So...

...do I have to have played Tactics to understand Final Fantasy XII? I know that it is set in Ivalice, but is it a part of Tactic's time line? Or are we going to see another, entirely new take on Ivalice?

I certainly hope that it doesn't connect to Tactics. I did not get into it at all.

Sorry if this has been clarified at all or posted already.

No...Its just the same world in a completely different time period. I think FFXII is way later.

It has nothing to do with Tactics. It just sets in the same world as Tactics. Nothing more

Same races is what they were trying to say.