Multiverse Final Fantasy MMORPG (What could have been)

[Zantetsuken]

re OP,

I've been with the FF series since FFI on the Famicom/NES So I'm as old-school as a FF fan can be.

Your initial proposal is interesting, but I don't think it's right for this series. This sort of overt fan-service is more a hallmark of nintendo, capcom or namco rather than SE. It works for less serious games, not epic storylines.

FFXII did a pretty good job of making previous FF villains into espers, but that's probably as far as I'd take it. Ever.

FFXII did a fantastic job bringing back the old FF bosses as espers. It would be nice to see the zodiac of FF bosses become the standard upper pantheon of summons in future FF games.

FFIX also had nice fan service in it's return of the four fiends, FFX brought back the Magus Sisters, FFXI had the original game's starting Jobs, and FFXIII.... well.... it reminded me of how forgettable FFII was.

However, when it comes to fan-service and borrowed elements, no FF game does it better than XIV.

We have:

• FFI: The universal FF elements: Airships, Crystals, etc..
• FFII: Old SP system based on actions was lifted from FFII's "leveling" system... Nothing currently though.
• FFIII: Crystal Tower
• FFIV: The Two Moons
• FFV: Cross Job (Class) ability equipping
• FFVI: Magitek (the concept art of the 'mount' is the EXACT same design as FFVI, awesome fan service there!) World of Ruin (post 2.0 landscape)
• FFVII: Materia, Meteor as a world destroying spell.
• FFVIII: Gunblades
• FFIX: Quina's fork (Mog LNC weapon lol)
• FFX: Nothing comes to mind... if they add swimming maybe...
• FFXI: Main Races, Campaign (Grand Company), Garuda (summon version), Artifact Armor, Sanction, Linkshells, much more...
• FFXII: Judges (Empire Generals) - Art Direction is also similar
• FFXIII: eh.. the now-removed action/stamina bar, Perhaps Dalamud is like Coccoon...
• FFT: Multi-class prerequisites for unlocking new jobs

Stuff that would be fantastic to see added to FFXIV:

• FFI : The four fiends with their own elemental dungeons
• FFIII: Evoker Class → Summoner Job
• FFIV: Visit to the moon, magnetic cave, Demon Wall
• FFV: Gilgamesh (or like FFXII version)
• FFVI: True Auction House, Colosseum
• FFVII: Ruby/Emerald weapons (maybe when the cap hits 90)
• FFVIII: Triple Triad, Quezacoatl as a Summon
• FFIX: Chocobo Hot and Cold, Treasure Map hunting
• FFX: Shoopuf style mounts for crossing special terrain into new areas.
• FFXI: BC fights, Nyzul Isle type dungeon, Large scale events, endgame.
• FFXII: Mob Hunts, Zodiac Espers
• FFXIII: Voice Acting
• FFT: Chemist/Engineer Class, more building on a "Job Tree" type system