Is this entire expansion a bait-and-switch?

[Naria]

Some discussion is fine and so far this thread is prety civil hehe. To add to my previous comment, Ala Migho has been occupied like 20-30 ish years now and Doma is considerably more recent? That could lead to an interesting look into how any ppl would react to being occupied =D Man the more I think about it the more this "split" is starting to get my attention =D

Actually, according to the Encyclopedia Eorzea Doma was annexed by Garlemald in 1553 Sixth Astral. Ala Mhigo was annexed in 1557. The Calamity happened in 1572. So Doma has been occupied for approximately half quarter of a century, Ala Mhigo a bit less. There was a recent uprising in Doma during ARR, however, which was brutally put down and that is the reason that Yugiri and her group fled to Eorzea. Supposedly Doma was "destroyed" as a result but the city looks intact to me so /shrug.

EDIT:
Up late watching the keynote, can no longer count.