Spoilers: Theory for Pandaemonium Story

[Cilia]

Ah, I always forget II exists, lol. That's a fair point though. I was hoping to see some ff9 bosses, but it might be more about II then.

There's also the fact of Lahabrea being there (who is a very roundabout reference to II's main antagonist Emperor Mateus), and the architecture is more reminiscent of II's Pandaemonium (with its black, purple, and blue) than IX's (more orange / red with a little green).

Even if the Alliance raid is the only one confirmed to be original / non-crossover, I still hope they do it in the style of Eden. Lots of inspiration from and allusion to VIII, rarely making direct lifts.

[Hank_Hotspur]

Even if the Alliance raid is the only one confirmed to be original / non-crossover, I still hope they do it in the style of Eden. Lots of inspiration from and allusion to VIII, rarely making direct lifts.

That's true for about everything in FFXIV. The Crystal Tower alliance raid was a big send up to FF3 but the events were so important that the events of the entire Shadowbringers expansion revolves around them and the tower itself to such a degree that the the FF3 leitmotif made it into the main them of ShB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRWlmXuv8E