Quote Originally Posted by Ceasaria View Post
Since before Heavensward they were already thinking about the Viera.
So they could have worked on it since several years and finished them a bit after the release of Stormblood or before but couldn't deliver it for 4.0 and didn't want to add them after that, waiting the right moment.
So they decided to wait for 5.0 to launch them, and by the time deciding to do another race with them, who knows.

+ Designing a job and a race doesn't use the same ressources. There is no game design in designing a race.
Yeah of course, I was just joking about the fact that it would be a good surprise and addition of content, instead of BLU that came OUT OF THE BLUE (sorry. *exits*) and did not meet player's expectations.