Simple question.

I know Garleans used Magitech in large part because they couldn't manipulate aether. I also know that manufacturies don't open overnight- industrialization can take decades at best.

But, simply put, my question is (totally not because I have watched G Gundam and Gundam 00 for the umpteenth time and a new movie just came out)... do Eorzeans have any interest in it? Obviously they have aether, they don't need to rely on machines. But machines do bring advantages, albeit at great costs.

Unfortunately while for most games I am a loremaster for lack of a better word there's just so much in FF14- much of it told in cutscenes I haven't seen for 6-8 years- that I don't remember much if any Eorzean interest in magitech.

But uh... ngl I would really like to pilot a Gun- Magitech vehicle one day. Besides the mounts... and not counting the ally Machinists can use (which I assume is the most Magitech we get in game, haven't seen any other abilities or classes that interact with tech outside of ones that use ancient tech).