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What's the best older Final Fantasy boss cameo in FFXIV?

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Spoilers obviously. Best being whatever you want!! And boss cameo can mean either a boss from another FF title appearing as a boss in XIV, or a non-boss from another FF title appearing as a boss in XIV. I guess an older boss making a non-boss appearance counts too
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Is it KOTR or Magitek Scorpion from VII?
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Diabolos from FFVIII?
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Ozma from IX?
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Orlandeau from FFT?
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Yojimbo from X?
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Yiazmat from XII?
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Or...something else...?
 
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PlanetSmasher

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Orlandeau because of his voice clips, and the Phantom Train because it's the fucking Phantom Train.

 
Dreamboum

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100% Orlandeau. One of the best boss fights in FFXIV

"Honed is the blade that severs the villain's head. Endless is the path that leads him from hell"
" Open your eyes to the darkness and drown in its loveless embrace. The gods will not be watching. "
 
Razmos

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I'm partial to Eden, the fight is fun and that musicccc


Cloud of Darkness was very cool visually too.
Really hoping for Ultimecia in the final Eden raids
 
looprider

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Ozma for the tears and wipes. The community was not ready for that kind of fuckery in a 24 man raid when it first dropped. It was glorious.
 
Dolce

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None of them, as I'm tired of the constant old "hey remember this boss" stuff FFXIV does, but Orlandeau is the most fun of those and Orbonne is one of the best casual dungeons in the game. Nier stuff was a real big step down from Orbonne and Ivalice in general.
 
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Razmos said:
I'm partial to Eden, the fight is fun and that musicccc


Cloud of Darkness was very cool visually too.
Really hoping for Ultimecia in the final Eden raids
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Honestly I didn't much care for XIV in general but seeing this kinda makes me wanna play again.

They killed it with Eden.
 

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Phantom Train is a strong contender, but I think I'll give this to Ozma for how brilliantly they reimagined it. Having Ozma change shape and draw people into an internal world like that really elevated its design.
 
Hystzen

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Diablos ends with a Kamemeha garlic gun battle.

But Shinryu is favourite (it counts as he a boss in ff1)

it also was nerfed as kept wiping everyone
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Plus his theme is a banger
 
Ruck

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A11's Cruise Chaser Blassty is an insane deep cut and I love it for that

edit: whoops didn't see it has to be from an older ff
 
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All the cameos are greaaaat. But I definitely lost it at nostalgia from the Phantom Train intro. Ex-Death is also super, super cool and a fun fight. The whole Omega raid was insane fanservice and probably my favorite thing in the whole game.

Still waiting for Sephiroth and Sephiroth-Ex. I thought they'd time it to release along with FFVII Remake or the final part of Omega raid, but I guess they're saving him for last or near-last. Maybe next expansion?
 
Emerald

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Mechanically wise probably Exdeath or Kefka due to having an entire end-of-tier savage fight dedicated to them.
They also have the best phase transitions ever.



 
antitrop

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Ozma's re-appearance in the Baldesion Arsenal, where it has the ability to kick you entirely out of the dungeon if you die, seals it for me. There's also the hype of having 56 different players fighting it at the same time, way more than any Alliance raid, even.

 

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In a backwards way, all the bosses in Orbonne, especially Cid, since it's what motivated me to finally play Final Fantasy Tactics. I really liked the design, voice acting, and fights themselves, so I appreciate them more now that I've played FFT.
 
blonded

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antitrop said:
Ozma's re-appearance in the Baldesion Arsenal, where it has the ability to kick you entirely out of the dungeon if you die, seals it for me. There's also the hype of having 56 different players fighting it at the same time, way more than any Alliance raid, even.

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One of the best experiences in FFXIV is this dungeon. Shame so few people have played it.
 
Vinx

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As awesome as the Orbonne Monastery raid is or the Warring Triad, I think the best boss cameos are the Magitek bosses because they are fully integrated into the story.
 
jblanco

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All great examples, but my vote goes to KOTR.

With a game focusing so much on summons (primals), the way they thematically fit a primal like this was done in a really clever way. Heavensward is fucking amazing, and KOTR is part of why.

Also, they looks cool as fuck, that's why.
 
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jblanco said:
All great examples, but my vote goes to KOTR.

With a game focusing so much on summons (primals), the way they thematically fit a primal like this was done in a really clever way. Heavensward is fucking amazing, and KOTR is part of why.

Also, they looks cool as fuck, that's why.
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The normal version was pretty underwhelming though. But I guess some of the normal trials are fun to just sit through during msq.
 
Pancho

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Knights of the Round
Perfect mix of music, spectacle and a very fun extreme fight
 
LaydinJinn

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Hystzen said:
Diablos ends with a Kamemeha garlic gun battle.

But Shinryu is favourite (it counts as he a boss in ff1)

it also was nerfed as kept wiping everyone
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I think this is from FFV, in that game of Shinryu and Omega weapon were arch-nemesis which was referenced in FFXIV.

My vote is KOTR... I totally didn't realize I was fighting KOTR until I saw the ultimate attack being the same from FF7 with the same transition.

That was a holy shit moment for me.
 
Grahf

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As someone who played FFXIV for a while but didn't battle any of them, I must admit they're all faithful to to source material from all the ones linked in this thread so far, what a feast for the eyes !

...Except Orlandeau, wtf is that ? I only played the original FFT and Orlandu there was NOTHING like this, is this from another Ivalice based FF ?
Because if that's indeed T.G. Cid from FFT, this is not the austere looking old man I remember at all.
 
PlanetSmasher

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Dissidia is not canon though
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What I mean is that they have basically made "Shinryu vs. Omega" a background lore concept that echoes throughout the games, like Ramuh typically being a benevolent summon that speaks to the party and Ifrit and Shiva generally being recruited fairly close to one another if not at the exact same time.
 
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