(08-28-2014, 07:27 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(08-28-2014, 07:01 PM)Aya Wrote:(08-28-2014, 06:41 PM)Melkire Wrote: Definitely agree with Limsa having the best chance of coming out on top.
I'm still a little baffled as to how anyone is supposed to besiege Ul'dah, given how many ground troops they can field. Yes, they're the most vulnerable to a siege once you lock them down because lack of food and water will eventually take its toll once the stockpiles run out and the wells run dry... but getting them into that position seems near-impossible. I'd give a fight on an open, neutral field like Thanalan to thaumaturges behind a shieldwall rather than archers out in the open, so there goes any hope of a Gridanian siege short of Ishgard backing them up. Limsa might manage it, but I can't see them shelling the city from across Western Thanalan, and I'm not certain of the distances involved between Ul'dah and the seas to the south and the east.
P.S. Thanks for the lore dump, Sounsyy. I was almost certain I'd read something about Elementals killing indiscriminately when enraged, but I didn't know where to go to find that information again. IIRC, there's some ARR mentions/allusions to the previous occurrences somewhere in either the MSQ or the CNJ class quests.
Why does a Gridanian siege of Ul'dah fill my head with the vision of Ents marching over an open desert until they steadily catch fire from the heat of the sun one-by-one...
Lolorito cackles and pulls off the sheet, revealing a giant magnifying glass on the height of Ul'dah's grand dome.
"BURN!" He shouts, "BURN LIKE THE INSECTS YOU ARE."
Lolorito: the hero Saruman needed, but not the one he deserved.
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