Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
Ul'dah gets a lot of focus because it is the most dynamic (re: prone to conflict) of the city-states. Gridania is stuck under the rule of the Elementals and Limsa has Merlwyb as a strong-willed leader who isn't lacking in the political power department. Ul'dah has a lot of players and power spread around, making it very easy to have a power struggle come up. On top of that, Ul'dah is the wealthiest city-state, meaning the majority of funding for any major project is likely to come from there. As the main recipient of Ala Mhigan refugees, it is also tied more closely to Ala Mhigo than the other city-states. (I agree the attention Ul'dah gets is somewhat excessive, but see above.)
In full honesty I think 4.1 also kind of intended to be the book end of the entire Ul'dah struggle that has been played out since the beginning of 2.0. Nanamo has finally reach a point where she understands what she needs to do in order to move forward as Sultana to be able to deal with the Syndicate, maturing to the point where she no longer needs Raubahn support. Allowing Raubahn to return to his homeland to help them rebuild and Pipin to grow into replacing Raubahn at the Immortal Flames. Honestly at this point I see them moving away from Ul'dah and moving forward to other story points. I think it wrapped everything up in Ul'dah as well as it probably could. Frankly as much as I wasn't against the storypoints. It was definitely becoming tedious after so much of it.