I'm curious as to whether this will be addressed as the story moves forward. For all the screaming from the Ala Mhigans regarding their homeland being occupied they seem to conveniently forget that throughout history they were quite content to try and invade neighbouring nations.

This has, unfortunately, largely been brushed aside....or so it seems. So I'm hoping that if and when we do visit Ala Mhigo we won't see a situation where the Garleans are once again painted as having very few redeeming qualities. Surely there's going to plenty of Garlean civilians who just happen to be doing the jobs given to them within Ala Mhigo.

If Ala Mhigo tries to revolt will those non-combatants/regular Garleans be injured/killed and if so will the story paint the Ala Mhigans as the bad guys (at least to some extent) instead of heroes to be praised for their obsessive patriotism?

I'm hoping that, like with the conflict with Nidhogg there will be two sides to the story and we will once again be treated to more morally grey stuff.

Back in 1.0 it seemed like the Garlean Empire had a lot more depth to it and could easily be sympathised with. The same can be said of their appearance in 2.0 and 3.0 to some extent but it feels like they all too often end up adhering to many of the tropes associated with outright villains.

I've said this before in a few other threads but personally I would love it if the Garlean Empire ends up being more like Archades from Final Fantasy XII when we finally address it directly.

So, thoughts? Do people here think that'll happen - both the Garlean Empire being presented in a more pleasant light and the Ala Mhigans being shown as rabid, dangerous and hypocritical?