Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Which, again, would mean something if and only if XIV was an additional ending to NieR, not the other way around. XIV isn't the it'll-be-explained-by-one-of-these-endings-someday game. I like that about NieR, but that's just not XIV, and it's being added to XIV. It therefore deserves more than just an implication that the lack of connecting content will eventually turn into some big twist. Given how rarely our implicit promises pay off, and how little creative depth this game typically affords any particular range of content, this game is the among the worst possible settings to rely on that.
Not sure what you mean. I explicitly stated that I am not judging the nier story integration until the 3rd raid is out. I just pointed out that there is precedent on both sides for multiple dimensions and hopping between them, so the crossover doesn't contradict either worlds rules.

I fully expect that we will get a... mostly acceptable explanation what the Nier stuff is doing on the First by the end of the third raid. We had some truly wild speculations between the other alliance raid parts too, trying to extrapolate where the story is heading. I don't see how thats any different, or why you expect an explanation after the first entry in the series.