(09-24-2013, 07:54 PM)Siobhain Wrote: Wouldn't Eorzea have lost a healthy chunk of their older, more seasoned fighters during the battle at Carteneau? I mean, any situation like that seems to leave the age gap of fighters-- you have the even older ones who still have something to teach and might have to take up their weapons again and you have the ones who were too young or too rebellious to get involved. What were all our seasoned 30-40 fighters -doing- that prevented them from wanting or trying to get involved in protecting everyone from the Garlean Empire? Or was everyone that age affected by the 5 year jump?
Fair point. But not everyone was at Carteneau. Sure, it was a big battle, but what kind of army sends every available soldier into a single battle? What about standing armies, reserve units, guards, patrolmen, people who weren't deployed to that location, etc.? I would estimate only about 15% of the Grand Companies force was at Carteneau. If it's revealed to be any more than that, then all three of the major Eorzean governments are stupid as all hell. Plus adventurers come and go as they please. Some saw that there was zero, and I mean zero, chance of victory and decided not to go. If I was in an army of swordsmen and archers, I would probably skip the battle against the guns-and-airships guys, too. It doesn't make you a coward, it just means you're not suicidal. Hell, if Bahamut never showed up, the Empire would be running Eorzea today. A lot of people choose to play it that route. I wouldn't say, by any means, that the seasoned warrior population was eradicated from one battle. I could present the counter-argument that after Dalamud the world was pretty chaotic and you probably had to have some experience to survive, so the younger adventurer population could've just as easily died off. It's all about perspective.
