Quote Originally Posted by Millybonk View Post
  • The mighty Zodiark, which has been build up as this mighty(evil) entity over several expansions, turns out to be nothing but filler trash for the first Endwalker trial
  • The true cause of the Final Days is a pet-project from an ancient which goes mad after observing countless dead world and possibly causing the death of several world by projecting negative emotions unto them, and is thus dead-set on bringing despair to every world, upon which said ancient goes mad and is now letting her run her course to test humanity if they can withstand/fight despair
  • Venat, who hasn't had her memory wiped + still remembers you from being in Elpis, quite apparently doesn't lift a finger to learn about Dynamis herself or to mobilize the other ancients to end Meteion then and there, and instead chooses to turn herself into Hydaelyn, sunder the world and the inhabitants, thereby forcing them to live with and face despair and gambling that their resilience against despair might be enough to face Meteion one day
  • The mighty Zodiark was sundered and there is a version of it on the moon of each shard, so it was a lot weaker and wasn't itself. Was it actually designed for fighting in the first place when that wasn't why it was summoned?
  • Yes, that is the true cause of the Final Days. You're missing the point, which is that this "perfect" society was not as perfect as they believed it was. When faced with their own doom, they wouldn't know what to do because they have never had to struggle with anything before, so they just summoned a giant familiar to deal with it. When presented with Meteion's report, they would have been divided for the first time in their lives. Emet-Selch later tells us their ways would never had got them this far. By sundering them and making them struggle and contemplate doom regularly, they will know how to cope with division and threats to their existence.
  • As I said, if she mobilized the other ancients to end Meteion, they would be divided on what to do for the first time in their lives. Some of them may agree that they should be discarded and they would fight over what to do about the situation. The division would probably be as destructive as the final days itself. She did mobilize a small amount of people that she could trust, but had to be careful not to spread word to Fandaniel because she couldn't trust him with the information. How would she convince Emet-Selch when he was not even convinced the first time?
  • She already learned what Dynamis was. Learning more about it wasn't necessary. Traveling to Meteion was and space travel is what she spent years researching with her researchers (one of which becomes The Watcher).