Yoshida FFIX references!! nice work... now try it with Chrono Trigger

[Welsper59]

If anything it was a reference to ffiv, in which there was a secret dev office similar to the 18th floor.

In reality, it's both. Such things were sort of a running theme for many outlets, occasionally. Before we had the internet, creators left little easter eggs or secrets that revealed the behind-the-scenes sort of magic to show their hard work and appreciation for the players, since there wasn't much of a way to do it otherwise. It's sort of like when comics/manga creators either preface or end their work with little factoids during the time of that issue/volume. XIV's use was essentially an homage to that process, albeit one that also tied itself to Yoshi-P's in-game NPC.

[Xenosan]

Construct 8 mobs in Pharo Sirius HM are a call-back to Construct 8 of Final Fantasy Tactics, which was a call-back to Construct 7 of Chrono Trigger, if that means anything.

I want Xenogears references.

[Welsper59]

Construct 8 mobs in Pharo Sirius HM are a call-back to Construct 8 of Final Fantasy Tactics, which was a call-back to Construct 7 of Chrono Trigger, if that means anything.

I want Xenogears references.

Gaius = Grahf
Ultima = Alpha Weltall

Thinking about it, the Ascians are probably a closer match, outside of looks. Seriously though, would love to see a Grahf or Id character with a Weltall Magitek.

[Xenosan]

I can see the resemblance in their helmets, nice. I want a Gaius glamour even more ; ;

but I don't see a connection of the two beyond their appearance,

For a boss, Deus as raid boss would play to both Chrono and Xeno. Worthy of a Crystal Tower / Void Ark type final boss, IMO (like Cloud of Darkness), but I might be bias.

I insist though that at some point Deus would have to spawn two seraphim or cherub looking adds, Myyah and Elehaym. One to be DPS'd down ASAP (Myyah), and the other to be cure-bombed (Elehaym). If Myyah lives too long or Elehaym dies: raid wipes XD

I'm fine if Yasunori Mitsuda tracks were just easter-egg orchestration rolls for our Juke boxes, that's all I'd need to be happy

Xenogears originally was going to be FF7, but they decided it was too dark for Final Fantasy, so they remapped it's development as the next Chrono game (Chrono Cross), before deciding it was too unique for that also and made it a standalone game.

I think that alone justifies it's presence in XIV in some way, and of course there's that 'other' reason why they should do it..

..but don't mean to veer off Chrono appreciation too much