Quote Originally Posted by Alesone View Post
That would have been an argument had they not released an expansion with only dps jobs. You'd think they would have wanted to keep their tank and Healer playerbase happy considering their retention is crucial to keeping the game healthy given how dependant the game is on the trinity.

There also wasn't a new race added in stormblood either, guess they felt they didn't have to cater to the players there either.

They already have those players playing the game, they already won them over with existing races. It makes complete sense for them to try something to appeal to a wider market, they want to increase their player count and if they feel targeting a certain market that they haven't really grabbed is the best way to do it they will.
I don't really get what you're saying here. Doesn't the fact they released an expansion with only dps jobs support my argument? DPS players are the vast majority of the playerbase. More people play DPS than tanks/heals so giving us two DPS jobs was actually catering to the majority of the playerbase?

The point of the "fanfest" is to celebrate the game with the "fans." Player retention is one of the biggest concerns when running a mmo. Keeping the players they have happy and engaged is just as important as attracting new players to the game. I can't imagine they'd design a brand new race to add to the game that is only going to appeal to a very small subset of people and make lots of the current players go "wat?"

But SE has done a lot of stupid stuff, so it could very well happen. :v Just from my point of view, I don't think it is likely at all. I mean even the leaker told us not to expect ronso.