(Spoiler) About amaurots downfall

[QT_Melon]

I'd just figure it was something inherit in architect's soul if it was from an individual or, just that you're gonna reach similar conclusions construction wise due to location on what to build.

Like say the source soul always enjoyed and had a strong affinity to that location no matter how many times reborn and will build similar structures.

[YianKutku]

I'd just figure it was something inherit in architect's soul if it was from an individual or, just that you're gonna reach similar conclusions construction wise due to location on what to build.

Like say the source soul always enjoyed and had a strong affinity to that location no matter how many times reborn and will build similar structures.

Personally my (unsupported) opinion is that it is indeed just that geography and location means certain areas are much more "logical" places to build a large settlement. Close to large bodies of water (whether ocean or river), easy foundations, nexus of trade routes, abundant nearby resources, so on and so forth. And again, Calamities on the Source might mean that certain geographical features got changed, but others did not, so the devs can justify everything.

I'm actually curious if there are cities and large settlements on the First where Calamities on the Source had rendered the area less optimal. For example, Mhach was in a good enough spot to turn into one of the superpowers of the Fifth Astral Era, but their current location in the Seventh Astral Era is a swamp, due to the Sixth Calamity. Was there some similar (if probably not as powerful, lacking Black Magic) nation in that same area prior to the Flood of Light? Or was it all rolled into Ronka, which, based on location, might have been supposed to take the geographical place of Amdapor?

[Edax]

I'm actually curious if there are cities and large settlements on the First where Calamities on the Source had rendered the area less optimal. For example, Mhach was in a good enough spot to turn into one of the superpowers of the Fifth Astral Era, but their current location in the Seventh Astral Era is a swamp, due to the Sixth Calamity.

The Crystalium is a good example. From what I've learn from city building simulators and Civilization V, one of the most important places to build thriving city is in an area with access to plenty of fresh water. In the First, you have Lakeland which supports the Crystalium, while in the Source you have the poisoned land of Mor Dhona, ruined by the Seventh Umbral Calamity. I think it's implied that Mor Dhona was formerly a central part of the Allagan Empire but I suspect it would be impossible to have a self-sustaining city there now.