Quote Originally Posted by Alise View Post
I really wish that we would have different choice in situation like this. Usually dragon age origin series would offer this kind of choice.

1.Fight
2.flee
3.let them capture.
Doesn't work within the games model. FF14 has never been that type of game and will most likely never be anything like that. To do so requires them to create three different storylines to accommodate it.

I think the core issue isn't that it is stupid but the fact some people don't like the fact we couldn't just faceroll and solve all our issues with our fists. We were screwed and unarmed in that situation and in a position politically and legally where all the cards were in their hands. The thing was a powderkeg and they knew we knew that. They out maneuverer us and corner us.

I also think people greatly overestimate the capacity of their character. If we fought back, if we could fight back Lolorito almost certainly has protection we aren't seeing. While we only see Brass Blades and Crystal Braves nearby, there is no telling who is just outside including potential Sultansworn Elite, many of whom are in the Monetarists pockets. Do you honestly see Lolorito being there without seriously hedging his bets. He isn't an idiot.

Also I want to say this again since its been mentioned again:

We cant control the Echo. It does its thing when and if it wants to. Its just as likely to do nothing in this situation as actually help us.

And

Even if we could the info it provides quite likely would be no immediate help to us beyond telling us what we already know. If there is a big bad behind Lolorito were aren't in a position to deal with it or prove that that big bad exists. In the mean time we would have just left Ul'dah in a power vacuum with all its leaders save a couple of Syndicate members and Raubahn dead and Raubahn looking as guilty as hell. If there was a big bad they would have a field day painting us as a foreign group who just staged a Coup.

Even then we are ignoring the fact that we would loose the Brass blades who are currently funded by the Monetarists leaving Ul'dah dangerously short on troops and with a vast swarm of unemployed mercenaries. This when Garlemald is almost certainly looking for any sign of weakness in the city states.