The 2.0 24-man raids involved us fighting the Cloud of Darkness, does that mean FF XIV is FF III now? Kain and Bartz both have their own respective fairytales in-lore, as evidenced by their minions, does that mean that we're playing FF IV and V now? Hildibrand's 3.0 questline introduces us to Vivi and his grandfather Quan, so is this FF IX now?

Coming from someone who believes that FF XII has the single best setting in the main series: stop it. Just let FF XIV be its own story and setting, like every other FF has been.