(10-10-2015, 07:21 PM)Chris Ganale Wrote: It utterly boggles my mind that the Empire was allowed to creep back in and reclaim Castrum Meridianum. Between the damage dealt to the garrison's forces by the WoL and his raid party, and the entire northern Eorzean Alliance that smashed their main forces in the field at North Than, there's not a single reason at all why that fort shouldn't be flying an Alliance flag right now.
Because the Garlean Empire is massive, and could totally dwarf what little resistance a hastily patched-together alliance could provide.
Killing their leaders and disrupting their plans to use Ultima Weapon destabilized the empire's footing on Eorzea, but considering they control one and a half continents or more at this point, there's little reason why they couldn't have overtaken fortresses that not only are strategically positioned to their advantage, but also contain technology that only they know how to use. It's likely that the Alliance wouldn't even be able to get the gates closed without Cid's help or something.
It's less "yay, we won and now the Garleans are gone forever!" And more "yay, we stalled them by killing their generals and destroying their Super Duper Doomsday Device so that we can buy more time and get our shit together!"
