Quote Originally Posted by Fenral View Post
That's unlikely. We've always been prone to act in the most idealistic way possible and simply hope for the best without much thought towards possible negative repercussions. For all we know, it's the Ascians themselves making sure certain paths seem the most desirable. That is how ancient conspiracies work, after all, and they've been at it for a long time, rather, for all of time.
Yes, I quite agree with this: I don't doubt that this plan has been carefully worked out for centuries, maybe more. Everything they're doing now is just watching and making adjustments to compensate for free will. The big stuff has already been done. Now we need to flip the table...