
(04-01-2015, 12:40 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote: Gaius never really struck me as a BAD guy so much as he did a ruthless guy who did what he had to do to reach his goals.Honestly... I would probably define "bad guy" as "a ruthless guy who does whatever he has to do to reach his goals."Â That sounds pretty spot on! :-D
I do realize that what he's done is not fully endorsed by the Garlean Empire, but they are nonetheless acts of the Garlean Empire in Eorzea, and as far as any Eorzeans are concerned are official acts of the Empire. Regardless, one cannot excuse the leader for acts of his subordinates (something we can draw parallels to easily with historical context).
The Roman Empire did expand its imperium through intervention in such local disorder (their conquest of Greece and Macedon, is a prime example). They were also capable of acts of utter depravity - and so you can draw parallels. But it would be very hard for me to swallow the idea that because their are corrupt Ul'dahn's (a tautology isn't it?) working together with an aggrieved racial group to bring Chaos to Ul'dah, that suddenly Eorzeans would (or should, in the grey-area proposition) prefer rule by the moon-droppers than by their own indigenous sort.
(04-01-2015, 12:44 PM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: To be fair I've never really been a fan of aligning with the 'good guys' who can do no wrong. I have a lot more respect for the developers due to how they had multiple 'good guys' screw things up. I feel like it makes the overall storyline more believable and less predictable than having everything work out alright.Agreed, agreed, agreed!!!