Return to Ivalice Speculation ...And hype

[Theodric]

Well, if the intention is to honour Ivalice as a setting then it's almost certainly going to be very nuanced in regards to pretty much every character involved in the story-line. I doubt we'll be seeing something as simple as the Garleans being the straight up antagonists and the protagonists being the flawless good guys as that is not what Ivalice is about and it isn't even what FFXIV is about.

Final Fantasy Tactics, in particular, is very complicated because Ramza is a protagonist in the story but Delita is also a protagonist whilst serving as an antagonist at the same time. If not for Delita's actions, Ramza would arguably not have succeeded at all. As for the possible liberation of Rabanastre? I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how it ends up happening. Hopefully it ends up being tied to some sort of Larsa type character who agrees to give Rabanastre back to an 'Ashe' type character in exchange for peace and trade. That would be far more refreshing than yet another province being lost to what is supposed to be one of the most influential and powerful forces present on Hydaelyn at the moment.

I also suspect that one portion of the raid will be heavily inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics, another will be inspired mostly by Vagrant Story and yet another will be inspired mostly by Final Fantasy XII.

I just hope that it isn't treated as a self contained story that is never really referenced in the MSQ's. Otherwise we just miss out on important plot points being relevant again beyond their initial introduction.