"Return to Ivalice" Stormblood's 24 Man Raid

[Yasuhiro]

You mean how the world of FFXI and FFXIII somehow made a wormhole bringing one of its inhabitants caused a calamity? Mhm. :/

Yes, Lightning made everyone's butts considerably flatter.

[Nestama]

You mean how the world of FFXI and FFXIII somehow made a wormhole bringing one of its inhabitants caused a calamity? Mhm. :/

Three characters =/= civilisations. Hydaelyn and Ivalice were never one world (ever. This has been confirmed), so it's not as simple as how Tales of Symphonia handled it (where the two worlds in different dimensions were one). Taking a chunk of something from Ivalice's world and putting it on Hydaelyn (either crushing what already exists or "stretching" Hydaelyn to make it fit) would cause mass hysteria and usher in a new Umbral Era... lord knows what would happen to Final Fantasy Ivalice's world. Would probably be the apocalypse and end all life there :T

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Taking a chunk of something from Ivalice's world and putting it on Hydaelyn (either crushing what already exists or "stretching" Hydaelyn to make it fit) would cause mass hysteria and usher in a new Umbral Era... lord knows what would happen to Final Fantasy Ivalice's world. Would probably be the apocalypse and end all life there :T

Maybe it really happened? It was mentioned that before Final Fantasy Tactics, something happened that killed off every race but humans, made magic less common, and airships are totally gone.

[Kurogaea]

Maybe it really happened? It was mentioned that before Final Fantasy Tactics, something happened that killed off every race but humans, made magic less common, and airships are totally gone.

Probably was the effect of our calamity in 1.0, assuming Ivalice was already here since we're "returning to Ivalice".

[Aerish]

Could the white hooded guy helping us during warring triade be the one to return to ivalice ?

[Nestama]

Maybe it really happened? It was mentioned that before Final Fantasy Tactics, something happened that killed off every race but humans, made magic less common, and airships are totally gone.

I find that doubtful when there's this lurking about.

Q: A lot of names from Ivalice have been mentioned such as Dalmasca, Belias, and Zodiak. Is there some kind of connection between Hydaelyn and Ivalice?
A: Maehiro: To be absolutely clear, there is no direct connection between FFXIV’s Hydaelyn and FFXII’s Ivalice or even FFXI’s Vana’diel. They are not the same world in different dimensions or time—they are their own separate worlds. However, there are certain connections to people or objects that appear in these other worlds that figure into the story of FFXIV as it has been conceived and is being told.

Yoshida: We’ll be revealing more as we move forward.

If I had to guess, it's probably going to follow a similar opening premise to FFTA. Ivalice (or St. Ivalice) is probably going to be a hub like Idyllshire and some random NPC is writing a fantasy novel... that is somehow capable of making those who read it, physically experience it.

[Ceasaria]

Ah it would be nice to discover an enchanted book leading directly to Ivalice.

[Khalithar]

I never did like FFXII, to me Ivalice is synonymous with Final Fantasy Tactics and the War of the Lions. If we get a "Return" to Ivalice I'd be more interested in fighting the Lucavi and Altima.

[Fourbestintoner]

I also prefer my Ivalice without the sub-humans.

[Balipu]

The way I see it there are three routes to take

1. Make an Ivalice here on Hydaelin somewhere
It has been done with Doma, Costa Del Sol, the Crystal Tower and countless other Final Fantasy places.

2. Go to one of the shards where the Eorzean Alliance turned into the kingdom of Ivalice for some reason.
Butterfly effect at full force. The Eorzean Alliance couldn't stop Ala Mhigo and they conquered Aldernard. Why Ivalice? Who knows. Maybe Ivalice was a general that won them the victories.

3. We go into the freakin Rift and actually go to Ivalice
Why not? Gilgamesh and Shantotto do it all the time. Iroha and Lightning were dumped on Eorzea and Cloud once crossed to Ivalice sometimes between finding the real Sephiroth and turning into a vegetable.