Quote Originally Posted by ChaoticCrimson View Post
I definitely agree an interesting thing to consider is the impact of the calamities on Hydaelyn as a whole and their effects on technology. Compared to many previous calamities, Eorzea seems to have recovered remarkably well from the Seventh Umbral Calamity when you consider how much knowledge and tech was lost in previous ones just from civilizations like Alag, the Mhachi, and the Amdapori alone. Of course, the traces exist, but there are few left who can comprehend them.

Yeah, those prior eras unfortunately didn't have Louisoux (I'm sure I misspelled that) to stop their calamities before the worst of it happened. I'm sure those five years were rough and all but the current era really got off easy compared to prior civilization leveling calamities.