If I had to choose one it would choose the Godless faction until they redefine their goals (I realize not every Godless member wants a wholesale slaughter of the gods just the main character from their novels). Their presentation in the world events has been very poor, demanding the genocide of an entire type of being for just existing (or at the very least to ban them from accessing Gelinor). Their hatred of gods causes them to miss the deities benefits to society and strive to replace genuinely divine individuals with minigods, who will cause the same problems without nearly the same benefits due to reduced ability. Its not like Gelinor had no cataclysmic threats in the 5th age when gods were still banned. The Godless are often presented as those who are carrying on the last wishes of Guthix, but no one has ever stopped and asked if Guthix was right in barring gods from RuneScape. Maybe he was wrong. Yes the God Wars needed to end and time was needed for cooler heads to prevail, but in this universe, a god is just a being with so much magical energy absorbed into their body that they become a new type of being. Mortals can and will become gods. This transition will always exist as long as beings can access this power.
A close second is a tie between Bandos and Guthix. Bandos, for pushing so hard for war and violence, things that ultimately hurt society in my opinion. I believe I saw it put best earlier in this thread when they said he had some good points but was a really bad guy. Guthix ties him for prioritizing balance and then presenting it as though balance is one evil for one good instead of evil rewards for evil deeds and good rewards for good deeds. He was a god who shirked his responsibilities, and even though he never wanted them, it was the hand he was dealt and needed to get over himself (life rarely works out the way we want it to).
04-Nov-2016 03:45:51
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