Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
We could go back and forth trying to convince each other of the viability of Garleans, but what has SQEX said?
Has Yoshi P more recently weighed in on this issue?
Last I heard he said "no" in... stormblood(?) but does anyone know if his perspective has changed?
I do not believe he has ever commented on the subject directly, though comments from older interviews lose relevance as time passes and the game's community grows and trends/expectations change. I've seen quite a few demands for Garlean related glamour/playable options on Twitter, though.

There's also a pretty sizeable number of Garlean role-players to be found in-game on Mateus, Omega and Balmung.

As for 'lizardfolk', it's worth noting that Yoshi-P specifically added Hrothgar because he wanted to see a beast race added as a playable option. Yet not only are they a very tiny percentage of the population...he does not even play one himself. A trend, I suspect, which applies to a lot of the people asking for more unusual options.