Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
I do hope they don't screw up and actually succeed at making the world a better place. We need a proper Garlean victory along the lines of Shinra defeating one of the Weapons in FF7. I bring this up a lot around these parts, I know, I'm so weary of the WoL securing victory after victory. Having the WoL fail at something and be saved (indirectly, perhaps) by a Garlean construct would be a pretty neat twist. It's a lot less tiresome and more intriguing than Hydaelyn's plot armour and blessing in my opinion.
While I wouldn't mind this, people didn't exactly react well the last time the WoL failed at something and had to be saved by NPCs. I can't count the number of people I heard whining that their character should have carved a path of blood and destruction through Ul'dah instead of running.

Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
I mean, technically speaking the Garleans have had a lot of victories. It's just not shown directly. They control a large portion of Hydaelyn, after all. They also managed to deal with Doma when it rebelled - though the specifics evade us.
They burned the entire country to the ground and killed everyone who didn't escape in the refugee fleet as a warning to the other countries on the continent.