I agree with Aya. I also feel that it just doesn't make sense. I do not mind the idea of a more secretive policing force who operate alongside the law rather than directly beneath it (shit happens in real life too), but the way it was implemented and the breadth of it (we're everywhere and know everything!) makes Limsa feel more like a two-dimensional caricature of a setting than a richly developed and complex balance of forces (as, I feel, Ul'dah does).
I'm not saying Limsa should be a repeat of Ul'dah, or even Gridania, but as Aya said I feel like they sort of just drove right past a lot of the interesting points of conflict in order to make the rogues the Super Speshul Batman Crew who make sure there's no inter-conflict in the city! I echo Aya's sentiments about too potent and too righteous. You have plenty of that in Ul'dah! I think there's way more room for the rogue's guild to have been struggling to protect the image of Limsa as Merlwyb had sold it, doing the unasked for tasks that she can't do and fighting an uphill battle in the process, succeeding by the narrowest of margins thanks to their superior tactics and information gathering.
Instead we got 'what?! Limsans don't fight each other! That's mean and unfriendly and we won't tolerate it! We'll police the entire city so it doesn't happen! And it doesn't! Ever!'
Which, I just... that's the sort of thing I'd expect from the comic relief character. It makes me sad to see that in Limsa.
I'm not saying Limsa should be a repeat of Ul'dah, or even Gridania, but as Aya said I feel like they sort of just drove right past a lot of the interesting points of conflict in order to make the rogues the Super Speshul Batman Crew who make sure there's no inter-conflict in the city! I echo Aya's sentiments about too potent and too righteous. You have plenty of that in Ul'dah! I think there's way more room for the rogue's guild to have been struggling to protect the image of Limsa as Merlwyb had sold it, doing the unasked for tasks that she can't do and fighting an uphill battle in the process, succeeding by the narrowest of margins thanks to their superior tactics and information gathering.
Instead we got 'what?! Limsans don't fight each other! That's mean and unfriendly and we won't tolerate it! We'll police the entire city so it doesn't happen! And it doesn't! Ever!'
Which, I just... that's the sort of thing I'd expect from the comic relief character. It makes me sad to see that in Limsa.
