I wish that in a way, we could have done something akin to the Warrior of Darkness serving Zodiark from the beginning of the game, kind of like the Horde/Alliance thing in WoW but better. Where if we picked Zodiark as our patron deity, we'd side with the Garleans during the story, they could have still made it end up in favor of how it did, having some victories for Hydalyn, like the thrashing of Gaius, but some in favor of Zodiark like the Garleans taking over Ala Mhigo and Doma.