Quote Originally Posted by Alberel View Post
Considering that we're inhabiting Ishgard as a city state in 3.0, yes, we do know that we have to break the Ascian hold over Ishgard before then. If they were still in control of Ishgard they would keep the gates barred against us and not let us in.
There are actually any number of ways we could get into Ishgard without defeating the Ascians. Just off hand, we could infiltrate Ishgard, or there could be a civil war. . .