4.0 raid series speculation *Patch 3.56 spoilers inside*

[Mature]

Shinryu general 4.0 Boss (Ultima Wep?)

Omega will be top tier Raid Boss (Bahamut)

[Belhi]

Shinryu general 4.0 Boss (Ultima Wep?)

Omega will be top tier Raid Boss (Bahamut)

I think its pretty unlikely Shinryu will be a MSQ boss. Its a primal, not the actual mythical dragon that the Doman's named it after. Infact it's name is completely incidental. It might call itself Barry for all we know.

I think the Bend of Time will probably involve both Shinryu and Omega and somehow we will get stuck between the two.

[Arutan]

We at the end may have references to FF characters, but not themselves. Just like FFXIV Kururu is a reference to FFV Kururu but has nothing to do with her, they said they didn't want to add character from other universe in FFXIV.
Cloud of Darkness is an exception 'cause it doesn't have a real personnality and is just a void sent. But characters like Exdeath are unlikely to appear

Plus Shinryu won't be MSQ boss. It's as powerful as Bahamut, and probably his size too. I dunno if you all went in the coil to have a look at Bahamut's pieces, but if we face Shinryu we're screwed.
I think the Omega raid is more likely to have both of them appear, like we take back the control of Omega to seal Shinryu for good.

[Nihonnick]

Can we call it O1-whatever instead of IR1-whatever?

Call it whatever you like. As until we get the details, its Omega raid

[HiraQin]

Do you guys think we will also meet Papalymo in there as maybe a Louisoix-like-phoneix?

[Ceasaria]

Do you guys think we will also meet Papalymo in there as maybe a Louisoix-like-phoneix?

I think it would be cool (but complicated) to have a PNJ ally who fight along with us during one turn. Papalymo could be this one if he is alive.

[Heliantheae]

Yep it is a interesting thing to notice and makes me wonder if the 3rd final Interdimensional Rift may be Exdeath as the final boss.

It would be a interesting means to have Gilgamesh become involved in the Interdimensional Rift storyline as his final send off from FF14 world and as a means to hint Exdeath as the final boss for the Interdimensional Rift.

And another nod to V. The 11th boss has a survival phase and Gilgamesh shows up to Self Destruct before we can hurt it again.

[Jonnycbad]

Shinryu will probably be the final final boss (4.3) or something. The 4.0 final boss will probably be either that Legatus with the red katana or some other new primal (maybe Eden or Griever), like how KoTR was the final boss of 3.0 even though Nidhogg was forshadowed in 2.5.

[Lambdafish]

I think it would be cool (but complicated) to have a PNJ ally who fight along with us during one turn. Papalymo could be this one if he is alive.

Honestly? Having boss mechanics revolve around an NPC within a raid would be cool, we see glimpses in dungeons and solo instances (most noticably in the aery), but it would be cool to have an epic clash of the titans with a primal ally helping us fight a powerful foe like Shinryu or Omega (add phase happens as the two clash in the background).