Interview of Yoshi-P at French Japan Expo by Secrets of Eorzea website

[Exstal]

The only rogue I know has a southern accent but seriously more lore is attached to thieves than rogues. So not really seeing how a rogue is some what more famous.

I don't think it has to do with fame. I believe they are trying to avoid having jobs as base classes, but if Naoki had his way then Rogue right now would be named Thief and would become Ninja job. Thief's physically prowess is what lends itself to Rogue, so in a sense untrained Thief could be appropriate if you're talking solely about stealing skills. But in terms of battle power, Thief is like L1 Rogue.

[NargaHuntress]

Great. More currency.

[Arrak]

Great. More currency.

SE has no problem adding currencies. I counted 84.

[Elven]

I don't think it has to do with fame. I believe they are trying to avoid having jobs as base classes, but if Naoki had his way then Rogue right now would be named Thief and would become Ninja job. Thief's physically prowess is what lends itself to Rogue, so in a sense untrained Thief could be appropriate if you're talking solely about stealing skills. But in terms of battle power, Thief is like L1 Rogue.

He said to think of rogue like thief I don't nor will I ever even he admits they're two different classes.

[Chad]

Possible expansion beta key and/or reveal at Fan Fest ? Gold Saucer 2.4 or just after ? Nice nice nice

Need to get my damn chocobo ranked up i have a feeling it will factor in when chocobo racing etc is added ;/

[Chiramu]

The first two questions... facepalm.

[Danbo05]

He said to think of rogue like thief I don't nor will I ever even he admits they're two different classes.

The stubborn shall ever remain stubborn, even if they're wrong. [/shrug]

[Radacci]

He said to think of rogue like thief I don't nor will I ever even he admits they're two different classes.

"So it is definitely clear that Rogue equals Thief in the game. "

[Kat_Manx]

Oh my gawd could people stop discussing the name Thief vs. Rogue. IT'S THE SAME THING.

It wouldn't matter if they called it "Super Stealthy Knifey Slicey Dicey Stealy Man."

It's still..the same... job.

/facepalm

[deekapowski]

Yoshi=P is saying it's semantics. All the guild's are named by their class, but FFXIV can't have an active Thieve's Guild openly operating. It goes against all current lore and would be bad roleplaying (I know. "What's that?" , but stay with me.). Think about it. How many open thieves do you meet in real life? However you might meet several people who have job that employ a rogue skillset including military, police, magicians, etc. Plain and simple, thief has a negative connotation that no person of good legal standing wants associated with them. The only reason they got away with it in XI is that no real plot weight is given to any standard class in that game.