Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
So, some time later...

It's not lore that held them back, but a lack of resources and a desire to provide more diverse options. The developers wanted to put in Hrothgar but felt forced to implement Viera by fan demand; ultimately they compromised by including only one sex from both races. Previous Viera lore just supports males not being playable.
True.

Though this thread was mostly targeted at the people who were responding to the upset players with "OMG they're just being true to the lore bro!"

To which this is a tongue in cheek way of highlighting that XIV doesn't particularly care much about lore outside its actual story arcs.

If being fair, there's also the other side of things to consider too. Such as the fact that any other game that isn't FFXIV is inherently non-canon. Just like every other Final Fantasy game (Outside of sequels such as X-2 and XIII-2 and spin offs like Dirge of Cerberus) is in a completely different universe to one another.

So, even if in Tactics/XII they had a specific lore... It doesn't automatically apply to XIV (Or any other Final Fantasy game).

Just like how in every other Final Fantasy game, Stone, Water and Aero are all Black Magic. In XIV they're considered White Magic.