Quote Originally Posted by Seiryuukishi View Post
[...] but if we had teleported into Ul'dah how could we had not done the same to escape?
Easy. Teledji or whatever his name was, being the master trader that he was, opened up a trade window to interrupt our teleports. 0=)



As for killing a bunch of guards while escaping (even if we didn't do it personally)... IMO that's still different from personally attacking people while escaping. There always is the chance that one or more of said guards were simply doing as they were told and paid to do, instead of out of personal corruption. Attacking them would confirm that they're doing the right thing, cos we're obviously a danger to society and if we're that eager to potentially kill someone to escape, then who's to say we weren't actually behind the assassination? But when we just go ahead and give up peacefully, there's a chance they'd think 'but wait, if the WoL was guilty, would they really just surrender?' Admittedly a long shot, but... meh.

I'm not saying I'm happy with how events turned out, and I would have loved for there to be some kind of choice in the matter, but I can go along with how things played out.

Besides... I've played far too many JRPGs to have stayed unfamiliar with the whole "I've slaughtered armies single-handedly, yet now I'm 'surrounded' by six people, and decide there's too many of them to fight, despite having massive AoE spells" idea. It's the same as the classic "the only time people die permanently is in cutscenes" thing -- something I've even seen lampshaded for comic relief by people saying stuff like "It's ok, it wasn't an FMV" or "Just make sure you avoid the FMVs".