Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
I still would like to see a source that Yoshida said we can't have Thief due to the WoL's morals or whatever, it seems like a silly statement on multiple levels and one I have a hard time believing. For starters we've had major heroes of the FF universe be thieves, then we also have clear hero thieves in media outside of FF (Robinhood...?), and then finally we've many jobs that you could argue are far more gray than being a thief. "can't be a thief but assassins and taking the law into your own hands like batman, that's fine". Whhaattt? For real? lol.
It's difficult to source as it's something he's said in passing at events like fan fest, live letters, or in more casual interviews, but here's a quote from when the rogue/ninja job was added into the game in the first place, and he's made similar comments since when people have asked for more morally grey jobs to be added into the game.

https://novacrystallis.com/2014/06/f...announcements/

"The Rogues were once thieves but through time they’ve evolved into their own respected guild. Why would a city allow a thieves guild? This is the reason they are not called thieves."

He's also made comments like "why would the warrior of light be a thief?" to imply that he doesn't want names with negative connotations attached to them, hence rogue rather than thief. Not only that, but if anything would be more "thief-y" it goes to ninja because of its rogue roots, the Ivalician raid gear, for example has a thief set which was set for ninja.