Quote Originally Posted by Nestama View Post
Mostly opposed against the event for lore reasons, for both games. Yes, the FFXIV team could make Lightning appear again in a completely new event, but then that would be breaking FFXIII's lore in so many ways (Lightning Returns ending reasons).
You're assuming that Lightning Returns has already ended. Each game world has it's own timeline and when crossovers occur they could draw from any time before, during, or after the source game. A pre-"Lightning Returns" Lightning could appear in XIV next year just as well as she did last year.