[SPOILERS] Revelations from Patch 4.01

[Akonyl]

I think a lot of people get too hung up on Exdeath looking the same, when FF at its core is a series that lives a great deal by its nostalgia (second only to DQ probably). This is kind of like some people claiming Spiderman: Homecoming takes place in the same universe as Star Trek because there was an actor cameo based on a role he played in Star Trek IV, it's just there as a bit of fanservice to people who liked the older thing. The new Magitek armor from Ala Mhigo is a carbon copy of the FF6 in-game magitek sprite (where the level 50 mount was just concept art that never got into the game), does that mean FF6 and FF14 are connected, or just that the devs wanted to include something from an older game as nostalgia fanservice?

Is it possible Omega knows Exdeath from the FF5 universe and FF5's canon in the FF14 multiverse? Maybe. Is there any reason to believe that's actually the case, over the current explanation of Omega reading a few too many fantasy books? I don't think so yet.

[Cilia]

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My current hypothesis is quite similar - Midgardsormr is a refugee, who came to Hydaelyn fleeing from Omega. Midgardsormr made a pact with Hydaelyn for sanctuary, while Omega crash landed and had to shut down for repairs until the Allagans found it. I figured Middy was on the run from something when Tiamat first mentioned how he came to Hydaelyn from another world... just needed a culprit as to who or what he was fleeing from.

As for Shinryu being based on Midgardsormr? Ehh... plausible. He is much more serpentine than other dragons, and Midgardsormr does call Shinryu a "vile simulacrum" (simulacrum of what?). It should be noted that people do call Shinryu by name in the JP version without mention of the name coming from the Domans, though given Shinryu just translates to "New Dragon" or "Spirit Dragon," how much that matters is open to interpretation.

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I want that mount so bad... and not because it's VI fanservice, just because I like mechas... but I haven't even seen it drop, and DPS queues suck...

There was a Star Trek cameo in Spider-man: Homecoming?