Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
Seriously? There have been quotes from Yoshi P, analysis of the Ivalice timeline, comparisons between FFT and FFXII, explanations of the lore of Ivalice, not just by me but by those who agree with me. Yoshi P doesn't like Viera, hasn't put a race in Stormblood, and we know that races take a massive of work to put in, on top of that we know that the new raid will be based on the original FFT and will have to have some grounding in Eorzea lore. If you want the sources, the numbers and the research, it has all been posted in this thread, go back and find it.

Oh, and the poll that you keep referencing was put forth towards 1.0 players, that's how long ago it was, the truth is that we no longer have any clue how popular the race is.

Whatever information you want to pick and choose from to fit your ideas doesn't concern me, but I know that come 4.0 there will be threads saying "Wheres Viera?"
Yes seriously.

Do you know how long a census lasts? It lasts 10 years. Scientific polls have validity for a long period of time. That's why they are scientific, they poll a large pool of what FF fan is and that doesn't change year to year. That only gradually changes year to year. Please do some research on what scientific polls mean. Furthermore, there was a more recent poll done on reddit where the majority would play them http://www.strawpoll.me/4210217/r . Adding a race is made years in advance. Doing a poll last year/this year would get in the way of their story/blueprint. So that poll was relevant for the years they were considering the next race (2015-2016). A poll for 2017 wouldn't allow them to plan ahead.

Your FFT/FFXII comparison was already proven false since they exist in A and A2. Yoshi-P preferred au ra over viera, that doesn't mean he doesn't like them. At the end of that au ra/viera discussion he said "however if you want another race please let us know" so he's not 100% against them. Do I have to find that quote again?

The work it takes to add a new race doesn't matter to Yoshida. He already asked us to let him know which race we want in the future.

You have no sources left, they were already proven false.