(08-28-2014, 03:04 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:(08-28-2014, 02:52 PM)Melkire Wrote:Well yeah, the elementals attacking the entities setting fire to the forest is more than enough to discourage the practice.(08-28-2014, 02:38 PM)Dogberry Wrote: Yeah, burn the magic forest. Worked in Princess Mononoke.
...so you're saying that the Elementals are going to strike out across Thanalan to hit Ul'dah. Or across the sea to hit Limsa. In their weakened state.
The relative distances and proportions don't exactly line up in your comparison... especially if guerrilla warfare is employed. Wouldn't the Elementals go after the individuals setting fire to the forest rather than the abstract entity behind them?
By abstract entities I mean, for example, Ul'dah when in fact there's a company of mercenaries camped out at the Shroud's border chucking the Eorzean equivalent of Molotov cocktails. Are the Elementals intelligent enough, or can they be guided, to strike out at a distant entity such as a city-state instead of merely dealing with the immediate and obvious threat?
My gut feeling tells me no, but I'm not familiar enough with 1.0 lore to say either way. My impression from the early 2.0 CNJ quests is that the Elementals merely lash out indiscriminately.
(08-28-2014, 03:04 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:(08-28-2014, 02:52 PM)Melkire Wrote: On-topic... I present William Tecumseh Sherman.The problem with that example is that they were mostly moving through already-settled open areas with plenty of civilization around, not skulking through an incredibly thick, wooded forest with an incredibly hostile defensive force picking at their army from every direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tec...al_warfare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman%27s_March_to_the_Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth
I don't see why you'd need to skulk through a forest when the plan is to burn down what's in front of you before you progress. Otherwise a fair point: I linked General Sherman to illustrate the philosophy, not the practicality.
(08-28-2014, 03:05 PM)ExKage Wrote: Warren means Superman and Batman.
But I'll now make it.... Superman v Batman v .... Goku!
As always, the answer comes down to, "Does Batman get a Green Lantern Ring? If not, how much prep time does he get?"
EDIT: And Dogberry, Nero, if we're going to be referencing movies as arguments, I reference Avatar.
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