Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
The devs purposefully didn't have rogue be the classic "thief" job because they didn't want the Warrior of Light to be associated with thievery or other dark connotations. That's also why the Rogues' Guild isn't a Thieves' Guild. Also why it turns out that dark knights are actually powered by love. I wouldn't be surprised if the new reaper class ends up having some other type of similar nonsense.
I've still yet to see anyone provide an actual quote on this, seems more like hearsay. There IS a quote that they didn't want the CITY to have a thieves guild because that didn't make lore sense (which I found when searching for this rumor without source), but I've seen no quote that the WoL can't be one because it's evil or what have you. Which I maintain is a silly statement, given A. many WoL in other FF games have been thieves and B. the other jobs related to this game, like assassin type job themes - so if it was said it wasn't a good thought.