Quote Originally Posted by EdwinLi View Post
Well they had to be compentent before 2.0 if they had gotten away with all Calamities before 2.0 events.

If it wasn't for WoL appearing in 2.0 they "would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling" Warrior of Light.
I'd actually say their biggest blunder was the 7th Umbral Calamity and events leading up to it, because this did not cause a civilization reset like the calamities beforehand nor did it become a full calamity thanks to Louisoix, thus was their presence known about for the 1st time by people who they did not try to tempt and thus learned people could start to combat their influence making their task of more calamities harder.

I believe the 7th Calamity was both a success and a failure to the ascians and is the beginning of their troubles which plagued them now, gotta hand it to Lahabrea even in success he managed to screw up XD though i feel this is more due to hubris about how they view our existence than anything else.