Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
Sometimes I fancy myself knowledgable about FFXIV lore, and then something like this comes along and puts me to shame. I really wish they'd make more of the dedicated world-building visible in the game. Perhaps with this new Codex we have now? I really enjoyed the Field Notes from Bozja, and I think the rest of the game could more than benefit from something similar.



It kind of is a non-issue because the people responsible for those things are no longer here today, so they're not really relevant. I feel we're in a bit of a circular argument where you're saying "look what happens in Eorzea!" and I'm answering that whatever may be happening there has been perpetuated by Garlemald on a much wider, more deliberate and more devastating scale, to which you're responding "but the Eorzeans do it too!" No one is claiming the city states are perfect; their problems have featured prominently in the storyline, and not without some condemnation from the Scions themselves. But this argument of Garlemald being backed into a corner and "making do with what they had" to justify atrocities they committed just doesn't work, and it hasn't done since they progressed from a nation seeking survival to a nation devoted to conquest.
Yes, and again, its easy to remedy those situations when you literally have a demi-god character who helps solve all of your problems.Whereas with Garlemald they were raised where you either grow strong and defend yourself or someone will come and take everything you hold dear. The city states dont have to worry about that anymore because guess what? anyone who disagrees with them points us at them and asks us to kill them. In the end though i guess it all comes back to Venat. Lets all thank her for creating the wonderful world of war,rape,and illness. Because its just so much better than the unsundered world.