The Next Extreme Trail Should be Sephiroth

[IfritReborn]

Naaaah 8 should be next, best final boss themeSSS in the series, one of the most epic end fights in the entire saga and one of the best final dungeons with a villain that could very well work.

Ultemica phase 1 - Premonition

Ultimecia phase 2 (Griever Primal is summoned) - The Legendary Beast

Ultimecia phase 3 fight - The Extreme

Ultimecia's Castle - The Castle

A 3 part Ultimecia/Griever fight trying to prevent her from compressing all of time and space so that she can become a god. I can easily see her manipulating and controlling characters in the story to advance her goals much like the Ascians

Also, Necron who is death itself:

In Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania - File 1: Character Book, Necron is described as, "a being awakened by Kuja's fear, despair, and hatred, which called out to it as he learned of his mortality, just as his ambitions were within reach".

I can easily see Nero calling out to Necron

[WingsofWar]

inb4 crono-cross Lavos/Time Eater appearance.

Seriously a Sephiroth appearance is too far fetched. Even if Cloud Appeared in this world already from FFT which both Eorza and FFT are tied to Ivalice, doesn't explain why Areith was were as part of the quest. Likely just fan service and nothing more.

As far as Major Boss fights in the future, id like to see Diabolos, Gilgamesh, Cuja (FF Boss Fight from Super Mario RPG), Emperor, Doom Train, Omega Weapon.
For minor boss fights in new dungeons/ hm dungeons, id like to see Materia Keeper(FF7), Anima (FFX), Zeromus, Hades,

Id also like to see Ruby Weapon return in Sagolli Desert as part of the Gold Saucer Patch.

[Enkidoh]

Yoshi's already said in the past that characters from past FF games will not be appearing as crossover events whose stories are either 'completed' or have been killed off in their respective games. That's a pretty big 'no' for any hypothetical FFVII character crossovers in FFXIV I'm afraid.

And before you pass judgement, the FFXIII crossover and the upcoming FFXI and Dragon Quest crossovers are actually cross-marketing due to respective milestones being reached with those titles (FFXI's eleventh anniversary of service, and DQ Online's first year of service), or to help market a new title (Lightning Returns ~ FFXIII).

On that logic then, maybe when FFVII celebrates it's 20th anniversary in 2017 you might see a FFVII crossover event in FFXIV, but otherwise, no, it won't be happening. So apart from the Lightning event, the upcoming FFXI and DQO events, the Crystal Tower bosses, and a certain dimension hopping sword collector from FFV, it seems to me that will be the limit of past FF character fanservice in XIV.

[Edellis]

Lighting only ended up in this game because everybody hates her except for Square Enix (apparently) and they wanted to throw her down our throats one last time so we might buy into the final lackluster entry into the worst FF in history.

....phew.


I'd rather them throw in Gilgamesh or somebody. But I have a hard-on for story consistency, and FFXIV seems to be one of the very few Eastern-developed MMOs that actually takes itself seriously. So i'd much rather an original Eorzean baddie than having them start down the Fanservice train.

[Atheena]

I suggest you quit now, because Crystal Tower's purpose if bringing back old FF bosses.

you're late to the show! I have already Quit and unsubbed until 2.2 ! So yeah no More Nostalgia Bosses! It's as bad as WoW keep on rehasing Dead Bosses!

[Atheena]

Lighting only ended up in this game because everybody hates her except for Square Enix (apparently) and they wanted to throw her down our throats one last time so we might buy into the final lackluster entry into the worst FF in history.

....phew.


I'd rather them throw in Gilgamesh or somebody. But I have a hard-on for story consistency, and FFXIV seems to be one of the very few Eastern-developed MMOs that actually takes itself seriously. So i'd much rather an original Eorzean baddie than having them start down the Fanservice train.

FF8 and Especially FFX would like to talk to you as two of the worst FF games ever made ( To Me! TIDUS is a punk just like Hope in FF12 I could not stand those clowns and wished we could just kill em off early). Really those games were just that bad!

[Edellis]

FF8 and Especially FFX would like to talk to you as two of the worst FF games ever made ( To Me! TIDUS is a punk just like Hope in FF12 I could not stand those clowns and wished we could just kill em off early). Really those games were just that bad!

Opinions.

ff8 had some annoying mechanics but very good writing and dialogue. Squall is probably the first Final Fantasy character with an attitude the player was intended to dislike. The fact that he managed to make me sympathize with him towards the end is why this game will forever be memorable to me.

FFX has the best consistent storyline and lore FF has ever had, similar to Ivalice anyway. These are also the last characters Nomura designed that I actually liked.

In FFXIII nothing made sense or had any depth, the entire story was built off pitiful melodrama. There was zero interaction with the world, in fact it was so bad that square included a Journal with lore to tell you what the hell you were supposed to be caring about because you'd never figure it out otherwise.

[Nahara]

How about the next random-esque trial be Nael van Darnus in the Minstrel's Ballad?

Not everybody fought him, so it wouldn't make any sense for those that didn't.

[Dark-Saviour]

Not everybody fought him, so it wouldn't make any sense for those that didn't.

The minstrel can get inspiration from those that have.
You don't have to inspire all of his songs. >_>

[Gramul]

I'd prefer they keep it down with the crossovers.
Lightning was pushing it and the Shantotto event is just crazy. Heck, if they did bring him in (and I REALLY don't want them to) it should only be a temporary event. But God help me if they have his stupid hair or coat as a prise.