Some of the forced-upon-you conflicts involve at least a minor game of Idiot Ball, such as the whole Snafu with Embellia.
Undines: Someone took our Ancient Artifact without which our race will die! Screw looking for it! Some dude, who couldn't possibly under any circumstances have anything to do with its disappearance, said we should go pillage our neighbors so we can use their blood to solve the problem... somehow.
Yggdra: The Undines are burning that city, and we just killed a bunch of them. Surely they'll still honor their treaty obligations to join me in my fight against The Empire!
Emeleone: YOUR DESIRE TO RESOLVE OUR CONFLICTS THROUGH MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION IS SILLY!
Durant: We don't need to travel through their base and the whole reason we came here was to find allies, there's no real reason why we can't just leave, we must kill them. We must kill them all until they are dead.
You guys ever stand in a narrow hallway and look down the path while listening to an awesome song, imagining things blowing up behind and in front of you, all under your control AND in time to the beat?
Yeah... loved doing it, still love doing it, will continue loving it.