Quote Originally Posted by AziraSyuren View Post
I strongly disagree. I think there's every possible indication that they would've kept going. We were shown that suffering was now inherent and unavoidable in their world, that they couldn't cope with it, and that they were too traumatized to resist the urge to undo it. We were told of (and shown directly in the Dead Ends and Ultima Thule in general) many different races that did that exact same thing and had the exact same problem and there's no reason to believe that the Ancients would've been any more responsible. There's no reason to assume that Hythlodaeus' take on what they would've done is more accurate just because he has a pretty face and kissable lips.
I didnt even mention the latter comment...appearance has very little to do with anything. They suffered in elpis, we see this via sidequests but they did overcome it.They could cope with it, as they even had special funeral rites to help them cope with getting rid of creations. The only thing you can argue they didnt cope with was the final days deaths and really why should they? It was something horrific and out of their control. Why wouldnt you want to undo the mess it caused? Just because we saw a few races succumb to it doesnt mean the ancients would have, by that logic we can say the sundered are the same situation so they should die off as well. Theres no reason to assume hythlodaeus' take is incorrect just because of a few races we saw who werent really much like the ancients. It's strange to me how the constant theme in this game has been hope, and not giving up but so many people are quick to write off the ancients as "oh, they wouldve kept going." With very little to actually support this. The ancients lived for thousands of years without problems. This isnt any different than ironworks not resisting the urge to undo the calamity and so they messed with time.