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

[Sleverin]

Agreed. I know that this Lightning event is obviously going to happen. They probably just allocated a bug chunk of funds toward the development team to simply make this event. They are talking about cutscenes, gear design and character models (even if these already exist on a different game that have to implement it into the current graphical engine) among other things. This gives the team access to more funding but for doing solely for the purpose of creating this content, so they have to do it. Now, none of this is wrong, if they want to make cross promotions with their property that's more than understandable. The difference is the execution.

I've said this before, but if they just came out and said it's a fun event for the fans who want to participate, grab some gear, and just do some extra content, then there's not a problem. All the people who are saying, "Don't like it, don't do it" would be justified in saying so, I would agree, and I wouldn't do the content (since I'm not interested in it). It's the story aspect that opens more doors for these shenanigans that's problematic. Anyways, I've said all this before so I don't want to beleaguer the point, that's pointless. We'll obviously just have to wait and see at this point (obviously) but I can't wait for ARR to come out, most excited I've been for an FF title since IX.