Discrepancy in lore (spoilers)

[Bhearil]

Are you really using a Hien as a standard of Eorzea's soldiers can do? He managed to hold off (with some help) a possessed Zenos that was stronger than his earlier aparitions until Wol arrived when normal Zenos was shown plowing through normal soldiers like butter while not even trying since his first aparition. Eorzea do have some exceptional individuals but they are far and between. That the Wol can pull off some crazy stuns doesnt mean that normal soldiers can manage even a tenth of it

"Q. How strong is the Warrior of light as a human? A. The strength is as follows: Guts > Lv70 WoL > Zenos > Raubahn > Lv50 WoL. The lv70 WoL beating Zenos was a miracle."

At the very least Hien should be on the level of Raubahn, someone who was considered an invincible legend and that even despite losing an arm can still kick massive ammounts of ass and is a one (armed)man army

Normal Dragoons are not even close to the level of Estinien considering that hes probably the WoL strongest ally looking at his crazy feats, so dont expect a normal Dragoon oneshooting ships (plus they are specialized on fighting dragons, only the WoL its stated to have a personal multi purpose style)

Story has stated that Garleans were kicked all around until they developed magiteck then defeated everyone near (proving that usually magitech>magic sans exceptions) until they started using conscripts to fix their lack of magic issues, so they have a huge edge in numbers and tech

The reason why Garlean empire didnt conquered Eorzea is basically plot armor (designed to create chaos, having a civil war etc), since every time Garleans solved an issue, another popped out forcing them to not focus on Eorzea once again