FFXIV x Zodiac Age

[Iromi]

I wish they would do stuff like this instead of Garo heh I have no idea what it is...much rather have more FF crossover stuff in XIV !

[Felis]

It will be about Dalmasca (we already know that the city exist somewhere in the empire)

[meetch2488]

I hope that FFXIV: Return to Ivalice takes part during the FFTactics Story, that is a world I would like to see more of (especially a more detailed world, with current technology). I think more than likely however, we will get 3 Raids, set different time periods...

Chronologically it would go

Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy Tactics
??????

I also think that Unukalhai is from Ivalice.

[Fyrebrand]

Take a look at how "Doma" is referenced in FFXIV -- we've never gone there or even seen the place. We've just met people from there, heard some stories about it, etc. It's a vague reference to a country in FFVI, but I don't think it's literally meant to be understood that everything in FFVI is now canon in FFXIV.

"Ivalice" could work like that. In fact, I don't think the "Ivalice" in FFXII and FF Tactics (not to mention Tactics Advance) are even meant to be the same place -- it's just a word to describe a general aesthetic, mood, and creative team behind the games. Whatever we see in the upcoming FFXIV content will likely be a mish-mash of stuff from Tactics and XII. Maybe we'll get Agrias, Fran and Balthier to make an appearance. Heck, they can throw some Vagrant Story elements in there too (not technically Ivalice, but Valendia where that game takes place is referenced in XII).

[ErikMynhier]

Stormblood is set to release June of this year, about a month later Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Age is released. As we know the 24 man raid for Stormblood is "Return to Ivalice", a raid series themed after Final Fantasy Tactics. Ivalice is also the setting for FFXII.

Do you think we'll see a collaboration event for the release of Zodiac Age?

Bring it on, would love this.

[yotsuffy]

An event for the release of FFXII Zodiac Age HD?
Would be nice!

(and that glamour would be nice too!)

[Belhi]

I think things will be a bit too tied up with the release of SB. Anyway we will be getting an Alliance raid as a reference to FF12. Sure, it won't actually be the same world from FF12 but there are likely going to be a lot of references.

[Enkidoh]

The Ivalice-themed raid will just be exactly that, Ivalice-themed. It is almost guaranteed to not actually be the Ivalice, but a FFXIV-lore-centric raid which has name, decor and enemy references to the Ivalice-set games, just like how the Crystal Tower is not the FFIII version, nor is Palace of the Dead the Tactics Ogre version, they are FFXIV areas with name references to other games, nothing more. The development team actually stated this outright in the past:

Q55: There are a lot of names from Ivalice such as Dalmasca, Belias, and Zodiak that have been mentioned, is there some connection between Hydaelyn and Ivalice?

A55: To be absolutely clear, there is no connection between FFXIV’s Hydaelyn and FFXII’s Ivalice. Likewise there is no connection with FFXI’s Vana’diel. Each are their own individual world. Based on this, there are connections between the things that appear in the world, and we’ll be revealing more in the future.

1:57:29
Q: A lot of names from Ivalice have been mentioned such as Dalmasca, Belias, and Zodiak. Is there some kind of connection between Hydaelyn and Ivalice?
A: Maehiro: To be absolutely clear, there is no direct connection between FFXIV’s Hydaelyn and FFXII’s Ivalice or even FFXI’s Vana’diel. They are not the same world in different dimensions or time—they are their own separate worlds. However, there are certain connections to people or objects that appear in these other worlds that figure into the story of FFXIV as it has been conceived and is being told.

Yoshida: We’ll be revealing more as we move forward.

Of course we'll be finding out soon enough, but the fact is, given how the Crystal Tower was handled, I don't see this Ivalice-themed raid as being nothing more different than that, i.e. a place that fits directly in FFXIV lore which just happens to have the same name as a place from the Ivalice games, as there is no reason for Yoshi and Maehiro to go back on their earlier comments and directly connect Hydaelyn and Ivalice together.

Also remember, FFXIV is an ensemble game, it references and cherishes all FF games, not just FFXII and the Ivalice games. Directly connecting the two together would make that very idea invalid I'm afraid.