Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
If Gaius had won, Eorzea would be crushed under the heel of the Empire, fundamentally altering the entire course of the story.

Nidhogg was mad with rage to the point that even his father and brother eventually agreed he had to be put down. Even before that, he always hated mortals. He wouldn't have just burned Ishgard and then gone to take a nap. Genocide doesn't work that way.

Zenos doesn't have the warrior pride that allowed Vegeta to develop as a character. Zenos is a one-note psychopath with no motivation beyond fighting the strongest people he can find, for no reason beyond being bored otherwise. He couldn't turn out honorably because he doesn't want to.

Emet-Selch winning would've directly resulted in the WoL becoming a Lightwarden. If turning your character into a near-mindless monstrosity whose very existence is antithetical to all other life doesn't fundamentally alter the story, then I don't know what will.

Also, comparing a video game to D&D is highly unfair. D&D isn't a complete story, it's the framework to tell a story. It's like comparing a bag of flour to a finished cake.
Zenos was basicly kenpachi which doesn't need honor as long as the character is feed fighting battle chances they willbe fine

And hogs rage could have been stablized if we helped him destory ishgard

Gaius could have took over yes but you would still have rebel factions for the goodys

also its not really unfair the story isn't complete until the last word is written ever so its still fair lol and all it is framework with story parts written in.