(08-28-2014, 05:50 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: The seas are not limitless. Very bountiful, yes, but not limitless. It's difficult to quantify due to the sheer depth and opacity of the water, but it is possible to overfish an area (yes, even an area of the ocean itself) and put a strain on your food supplies if you're reckless.
Yeah, okay "limitless" probably a bit of an exaggeration, but considering Limsa has access to The Five Seas, the very fertile land of Vylbrand, as well as 100% of all goods exported by non-Aldenardian nations - their food supply may as well be considered "limitless" for their purposes. Remember the Lominsan Armada is a standing military that is continually deployed to the Five Seas. Meaning, their blockade is already appropriately feeding/supplying themselves and have been for many years. Their Demand for food supply actually shouldn't increase. If anything, it should decrease due to the fact that a good portion of their fishing production was previously exported to Ul'dah/Gridania. Now that you have fewer people to export to, more for yourself.
(08-28-2014, 05:52 PM)Norna Wrote: Ul'dah also doesn't have the healing guilds needed to pull off a besieging against those who do.
Not that I think it ultimately makes a difference in Ul'dah's chances, but they do actually have a Healing guild. Frondale's Phrontistery (the Alchemist's Guild) is a hospital and Alchemists by lore are chirurgeons/doctors.
