Something is bothering me and I need profssional help (Moose, Koji, Yoshi...etc).

It's about the red mage story, so if you haven't done it, don't read the rest.

And start leveling a red mage because it is even better than ninja.

So the red mage story, much like the job itlself, is several kinds of awesome. It features mentions of Alisaie, a cameo from Riol and a trip to the Gold Saucer. Plus a few GoT nods.

However there is one weird part. We go and invade Castrum Meridianum and fight a quite larg imperial patrol.
Why is that a problem? Well, during the finalee of 2.0 Castrum Meridianum gets invaded and large chunks of it get blown up. At least twice. And this is a level 58 quest. During which X'rhun tells us it was Crown Prince Zenos who came up with the bad guy's plan. But he didn't become crown prince till Varis ascened the throne during 2.5 if I'm remembering correctly. X'rhun also aknowledges us beating Zenos if we got that far.

So why are there still Imperials in CM? Is what's left of it not under Alliance control?