(01-18-2017, 01:54 AM)Graeham Wrote: Aymeric's also pretty stupid. Seriously, why is he apologising for Ishgard not lending its aid to the rest of Eorzea when it was locked in a bitter, brutal war with Nidhogg and his servants?
The Dragonsong War seems like it had its ebbs and flows, and from what I recall it was in a bit of a lull between Nidhogg getting rekt by Alberic at Ferndale and the Calamity spurring the Dravanian assault upon the Stone and Steel Vigils, so the Ishgardians likely could have spared forces.
It also wouldn't have been the first time the Holy See deployed soldiers to foreign lands during the Dragonsong War. Ishgard sent its forces to the otherwise isolated Gridania to help them defend against the Ala Mhigan invasion during the Autumn War (a task arguably more difficult than facing off against a single fractured Legion with a dead commander).
I think Aymeric's little speech, while a bit melodramatic, was politically appropriate when you consider how recently Ishgard entered the Alliance and how poorly its very recent spate of isolationism reflected upon it from the outside.
I will say that, from a purely retrospective point of view, not sending troops to aid the Alliance against the Garleans was probably a net benefit for Ishgard in a vacuum. Having more soldiers would not have changed the outcome of the battle, and would have left Ishgard weaker and more vulnerable in the face of the Dravanian's post-Calamity resurgence.
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