(09-25-2013, 07:06 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I just really don't see any indication that most or all of Eorzea is at the industrial age. Â There's no sign of it. Â Yeah, there are mining operations and a few oil derricks out in Thalnalan, but neither of those are "industrialized." Â Where are the factories? Â Where are the refineries? Â Seriously.
Ah, then you're speaking to me, since I think I was the person who said that. I meant to describe the technology level as being relative to an industrialized society. Obviously Eorzea's infrastructure is not industrialized, and a large part of my argument was that Eorzea does not have such qualities. If there are no factories or refineries, they wouldn't have the negatives that come with them.
Stripped of all context, Industrialized is not an adjective that describes Eorzea. You're correct in that.
Re. the NPC in Ishgard: he is a soldier and a member of a line of soldiers that are waging a war that has spanned multiple generations. The fact that he's seen a lot of death is part of that, and while it may be true that he is a minor noble, we don't know enough about Ishgard to know what that means about his place in society. Feudal societies varied wildly in the placement of their soldiers, knights, lords, and crusaders specifically. Just saying that he's a noble in a feudal system doesn't tell us very much.
At any rate, Ishgard is a special case. They've suffered massive ecological devastation on a scale that makes the other nations look like they're playing the game on Easy Mode, on top of generational war and self-destructive religious purging. If you calculate life expectancy for Ishgard, you're going to get a very, very bleak number, very much worse than that of other nations.
That combined with the isolationist nature of Isgard would lead me to move that they not be included in the discussion. How many people are RPing Ishgardians anyway?
Also, I think we're drifting a bit from the OP. And by a bit I mean the OP is just chilling in the forum and we're in Alpha Centauri and don't know how we got here.
Did you ever make any RP connections, OP? I'm sure a rich older lady could have some dealings with the CRA, if you would like.
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