Quote Originally Posted by HiraishinNoJutsu View Post
At this point you're probably wondering “Why did this dweeb make such a long post for stuff we already know” Reason being I think this is one of THE MOST IMPORTANT side quests in the game because it allows you to take a peek at the mentality of the ancients

To say that they were just some snobs in an ivory tower or that they were loveable stewards of the planets misses half the picture. The emergence of the sound and the Ancients manifesting their nightmares was the first real tragedy the ancient world faced and they dropped the ball completely. But, we gotta understand WHY amaurot was already in overtime in the first place.

TL;DR it's impossible to boil down the ancients or their creations to X or Y because parties from both sides believe two very different ideas of what should be done.
Have to say i agree with 99% of your points, they’re really thought out and worded. The only thing i slightly disagree with is them “dropping the ball.” I feel the situation wasn’t something that could really be planned properly for. We’re told the crisis escalated very rapidly and they were trying to research the phenomenon as best they could it seems based on the lore entries. If it was indeed some kind of alien-like entity or even just something completely unknown to them i don’t think it’s their fault for not having planned for that. Other than that very great posts