Let's keep Character Crossovers from other Square-Enix titles out of FFXIV.

[Fatestorm]

You may assume that I'm only a gamer for the battle thrill, that is wrong, battles are a means to an end for me, the ends being the stories that unfold infront of me.

Yeah I didn't mean to say that YOU yourself weren't interested in story, I was just giving some examples of things people play for. I respect that you care about this game's story too, and I do hope with you that they design this game and its content for the story and not the other way around. I just can't help but think they made the decision to put Lightning in this game first, though, and then sat down together and said, "Ok, what can we do to make this work, story-wise?" If they must go ahead with this sort of thing, I really do hope that it's not too egregious, like you suggest. I mean, Yoshi did say he was wanting to keep 14's story it's own story; what had me so confused is that he seemed, to me, to betray that very sentiment with crossovers. If it's as you say--crossovers happen but they are NOWHERE near the main story and all--then it's something I can live with I think--depending...

FFXIV is a fan service they going to keep adding stuff from other FF. Look at darnus was he not sephiroth of FFXIV? Sure this time they added the real person in the game and is till don't see a issue.

I suppose I can't make you see the issue then. Nael van Darnus was not Sephiroth--he was Nael van Darnus. If Sephiroth himself shows up, that's a problem for people who care about story integrity.

FFXIV have become a fan service adding things from other games. How come your not bad that they added crystal tower? or gold saucer? Is it because that something you want to see? but people who want to see other FF chars in FFXIV can't have it because it ruins the game for you? What if the ideas and stuff you want ruins the game for them?

There no point in making 50 topics about the same thing it's going to happen and i'm going to enjoy it even if they do may end up being dumb.

I can't speak to Crystal Tower and Golden Saucer specifically as I don't know much about how they will be implemented, but I will repeat what I said in my original post. An homage is fine, the very entity itself from another game I have problems with. Let me give you an example--a casino of sorts in Ul'dah, like the Platinum Mirage, but calling itself the Gold Saucer--is fine with me. The actual Gold Saucer from FF7, getting sucked through a dimension by Atomos and popping up in the Sagolii Desert outside Ul'dah, I would have a problem with. But even if it were the very same Gold Saucer, it's still different than having an actual character from another Final Fantasy show up in this world. So it's not a matter of me being prejudiced against some Final Fantasies and not others.

I only made 1 topic about this issue, and my whole goal is to try and prevent this from happening, precisely so that this game doesn't "end up being dumb," as you put it.