Are the Ascians truly wrong?

[Theodric]

It's ultimately a matter of perspective. I'll be vague to avoid spoilers since you haven't finished Shadowbringers yet but you'll get a lot of the answers you're looking for and it's left to the player to make up their own minds on the matter. The game lacks meaningful factions, so obviously we can't side with them, though we certainly understand their point of view.

[RitsukoSonoda]

It's ultimately a matter of perspective. I'll be vague to avoid spoilers since you haven't finished Shadowbringers yet but you'll get a lot of the answers you're looking for and it's left to the player to make up their own minds on the matter. The game lacks meaningful factions, so obviously we can't side with them, though we certainly understand their point of view.

Essentially yes. Up until events in Shadowbringers we only see part of the picture with the Ascians which is the acts they commit on the source both in the present and also some references to the past. We finally get a glimpse into the reason for it and the goal they were trying to achieve.