(08-28-2014, 02:32 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: See, the problem with that argument is that it's incredibly counter-productive. The ONLY reason to even attempt to conquer Gridania in the first place is for its natural resources; burning it all down negates any reason for going there at all. You don't even have the argument of Gridania being a massive existential threat to justify such extreme measures, as, as everyone already mentioned, most of their most threatening features only work defensively, not offensively.
Of course they COULD be really, really stupid and burn it all down and lose all of that for the sake of "victory", but, uh, yeah, nobody really wins in that scenario. May as well just throw everything to the Empire if you're gonna go that route.
(08-28-2014, 02:34 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Hey, no one is looking at this logically. In a strictly "Let's you and him fight" scenario that's the most direct way to obtain victory.
This.
This whole discussion is more or less "SUPERMAN VS GOKU, WHO WINS?". It's a hypothetical that discards any and all interplay between the entities, including justification and cause, for the sake of argument. In any actual encounter, Superman and Goku would befriend one another and go hit up a diner somewhere.