(07-21-2014, 02:10 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Some of the "crisis" is kind of manufactured from my perspective, because the logic of where they decided that everyone went doesn't really jive with me. Â It would have made more sense to me if they'd run to Gridania, tho I suppose that the bad blood between Ala Mhigo and Gridana + the mystique of the Black Shroud might have warned them away.
We know what happened when refugees did flee to Gridania/The Shroud though. The sylphs freaked out. Assuming the elementals either allowed, put up with, or couldn't do anything about it, Ul'dah was made to be the manufactured choice because it has that "American Dream" idea of pushing up the ranks. ...they just don't tell people that it's probably impossible.