u/Remarkable-Pin-8352

Years later I still can't get over these whiny babies.

A state that in lore was aggressive and caustic to its neighbours and then complained and asked for help when the Garleans invaded. Typical bully behaviour! All tough and mighty until a bigger kid shows up.

"Boohoo Garleans so oppressive!" Yeah except 90% of the persecution came from Ala Mhigans themselves attacking and harassing others for daring to try and live peacefully under Garlean rule. Yeah throwing stones at innocent civilians such resistance, much wow.

Also they worship Rhalgr. The objectively worst member of an already fake pantheon of false gods. Who wants a kung fu god? Nobody that's who. Daniel Laruso would kick his ass.

Let's examine one of the most prominent Ala Mhigans. Ilberd. A lying, traitorous, mass murdering, scumbag terrorist who's also very ugly. And yet they regard him as a hero. Because of course they do! Nevermind the fact that his actions were not only immoral but directly started a chain of events that led to the 8th Calamity, a horrific mass-casualty event. That's right, Ala Mhigo is so toxic it literally triggered the end of the world which had to be solved with TIME TRAVEL. How do you fail as a nation so badly that the only way to fix your messups is to reload a save?

Now let's go into their official song and compare it to the regional Garlean anthem-

Garlean: "The Measure of Our Reach" - Beautifully sung, coherent, masterful. The name is inclusive. Our reach, all of us together reaching out.

Ala Mhigan: "The Measure of His Reach" - A tonal nightmare, sounds like something sung by drunken football hooligans, completely incoherent. The name is a reference to Rhalgr, making it a song of dogmatic praise of a false god instead of for the people.

They also happen to be the home of the absolute worst final zone of any expansion.
Azys Lla? Epic. The Tempest? Amazing. Ultima Thule? Beyond fascinating. Living Memory? Well.. it's extremely pretty.
The Lochs? Boring. A bland, dry salt desert with an ugly, ugly city that isn't even functional. It would be underwhelming even as a starter zone!

In conclusion, Ala Mhigo sucks and while the Garlean Empire did many, many things wrong, oppressing Ala Mhigo wasn't one of them.

Lyse is super hot though.

All who disagree will get flushed.

All this would've been solved if Osea put a padlock on the door to their control room.

Somebody on this dev team is a big weirdo.