Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
he did not say that. He simply said that the original story was set aside after its conclusion, and not revisited or expanded with the GC storyline and further. In fact the Ashcrown Consortium, the Path of the Twelve and what not didn't appear any more. This doesn't mean that that part of the story did not happen.

He didn't mention any actual changes to the original story. Directly or indirectly.
Yes, he did. Here's the part:
――『旧FFXIV』をプレイしている人からすると、どこまで以前の物語を残すのかが気になります。
--As someone who was playing FFXIV 1.0 [literally: former FFXIV], I'm wondering how much of the original story is left [in ARR]

吉田：『新生FFXIV』のストーリーは、グランドカンパニーの物語がメインになります。そこに『旧FFXIV』のメインストーリーのキャラが絡んできたりする予定です。できるだけ以前の物語は残そうと思いましたが、結局は全部変えました。エッセンスは微妙に残ってはいますが（笑）。
ARR's main story will be the grand company storyline. We plan to make characters from 1.0's storyline appear in that one. We wanted to keep as much of the original story as possible, but in the end we ended up changing everything. The essence is still present though (laugh)
From: Dengeki inteview, full summary linked on the first page of Rein's translation thread.