The "Something Special" for the next Omega Raid Tier, What if...

[jameseoakes]

My working theory is we will get a standard four fight tier based on FFVII and a fifth fight in 4.5 with potentially a higher difficulty, yes. Without Ultimate, they need something to keep people interested, especially through what will likely be a long drought otherwise. This would be a good way of accomplishing that.

I thought they'd said that 4.4 would end the Omega side story though so I'd take that to mean that everything in the arc will be tied up in the fight chain, so I feel the 5 fights in the main arc is more likely if they're planning to mix things up with the raid this time round.

[HyoMinPark]

I thought they'd said that 4.4 would end the Omega side story though so I'd take that to mean that everything in the arc will be tied up in the fight chain, so I feel the 5 fights in the main arc is more likely if they're planning to mix things up with the raid this time round.

Could also be that they aren't really considering a single fight (Omega) as a full tier? I feel like they said 4.4 would be the last tier. Or they could do 5 fights over 4. While it would be nice for something not as predictable as VII (don't get me wrong, good series but they're milking it dry at this point), everything sort of points to it being such. I'd rather see FFX, honestly, but I don't think they'll go FFV > FFVI > FFX.

They could completely troll and go with FFXIII.

[jameseoakes]

Could also be that they aren't really considering a single fight (Omega) as a full tier? I feel like they said 4.4 would be the last tier. Or they could do 5 fights over 4. While it would be nice for something not as predictable as VII (don't get me wrong, good series but they're milking it dry at this point), everything sort of points to it being such. I'd rather see FFX, honestly, but I don't think they'll go FFV > FFVI > FFX.

They could completely troll and go with FFXIII.

I’d taken it to mean that the Omega arc would be completed in 4.4 but you could be right with that idea.
I have a lot of doubts about a FF7 arc, Sephiroth has been a bit over used by SE over the years so I don’t feel I’m gaining much seeing him in 14 and I’ve forgotten just how many remixes of one winged angel I’ve heard. So I’m hoping they don’t do the predictable thing. To be fair given I never played 13 that might be an interesting one for me ^^

[HyoMinPark]

I’d taken it to mean that the Omega arc would be completed in 4.4 but you could be right with that idea.
I have a lot of doubts about a FF7 arc, Sephiroth has been a bit over used by SE over the years so I don’t feel I’m gaining much seeing him in 14 and I’ve forgotten just how many remixes of one winged angel I’ve heard. So I’m hoping they don’t do the predictable thing. To be fair given I never played 13 that might be an interesting one for me ^^

I’d have to look up the interview where Yoshida discussed it to confirm either scenario. It would give it a bit of a different flare to have either 5 floors (since most tiers have 4) or the regular 4 floors with Omega being some sort of “superboss” as a 5th fight in 4.5. Either would be pretty cool, I think.

But I have to agree with you about FFVII. On one hand, I would be excited to see the bosses incorporated into FFXIV and be able to fight them on my character with FFXIV’s battle system and graphics, but on the other hand, FFVII has been milked so much that I wouldn’t complain about a skip to FFVIII or FFIX (or FFX, but I don’t think that would happen sadly :c). With FFXIII, I wouldn’t really care about that either, but I know people get up in arms over how it was also dragged on for longer than it should have been, and the fact that its event showed up in FFXIV already multiple times. So I was making the comment about it partially in jest. ;p

I should probably finish FFXIII proper one day (I’d like to), but I’ve been consumed with too many other things. And right now I’m replaying FFX (again), so no time to jump into FFXIII. I tend to prefer playing one game at a time so I can fully enjoy it.