
(04-30-2015, 07:14 AM)Chris Ganale Wrote: I'm sorry, but refusing to heal a child because some holier-than-thou, blue-and-orange morality abstract 'gods' said so is going to always trump dick-move political machinations in my book as far as douchebaggery is concerned.
You're totally right.
But was it really the will of the elementals? Â Or was it the will of that particular conjurer?
See, that's one of the things that people don't realize - exactly how much un-checked power Conjurers have within Gridania. Â Go do the quests in Quarrymill and you'll see it again - a single Conjurer who pretty obviously has an axe to grind with some Ala Mhigan refugees and uses the Elementals as her bully stick.
The thing is, any time there is the opportunity for something to be abused, you're going to find unscrupulous people abusing it. Â The only difference is that we have been seeing more into the underbelly of Ul'dah than we have any other city-state.
But, I think a point in Gridania's favor is that Kan-E-Senna has vastly more power to do good than the Sultana ever had. Â Kan-E has far less checks on her (as far as we know) than the Sultana did, and as a whole. Â Or else I guarantee you that we'd see more Conjurers spouting off the "will of the Elementals" as an excuse to screw people.