Quote Originally Posted by Edax View Post
At the same time, you can only be one race at a time. Once you've become a Viera, you've already burned through the "new" content, and if you didn't become a Viera, it's just background content. I would love to play as an Ivalice Moogle, but I also understand that each race means nearly all sets of armor have to accommodate them (and there are already so many sets of gear in the game). Add too many races and the game gets weighed down since every ring, every pauldron and every hat has to fit. More resources would have to be taken from elsewhere to accommodate every new race so we must all consider the cost/benefits from adding them.
It's true they have to consider the costs and benefits of a new race, which is why we're getting Viera over Lupin and Ivalice moogles. And you can use fantasias multiple times. I know I certainly have used over 20 fantasias over the course of this game, and I am by no means a fantasia addict. I've seen people swap races nearly every week.

It is most definitely content if you enjoy dressing up your character and alts, swapping races to try something different out, spending time in character creation, or (god forbid - rip this Balmung tag next to my name) make new characters to RP with.

Quote Originally Posted by Edax View Post
True. But I'm willing to bet a new race takes several times the effort and man hours to create then a dungeon. And a dungeon that's forgotten won't actually take up any dev resources afterward.
Forgotten dungeons make no money. Races always make money. Money means more content that's worth doing like Ultimate, higher quality trials, MSQ, and new jobs.