Quote Originally Posted by Laili View Post
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They're efficient and competent enough to turn their luck around, I imagine. It's plausible that they send out operatives - or even constructs - to hunt for food and clean water. For the sake of plot convenience Eorzea hasn't been broken by Garlemald and likely never will be - but I think a lot of people forget that Garlemald controls much of Hydaelyn and that they're actually pretty good at what they do. It's just that most of the time when they've done something in Eorzea they've had their plans foiled. I don't disagree that it's stretching it though. Personally I would have liked to have seen Castrum Meridianum completely destroyed only for it to be revealed that numerous Garlean civilians and non-combatants were killed not only in the explosion but by overzealous members of the Eorzean Alliance. It would muddy the waters of morality for sure...and it's exactly that sort of thing that I hope will be at the forefront of 3.4, 3.5 and 4.0. Then, perhaps, in the future we can reach a point where both Eorzea and Garlemald make peace without either side being eradicated or changed too much.