[Spoilers] Garlemald is a wasted opportunity

[Cleretic]

So you're basically okay with Empire's representation of being Ala Mhigo/Doma v2.0?

Personally, yes, because the interesting part of Garlemald is that it only appears to be 'Ala Mhigo/Doma 2.0' at first. What makes Garlemald shine is that you get there to find out that no, guns-blazing heroism and intervention is genuinely not welcome; it's not like Stormblood where you get through by just continuing to meddle, Garlemald genuinely does not want the help, and people would rather die than receive it.

Garlemald is the closest the game's ever come to genuine hostile territory as a zone, because not only are there the usual things/people that'll readily try to kill us, but even the people we're supposed to be helping don't want us around.

(Also, Bozja is the real 'Ala Mhigo/Doma 2.0', and it was fantastic.)