Quote Originally Posted by Kaiserdrache View Post
This guy exists already a a Raid Boss practically if I remind correctly, and that even before of the Ivalice FF12 theme SB Raids
TECHNICALLY Sky Pirates are an Ivalice thing, so for XIV to have its own Sky Pirate themed content is sorta related to Ivalice as a theme. You could infer that the Sky Pirate raids are a precursor to the Ivalice raids, but aren't required to unlock them.