Quote Originally Posted by AmpelioB View Post
it is not impossible though, a way that I see possible would be the New World which we don't know how much inhabited is, we could have our current factions (Limsa Thanalan Gridania Ala mhigo Doma and Garlemald) trying to explore it since it's rich on ceruleum and other vegetables good and we could choose to ally to any of the nations exploring it, this could also lead to a very interactive story where you could help certain nations to conquer some specific areas of the New World.
Your 'solution' is purely narrative justification (and a bad one at that), while ignoring the myriad other forks of the problem. In fact, I'd argue that narrative justification is the only thing it doesn't need help with.

FFXIV just straight-up is not a game designed for factions more involved than the grand companies, on any level. Your pitch just doesn't function for the way FFXIV structures story or content, you're requesting an entirely different game. ...or possibly just a Frontlines map with extra preamble, which I'd dislike for other reasons, all of Frontlines' maps are terrible designs for a terrible game mode.