Time is Running Out for the Ascian's Plan?

[Draginhikari]

Originally they may have planned another Calamity that would have "restored the balance" while causing a lot more destruction. Thinking on it though...that may have been their original plan with Bahamut. The 7th Calamity is released, the Ascians convince people to release a Calamity of Light (powered by the First's destruction) that would cause just as much destruction while balancing things out.

That is kind of the interesting thing about the 7th Calamity in particular. Most of the calamities seem to have the type of impact the 8th Calamity did and was a full reset of civilization. However, in the case of the 7th, the interference meant Bahamut's Rampage was exclusive almost entirely to Eorzea and was only a temporary setback. It makes you wonder if Louisoix interference against Bahamut allowed the coming of the 8th Calamity sooner or as your stating if that was always the intention.

Due to the timescale of the Shards, it makes it hard to tell when the flood of light started from our perspective. For the First that was a 100 years ago but for the Source... it really is not clear nor do we know how long it takes for the Asicans to start these processes on the shards.

[Iscah]

Due to the timescale of the Shards, it makes it hard to tell when the flood of light started from our perspective. For the First that was a 100 years ago but for the Source... it really is not clear nor do we know how long it takes for the Asicans to start these processes on the shards.

Actually we have a pretty exact time point for that: it was happening when the Warriors were brought to the Source, and Minfilia travelled there to stop the Flood.