Inconsistencies with the sundering (Spoilers)

[Kazhar]

Also why the heck weren't Elidibus, Lahabrea, and Emet Selch sundered? Is that explained in the game later at all?

It wasn't explained in game, but in a Live Letter. (Part LXVIII)

Q: I’d be interested to know how the unsundered Ascians (Lahabrea, Elidibus, and Emet-Selch) avoided being kicked into fourteen pieces by Hydaelyn.

A: As Emet-Selch implied towards the end of the 6.0 main scenario (“So, here I am Venat. I suppose you needed me to tie it all together…”), Venat had purposefully allowed him to survive. The attack intentionally left something like an opening which Emet-Selch could just barely wriggle through. With that said, with the limit of Hydaelyn’s full power behind the attack, fine-tuning wasn’t possible and whether or not he would actually survive was somewhat of a gamble. In the end, Emet-Selch, with the help of Lahabrea (who happened to be nearby) and Elidibus (who had fallen from Zodiark’s core), was able to evade the attack by temporarily escaping to a rift between dimensions.

[NekoMataMata]

It wasn't explained in game, but in a Live Letter. (Part LXVIII)

Isn't that poor story telling? You know, having to have the creators of the story explain things outside of the story themselves?

[Atelier-Bagur]

Isn't that poor story telling? You know, having to have the creators of the story explain things outside of the story themselves?

I mean...we didnt really need to go into the details of everything. That question always bothered me really. I always assumed just like in any story that the bad guys were just quick thinkers, strong and successfully adapted to the situation. This is being selective I know, but outside sources for extra context and information isnt required to understand the plot so those LL were fans ask stuff like this always seem like the devs try to think fast and come up with a response. If it aint the FFXIV lore master and designer, Banri Oda or even Ishikawa directly answering these questions, I'm taking the info with a grain of salt.

[AwesomeJr44]

Isn't that poor story telling? You know, having to have the creators of the story explain things outside of the story themselves?

Yes. Yes it is.

It's the same type of bad writing that happened in Star Wars 9 where Palpatine's return required reading outside material to be explained properly.

[PeaTearGriffin]

Isn't that poor story telling? You know, having to have the creators of the story explain things outside of the story themselves?

I'm not going to defend square enix on this one because it's definitely a detail they overlooked.