As someone who has recently been looking into the 1.0 story and the transition to 2.0 and all the lore and fun trivia associated, I have come to a conclusion: Nael van Darnus was a badass and Gaius swooped in and tried to take on an already weakened Eorzea so he's a nerd, plus Nael's theme was better. Project Meteor also seems like it was more straightforward than Gaius' plan, although the two end goals were obviously different (at least Gaius' INTENDED end goal, but it would've likely been subverted by the Ascians to lead to the end of the world anyways) since Nael pretty much did go mad and wanted to destroy Eorzea straight up.

Anyways, thoughts on the two, their goals, similarities and differences? Are gunhalberds cooler than gunblades?