What has happened to Vana'diel? (Spoiler)

[Divinemights]

For anyone played since ARR, you would know that Vana'diel do exist in FF14's timeline and confirmed to be not one of the 14 shard.
This is evident in Black Mage's request line and first Black Mage relic weapon.
During the Black Mage soul stone the soul stone is referred to as "The Gem of Shatotto"

Base onMeteion's report, she basically confirmed there is no trace of life form left outside of Etheirys. Is this solid evident to say Vana'diel was destroyed already?

[TheMightyMollusk]

It could just be another world that Meteion didn't find. Or a parallel timeline, like the Exarch's bad future.

[Divinemights]

It could just be another world that Meteion didn't find. Or a parallel timeline, like the Exarch's bad future.

This still doesn't make sense.
Exarch's bad future is our timeline and Exarch altering it by go to one of the shard
From Shatotto's speech in FF14, she is from different world by using her Black Magic

[Maxilor]

Vana'Diel exists in the same way that FF15 exists with Noctis visiting us through a 'magic portal'.

AKA an excuse to have a crossover.

Also Final Fantasy in general loves to reuse names all the time. FFXIV's Shantotto is not the same person as FFXI's Shantotto.

[myahele]

Are you talking about Shantotto or Shatotto?

Shatotto is not the same person as Shantotto since she's just a reference to her. We did have 2 XI event where 1 featured Shantotto coming to XIV's world and the other one being Iroha.

[Dancingweapon]

Give Roe's their tail back SE.

[Krotoan]

Give Roe's their tail back SE.

Excuse you?

Galka.

[Atamis]

Base onMeteion's report, she basically confirmed there is no trace of life form left outside of Etheirys. Is this solid evident to say Vana'diel was destroyed already?

She only confirmed the planets she visited were dead, or about to become so. I have doubts she and her unknown amount of sisters were able to exoplore the entirety of the galaxy in so short of time.

[Maxilor]

She only confirmed the planets she visited were dead, or about to become so. I have doubts she and her unknown amount of sisters were able to exoplore the entirety of the galaxy in so short of time.

Yeah honestly how many Meteions did Hermes crank out of his factory?

1,000?

10,000?

1,000,000 Meteions?

We're gonna need a lot of bird seed.

[Krotoan]

Vana'Diel exists in the same way that FF15 exists with Noctis visiting us through a 'magic portal'.

AKA an excuse to have a crossover.

Also Final Fantasy in general loves to reuse names all the time. FFXIV's Shantotto is not the same person as FFXI's Shantotto.

This ^

other games are different "dimensions", not other planets. Potentially other timelines but more likely entirely different realities. If they referred to Vana Diel as a "star" there'd be more cause to believe it was just another planet.. but IIRC it's called a "world".