Let's talk about THAT cutscene from the main story (spoilers)

[Quintalian]

As a long-time fan of Final Fantasy thieves like Locke and Zidane, and as a career THF in FFXI, I came into this game in 1.0 expecting to play a Thief. This patch's cutscenes have given me hope that, at long last, after two and a half years, my favorite job may finally be within grasp. Of course I have some strong opinions on the matter.

First, as has been said already, Thief is a Job. It should not be added as a class. "But Quintalian, in FF1 Ninja came from Thief!" Well guess what, in FF1 you used spell charges to cast magic instead of MP and if one party member killed an enemy that the next party member was targeting, he would swing at empty space instead of targeting another enemy. Final Fantasy has evolved since then and in later games, Thief and Ninja are distinct from each other. Warrior (aka Fighter) changed class into Paladin (aka Knight) in FF1, yet both of those are Jobs in FFXIV. Quit using the FF1 example for your argument, it doesn't hold water.

What's the name of the class would we unlock? I like Scout (SCT) a lot better than Rogue (ROG?). Plus 'rogue' ends up misspelled as 'rouge' way too often, and that's just embarrassing. How about Saboteur or Spy? Historically, real ninja did those things as well, it sort of fits.

Next, I don't think GLA will lose its existing daggers as the dev team seems loath to take away anything from the player base. Notice how there's a lot of items on the Market Board that can't be obtained anymore, yet haven't been removed from the game, e.g. beastmen currency, moraines, old dye materials, etc. So it's all new daggers and knives for the new class. How would the new class dual wield? Double daggers is fine, but I would rather see them use two individual daggers. Being able to mix or match weapons could open up some interesting gear choices. Just as conjurer can use either wands or staves, perhaps both options could be possible?

Last, what about the guild? It'll most likely be in a separate zone -- it is a secret, after all -- located somewhere in Limsa Lominsa near where we part ways with Yugiri. That little branch of the city isn't really used for much, it would benefit from a bit more (discrete) foot traffic. Don't expect Thancred to teach you its ways, he's a Scion now, with important duties. He can't be hanging around waiting to train aspiring scoundrels in some guild hall. We'll learn the trade from whoever it is that taught Thancred in the first place, and probably pick up some juicy secrets about Thancred in the process. Yugiri, on the other hand, stated outright that she would personally teach us, and I expect she'll follow through on that.

I could go on, but this is enough. As my Search Info comment states, "Waiting patiently for the addition of the Thief Job!"