Quote Originally Posted by Sylvain View Post
The next raid is called "Return to Ivalice" and in a recent interview, Yoshida said that it isn't an hommage to FF12 which means there is link. Ivalice lore is somehow connected to FF14 lore. <...> It can't just be "fan service".
Quote Originally Posted by Letter from the Producer LIVE
Q55: There are a lot of names from Ivalice such as Dalmasca, Belias, and Zodiak that have been mentioned, is there some connection between Hydaelyn and Ivalice?

A55: To be absolutely clear, there is no connection between FFXIV’s Hydaelyn and FFXII’s Ivalice. Likewise there is no connection with FFXI’s Vana’diel. Each are their own individual world. Based on this, there are connections between the things that appear in the world, and we’ll be revealing more in the future.
That's a pretty clear and definitive claim to go back on. I would develop trust issues, lol.