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    Yoshi-P said this in a recent interview: (taken from Reinhart's thread)
    story of ARR
    something similar to 4 heroes of light of FFI
    end of era trailer has a continuation -> opening of ARR
    ARR is set 5 years after end of 1.0, why world has recovered so fast is related to what happened in the last moments between Louisiox and Bahamut. Will be the main of the 3 storylines in ARR until the first expansion and will explain about the Allag Empire, Dalamud, why Bahamut was sealed and what became of Louisiox.
    2 other storylines:
    conflict with Garlemard
    first goal of the empire is to stop the beast tribes
    conquest is only secondary
    fight against the primals
    aether energy is same as FFVII lifestream: use (summoning) damages planet, needs to be stopped
    story will be episodic
    first ep: conclusion of the 7th umbral era catastrophe (cap still lv50)
    "Ishgard", "Recovery of Ala Mhigo", and "The Garlean Empire" used as examples for new story episodes/expansions
    old 1.0 story got scrapped, however the essence is still there.

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    Recovery of Ala Mhigo...

    I wonder if all of our threads early on (about turning it into a besieged style zone where we can win or lose the city and a continuum of its resources) had any influence on this idea or if they had their own plan already in place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warlock View Post
    conflict with Garlemard
    first goal of the empire is to stop the beast tribes
    conquest is only secondary
    Here's the elaborate version on that:

    Garlean Empire's motivation is "Primals are killing the planet, so we have to stop them. Unite under our banner to bring on an era of peace! If you go against us, this means you are aiding the beast tribes to destroy the planet and are our enemy." Thus, the conquest is only secondary in the sense that they don't want the land or the riches per se, but are focused on getting as much power as possible to get rid off the primals and their beast tribes.

    Basically, we're both fighting for the same cause, but we don't want to unite with the Empire and lose our independence. Yoshida-san said he wants to keep this ambivalent relationship a little longer. Maybe it's a hint to a future alliance with the Empire?

    Yoshida-san also said that of course, due to human nature, there are cases of aggression purely out of greed, too, so it's not like they're some kind of saints.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Soukyuu View Post
    Here's the elaborate version on that:

    Garlean Empire's motivation is "Primals are killing the planet, so we have to stop them. Unite under our banner to bring on an era of peace! If you go against us, this means you are aiding the beast tribes to destroy the planet and are our enemy." Thus, the conquest is only secondary in the sense that they don't want the land or the riches per se, but are focused on getting as much power as possible to get rid off the primals and their beast tribes.

    Basically, we're both fighting for the same cause, but we don't want to unite with the Empire and lose our independence. Yoshida-san said he wants to keep this ambivalent relationship a little longer. Maybe it's a hint to a future alliance with the Empire?

    Yoshida-san also said that of course, due to human nature, there are cases of aggression purely out of greed, too, so it's not like they're some kind of saints.
    I agree with you and is possible that that was their original plan until Nael Van Darnus , In the final CS of "It kills with fire" he shows up and starts giving you a speech of joining forces and suddenly out of nowhere he shoots an attack of energy at you which even surprises the soldiers that are with him. Why attack me? i just did them a favor?

    His Legion follow orders to attack us as well, and it only gets worse with the progress in the story to the point that he hates everyone equally quite different from the Black Wolf.

    Also to justify Garlemald's doing they used to be the redhead step child of Hydaelin before the current Emperor made his appearance so all of what they did/do has a vibe of "Look what we are capable of now"
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