Quote Originally Posted by Raxxon View Post
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See, I would believe that if it didn't try so strongly to imply that the original use of the tower, which effectively resulted in a society of people used to having everything provided for them, was right (the final NOAH report outright states this). It effectively disregards the implications that it was the Allagans' over-reliance on technology that unmade them, opting to stick with the "Dalamud bad" explanation instead.

I'm fully aware that some later development could blow this theory out of the water, but there's nothing in-game yet to convince me otherwise.