Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
You can theoretically use time travel to change events on the same shard. As the perfect machine, Alexander calculated out the end result of every possible timeline in which it could intervene, including one in which it went back and prevented the Seventh Umbral Calamity. The main reason why it chose not to alter any part of the timeline was because its aether upkeep always made it a risk to the planet in the long run. It also realized, through its encounters with the player character, that they were going to sort everything out anyhow. So the only alteration that it made was to construct a time loop using Shanoa that effectively removed it from ever being used. Alexander always had the option to alter the past, present, or future however it saw fit; it's judgement was not to because of the consequences of those alterations, having seen every such timeline.
I really dislike how one of the possibly strongest primals to ever exist is just a side quest summon and not integrated into the MSQ..