Is it possible for FFXI & FFXIV to merge?

[Catwho]

As if gods couldn't consult with one another and the fight between good and evil couldn't overcome boundaries of the universe. If Shantotto can break the barriers of worlds and come to take over our world (and we kick her butt) then whats to say the worlds couldn't coincide with rules and the like. Also who's saying that the worlds would be completely bound together? We could just open a rift for the warrior of light and a story driven npc who happened to find or unlock the route to this new world. Lore is hardly a problem, like ever. Allagans are still a story convenience. :/

That's just it though - SE has a name for Shantotto and Lightning (and Gilgamesh) - and everyone in Dissidia. They are Voidwalkers and their ability to travel between universes is canonical in their originating games. (Shantotto had a whole mini expansion dedicated to her misadventure with clones in the void.) FFXI also had its own parallel universe mini expansion set with Abyssea; Eorzea is not the parallel world to Vana'diel, Abyssea is.

But to go along with your argument... could they? Sure, they can shoehorn anything in and blame it on the Allagans.

Should they? No. Absolutely not. I stand by my answer. I played FFXI for ten years. Let my Tarutaru enjoy her retirement in the Mog Gardens of Adoulin already.

[Sho86]

It would be entirely possible to throw a bit of XI in here, in multiple ways. One of course is a couple zones, maybe something akin to WotG XI expac, we see some of the world but not all of it. Another would be more nostalgia but still a possibility, to make a type of port of FF:Grandmasters as an arcade game to Gold Saucer. I don't see all of Vanadiel coming back even if they considered it, but its story is certainly not "dead."

Another chapter could easily open for it, and even the producer letter from last night hinted that it may not be over (could either be for XI proper or speaking technically of continuing the story on the mobile port someday, not grandmasters.) If they did throw XI areas into XIV though it would have to play by XIV's ruleset, which may not be all that bad but unsure if it would be what most people are looking for.

[Derio]

No just no. They are alot different than you think.

[Felis]

Can we also have a merge of FF VII and FF X (also with Lightning) ?

[CyrilLucifer]

It's not possible.

The progression systems are so completely different that it's not in the least bit compatible. And we're not even talking about end-game progression here, just using any type of gear.

[Obysuca]

they are moving away from continuing updates on it and to just maintenance/QoL changes only after this month's conclusion.

Except the fact they just said they're going to continue to add bcnms and more >_> I like how they go from "no more updates!" to "we're still giving updates and content"

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...05/detail.html

"As announced in March, we will continue minor version updates through and beyond April 2016. Each month we will bring you battlefields, Record of Eminence additions, balance adjustments, and bug fixes. Vana'diel's story does not end here, and in the near future we are planning a version update for December. We will have further updates in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned for more."