Thread: 3.4 speculation

Originally Posted by Nalien

Gaius actually seemed fairly reasonable in his attempt on Eorzea... He sent an ultimatum, he could have just flown into the city-states with Ultima and taken over, but he opted to negotiate after having just solved our Primal problem... The Eorzean Alliance was even ready to accept the terms until Minfilia walked in and convinced everyone war was a better alternative than Garlean rule...A war that ended in the destruction of Ultima Weapon and the release and subsequent resummoning of Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan... Not to mention Hydaelyn having to exert the last of her strength defending us from Ultima... Garlean occupation is really going to have to be displayed as hellish in order to justify the current narrative... "but we want to worship Nald'Thal and let corrupt individuals attempt to assassinate the Sultanate!" is a piss poor justification for letting the Primals run amok again... I really don't get why people are so scared of Garlean rule, when groups can summon monsters that can steal your free will... I guess there was a scene with Garleans brainwashing children in 1.0 that might still be true (I'd hope not), but at least you can get on Garlemalds good side through service, you think Ifrits tempered get nice magitek toilets and air conditioning for their servitude?

I don't think we can fault the city states for being reluctant to submit themselves to foreign rule, regardless of how cushy it may or may not be depending on their level of cooperation. Might just be me being American here, but "Give me liberty, or give me death!" seems appropriate in this situation and a sentiment I happen to sympathize with.

Garlemald would have had better luck proposing an alliance to help Eorzea deal with its primal problem. Acknowledge that the city-states are equals and meet them as friends. That's not happening b/c that's just not the current mindset in Garlemald. They think they're the only ones who can save the world, that they don't need allies, and that they're above everyone else anyway (due to their tech advances and their mission) and you can't form a viable alliance with a non-equal partner. Garlemald has a good goal, ie: "Stop primal summoning", but its getting bogged down by bad methodology. There are flaws in our methods, too, but (due in part to plot convenience/luck) they're still working so far for the most part. If the Garlean methodology problems can be corrected, I'd be very interested in contemplating a serious alliance with them.

I'm almost sure we'll have an alliance of convenience against the Ascians at some point. A true alliance might build out of that, as the Garleans involved interact with us on a more equal basis and both sides see the benefits of working together and Garleans are forced to see that Eorzeans (both Beastmen and non-Beastmen, hopefully) aren't necessarily the "savages" they believe.