so they are able to assist you with fighting. Therefore your blast on trying to blow the whole story of not having our weapons has been busted.

I don't care for Mor Dhona. It's a totally different scenario and it made sense.

But I won't discuss with you, since it is impossible. You don't argue, you just demand that it is like that.

[gamesmart]

And the whole story of "we don't have our weapon" is just assumption anyway.

Blatantly false. Pay attention to every cutscene that takes place in Ul'dah - YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR WEAPON.

If they rang the alarm bell, everyone in the city would know this.

Linkpearls exist. You know, that thing that Minfilia keeps bugging you with. They could sound the "alarm" and the smallfolk would be none the wiser. The Brass Blade rush would just look like some sort of incident happened in some other part of Ul'dah and they're moving to stop it.

the whole army can't just teleport in

Why would they need to when they're already outside the doors, everywhere in the city, ready to move at a moment's notice?

The Sultansworn are the Sultanas' guard.

Did you even read the PLD story dialogue? It's confirmed that a portion of the Sultansworn is paid off by Monetarist coin.