Suggestion: Ff8 Edea/Ultimecia event and outfit reward please

I'm sure you could get it to work with the lore somehow :) I would really love to get her outfit and headpiece.

Sadly, I don't see a FFVIII themed crossover event as likely, as all the previous crossover events have had some deeper meta connection to FFXIV and it's development team in general and Naoki Yoshida in particular - as FFVIII has no deeper connection to FFXIV's development this is highly unlikely, especially with more 'bigger name' FF games still waiting for crossovers of their own which have been hinted as planned for the future (namely, FFVII's remake and FFXV).

Also, Yoshi mentioned ages ago that they follow certain guidelines when creating crossover events with past FF games, and sadly your FFVIII idea contradicts that (Ultimecia is technically 'dead' in her game and so would not be able to featured):

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Originally Posted by Gamerescape

Also, in regards to future collaborations with other FF series, we will be adhering to the below principles:
· We will never introduce characters that would destroy their meaning or story
· We will not use characters that are already dead or whose role has ended in their title
For example, “Red XIII” who appeared in FFVII.
I believe we mentioned “Red XIV” as a joke before, but Red XIII has a very rare and specific role in the world of FFVII. If he was wandering around the world of Eorzea it would destroy the image of the world of FFVII, so this can’t happen.
This is just a simple example of what we mean.

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So as Ultimecia's role in FFVIII has 'ended' (and given her whole story connection to the events that occur in FFVIII), it's just not possible to feature her in a crossover here in FFXIV I'm sorry to say.

I would prefer some new outfits that are special to FFXIV. It still feels odd seeing other world outfits/etc in Eorzea imo :/.

Rather than an event, why not as Omega fight? Start with Ultimecia, then Griever, then Junctioned Griever and finally... Time Kompressed Ultimecia (or would that all work better as a final fight with multiple phases).

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Rather than an event, why not as Omega fight? Start with Ultimecia, then Griever, then Junctioned Griever and finally... Time Kompressed Ultimecia (or would that all work better as a final fight with multiple phases).

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And omg the music! https://youtu.be/RVkcmx2l3WA

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

So as Ultimecia's role in FFVIII has 'ended' (and given her whole story connection to the events that occur in FFVIII), it's just not possible to feature her in a crossover here in FFXIV I'm sorry to say.

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As she can time travel (and dimension too?
Not sure) etc could she not have travelled to Eorzea before the end of ff8? That's what I had in mind. If that makes sense.

Can't be done, Aivi. Ultimecia is dead and her role is ended (two strikes to remove her from appearing in Eorzea outside of the -scape). If she were to travel to Eorzea for X reason, then Square Soft would have needed some amazing foresight (since it needs to make sense for both games).

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Originally Posted by Aivi_lo

I'm sure you could get it to work with the lore somehow :) I would really love to get her outfit and headpiece.

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Lorewise it can be easy: Omega raid
It will be not the original one, but a copy created by Omega.