Quote Originally Posted by Rulakir View Post
I don't know what to make of the character comparison given that their motivations were different, but supposedly this isn't the first time Yoshi-P's been surprised by player reactions to a character or storyline. I also think "mistake" is a bizarre way to describe unleashing something that was Hell bent on destroying all life in the universe too.
In his worst nightmares I don’t think Hermes or Meteion expected the answers they found. I think in that lies the “mistake,” and given what the original intent of Meteions mission was I can’t really say he was wrong or evil for going through with it. Naive and irresponsible? Sure. But that’s not enough to condemn him.

Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
It is kind of awkward that being the head overseer of Elpis, he should've known the potential dangers of mass-producing an untested concept better then anyone else; even more so one that was capable of harnessing an energy they scarcely understood.

Had he simply sent out one Meteion and seen how it responded to dark emotions before unleashing an entire horde, things probably would've been fine.
Based on the side quests in Elpis, the Ancients seem to frequently “create first and ask questions later.” There’s potentially an eldritch beaver infestation that one researcher asks us to ignore, there’s the guy who made Behemoths because he just wanted his creation to be super strong, and then there’s the creator of the Cyclops in Anyder running around throwing monsters at random familiars.

Comes down to hubris I think.