Quote Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra View Post
You guys realize that the Yoshi-P and the dev team as well as the lore team, etc, knew that RGE>NIN was going to be the next addition to FFXIV a good while in advance right? Likely since, or even before, 2.0 launch.

Now answer this:

Given that it would incredibly simpler to just stick to the beastmen storyline through 2.2 and when 2.4 comes, simply introduce a new guild for RGE and a new NPC for NIN so that it RGE is available from the beginning of the MSQ, why did SE go to such lengths to introduce Yugiri as a Ninja who "brings new techniques from the far east" and furthermore beef up Thancred backstory all of a sudden with the Fraternity of thieves (rogues, essentially) and make Thancred and Yugiri have a whole moment where they acknowledge the synergy between their movements (suggesting the rogue > nin continuity)?

I suppose that question ended up being rather verbose, but the point should be clear as day.

Especially to anyone who played through to the end of 1.0, we're no stranger to seeing this dev team wrap new additions to the game or changes to mechanics in some form of lore - even somewhat trivial/cosmetic systems such as glamours or aesthetician. They get rich representation.

Why would they go through all the trouble to lay the foundation for the coming new class and job in the storyline continuity, so that it can be experienced in a rather "LIVE" way (which, btw, is one of the 3 key words that Yoshi-P used to express the design philosophy they will have when redesigning FFXIV back from 1.0), if in the end what they plan to do is introduce some random "secret Ninja that came long before Yugiri" and outright break the storyline sequence where Thancred sees Yugiri fight and reverts to his old techniques (because if he's been seeing you use those techniques all along, that entire cutscene makes zero sense), why go through all he trouble?
Most of your points are addressed on the previous page of the comments section alone as well as deeper in the thread. Please take a quick look over the previous page for a few variations on questions and answers like the one you presented.