[Question] Does Au'ra get special dialogue from NPCs? (such as during Ninja quest?)

Thinking about fantasia my Sun cat into a Nomad lizard... I am curious does Au'ra get special dialogue from NPCs such as Yugiri during the Ninja quest?

It's "Au Ra," not Au'ra, Aura, Au'Ra, Au-Ra, AuRa, or any other variation thereof. Au Ra.

... and to my knowledge there is no special dialogue for them, though I do expect that to change since 4.0 is taking us to their homelands. Yugiri is not involved with the NIN quest chain.

Got it. Thanks Ms. Au Ra.

Despite my Grammar Nazi tendencies, I'm usually content to let it slip. When a question specifically about the race is asked, though... well, it would be nice if you could use proper grammar. "Au Ra" isn't rocket surgery.

Also, totally a dude IRL. There's no way you could have known that, but presumption is unwise.

As far as I'm aware, the only significant bit of changed dialogue based on race currently is from talking to a guard in the 3.0 Hildibrand quests if you're a Lalafell. He just mentions hearing rumors that they can't be trusted normally, but if you're a Lalafell, he'll talk about how popular Tataru was at the Forgotten Knight before mentioning the rumors, but backpedals and says he doesn't believe any of it (In a very unconvincing manner) when he remembers he's talking to one.

I'd like to hope that the Au Ra in Othard will acknowledge you in some way, though. Extra points if it varies based on what clan you are, because historically, there's supposed to be some tension between the Raen and Xaela.

So Yugiri will still act like haing a mask on is necessary with an Au Ra WoL inches away from her?

I would like that to be honest. It felt super weird when the DK npc was saying we dont know how it feels to be an Au Ra..i'm just sitting there like, "But the horns..the scales..what do you think I am.."

They have never really gotten into racially unique dialog. They might in Stormblood but I wouldn't count on it for sure. I suspect that the Au Ra will treat players as outsiders regardless. After all a Xaela or Raen that has wondered off to be an adventurer has effectively abandoned their tribe or hometown.

No there is sadly no real special dialogue from the NPCs but I hope that this changes with SB. Would be strange to talk to someone of your own race with no reaction from them. Just some small changes in the text can be really nice. Maybe even some comments from your NPC friends.

I very much doubt that Au Ra will get any special dialog. Duskwight Elezen have been dealing with this since 2.0; Gridania is apparently a seething kettle of racial prejudice regarding that subgroup, but a Duskwight Warrior of Light is completely exempt to the point where NPCs will freely discuss the topic around them without a care.

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Originally Posted by Cilia

Also, totally a dude IRL. There's no way you could have known that, but presumption is unwise.

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They say that there's only men on the Internet - but I think it's better to say, there is no gender on the Internet. It's my opinion that folks are free to assume any gender for anyone they interact with, and anyone prone to getting uptight about it really should get into the habit of ending every statement with "I'm a dude/chick," to make sure there's no mistake!

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Originally Posted by Cilia

Also, totally a dude IRL. There's no way you could have known that, but presumption is unwise.

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I just use the gender of someone's character as the basis for selecting how I refer to them via pronouns etc, unless I know rl gender. Probably shouldn't play a female character if that bothers you that much.

Dry humor is difficult to convey through text. A lot of people don't get it either.

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Originally Posted by Balipu

So Yugiri will still act like haing a mask on is necessary with an Au Ra WoL inches away from her?

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Yup. When I first went Au Ra, I was massively disappointed. I mean I get it, you'd have to basically redo all your interactions with her and/or you yourself should be met with enormous hostility during the 2.0 Coerthas section and both would be a pain in the butt, but it really kind of put a damp noodle on the immersion of being a dragongirl and is a reason I drifted away from it.

Hopefully the Xaela of the Steppes at least see fit to comment on you, if you are one.

Its even more painful if you later get to know that Au Ra are even killed in Ishgard or some regions of it. Yet there was no real hate towards my character. (Other than the distrust against any WoL) So I really hope that they change it up in SB, especially since we are getting no new race anyway.

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Originally Posted by Alleo

Its even more painful if you later get to know that Au Ra are even killed in Ishgard or some regions of it. Yet there was no real hate towards my character. (Other than the distrust against any WoL) So I really hope that they change it up in SB, especially since we are getting no new race anyway.

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You were the guest of House Fortemps. No one was going to openly screw with you without really good reason. Lore wise Ishgard is a really dark place. People get killed by for stupid reasons all the time either throught infighting of High Houses or religious zealotry.

Again, its still not a thing for any race. All races are treated like their cultural norms are something they wouldn't know about. If anything Duskwight players not getting heavily discriminated against in Gridania is more jarring.

Speaking of special dialogue, there won't be any for those who play as highlander?
Since we're going to Ala Mhigo, I thought there would be at least exclusive dialogue for those who play as Highlander.

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Originally Posted by Belhi

You were the guest of House Fortemps. No one was going to openly screw with you without really good reason. Lore wise Ishgard is a really dark place. People get killed by for stupid reasons all the time either throught infighting of High Houses or religious zealotry.

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Oh I know that they could not do much against us but it is kinda sad that we did not see some kind of hate. I dont necessarily mean an attack, more like some verbal words. Just because we are under the house of Fortemps should not make us invincible to hate. And this is the city that hates and fights against dragons for centuries. I just cant believe that everybody would just say nothing at all to us.

So I hope that there is more special dialog for any of the races in SB.

I hope to see some dialog differences in spades. The AuRa especially could use it because I feel like despite being Fortempts guest, an unaware guard should have been like "Holy- that a lizard? In my city? Not today!" Though I guess adding dialog for every single combination of encounter and making sure it translates well could be an ordeal.

Especially falls apart when Yugiri covered herself and the WoL's tail is just swishing away in a bikini glamour.

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Originally Posted by Cilia

It's "Au Ra," not Au'ra, Aura, Au'Ra, Au-Ra, AuRa, or any other variation thereof. Au Ra.

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You don't pay my sub! AuRa all day.

Ishgardians are pretty frosty to everyone and Au Ra aren't related to dragons according to scholars. A group of Au Ra were attacked by Ishgardian Knights but there is a great variation in how zealous ishgardians are. After all it is generally believed that Au Ra have no relation to Dragons and Ishgardian leaders would at least have a basic level of education.

They might do something but I wouldn't hold my breath too much. After all even Au Ra are going to be considered outsiders with the people we deal with. Even a Xeala on the Steppes will either be looked at as being from another tribe (and Xeala tribes are hardly great friends) or being someone who abandoned their tribe to go adventuring.

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Originally Posted by Clethoria

Especially falls apart when Yugiri covered herself and the WoL's tail is just swishing away in a bikini glamour.

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That's an artifact caused by not future proofing that dialogue though. The real reason Yugiri is wearing a disguise is because Au Ra models weren't ready yet. The real weird thing is that she doesn't comment on you being a Ninja until way latter.

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Originally Posted by SuperFlorinjin

That's an artifact caused by not future proofing that dialogue though. The real reason Yugiri is wearing a disguise is because Au Ra models weren't ready yet. The real weird thing is that she doesn't comment on you being a Ninja until way latter.

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What frustrates me most is that there are any of a number of reasons she could have been hiding her identity, but they went with race in spite of the fact that it would fall apart as soon as Au Ra were added to the game. Ugh.

As for not noticing you're a Ninja... well, of course she wouldn't know. Half the job of being a Ninja is hiding the fact that you're a Ninja, and since you're the Warrior of Light, You can assume that you're an EXCELLENT Ninja. All the more so if you're dressed head-to-toe in ninja blacks and packing paired katanas and STILL manage to convince people that you're not a Ninja.

At any rate, aside from cases where the player character is obviously a Ninja, is there any particular reason that Yugiri should immediately recognize someone as being Oboro's student? I didn't get the impression that they were that close, or that Oboro would need to keep Yugiri updated on every apprentice he takes in...

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Originally Posted by LineageRazor

At any rate, aside from cases where the player character is obviously a Ninja, is there any particular reason that Yugiri should immediately recognize someone as being Oboro's student? I didn't get the impression that they were that close, or that Oboro would need to keep Yugiri updated on every apprentice he takes in...

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I think she does notice it later. Ninja came with 2.4 and the next time Yugiri sees you she comments on your ninja training if you have one.

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Originally Posted by syunikiss

Speaking of special dialogue, there won't be any for those who play as highlander?
Since we're going to Ala Mhigo, I thought there would be at least exclusive dialogue for those who play as Highlander.

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Hyur are everywhere though. Just because you're a Highlander, it doesn't mean you're Ala Mhigan. If Ivalice turns out to be (as I think it will) the southern part of Othard that is still covered in clouds on the map, then I may well headcanon that my dude is from there.

What happened with Sidurgu and his fellow Au Ra in Ishgard occurred over 10 years ago, so I think it's reasonable to assume the Ishgardians might've done some research and educated themselves about them in that time (Though probably mostly due to them thinking they could be a recurring threat).

Their lack of a harsh reaction to Alaqa would suggest as much (They simply refer to her as a foreigner), plus all those Au Ra in Idyllshire likely would've had to have passed through Ishgardian-occupied territory to get there.

I'm thinking maybe we'll learn more about this in SB, considering that Adkiragh is apparently going to be involved in some manner of sidequest (I'm betting on him being the next custom delivery NPC, personally).

The current Khan guy refers to you as a Xaela and its your nature for being there in the msq. One of the npcs early also says something about that but I skipped almost everything else so I'm not sure for the rest. So if anyone who read the non cut scenes please let this thread know any other mentions.

Well way I see it some dialogue gets adds and some don't especially if the character isn't recognized such as when the gold saucer boost event took place and if Godbert recognizes the WoL. If so he will address them by name if not the that part is left out. Same thing I don't get with magitek mounts and this expansion. Why don't npcs think I'm Imperial?

I only noticed two instances of obviously Xaela-specific dialogue in my Azim Steppe questing so far, which was a food vendor remarking that your parents surely had to have made what she was selling before, and you'd know how good it tastes already, and a certain someone mentioning that whether you were born on the steppes or not, your forefathers would be proud of you for undertaking a particular trial.

Wonder if Raen have anything specific to them in the Ruby Sea.

We don't! I'm a Raen, and nothing special was said to me. Frankly, I was a little hurt.

I did find it odd, however, that they speak as if all Raen fled under water, when Sui-no-Sato is exceptionally tiny and so many Raen live and work in Kugane, not a one of them mentioning living under the sea.

Stormblood had the first instance of a cutscene that openly acknowledged my character being a healer, demanding that I help aid in actual healing, but from what I've seen and read otherwise, you're race and job is barely noted.

But they are on point with gendered dialogue in the whole game

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Originally Posted by Hinoto-no-Ryuji

We don't! I'm a Raen, and nothing special was said to me. Frankly, I was a little hurt.

I did find it odd, however, that they speak as if all Raen fled under water, when Sui-no-Sato is exceptionally tiny and so many Raen live and work in Kugane, not a one of them mentioning living under the sea.

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maybe they were banished like yugiri? I thought I would get a special dialog too as a Raen char. I was also disapointed that Xeale had many tribes and their lands are vast compare to the Raen (a small little village).

I am curious about what options/dialogue female Xaela get in a particular questline. I almost got tempted to pick "I am your rolanberry" for the giggles.

The dialogue didn't seem any different for me there.

Picking said response just confuses him, because he's not familiar with our strange figures of speech.

The Au Ra got a special small dialogue in SB!

As I said before I think they steer away from race specific dialog, possibly cause they don't want to make assumptions about a player's headcanon backstory for their WoL and maybe because its more complicated to do than with jobs. I am pretty sure I haven't gotten any specific dialog with the Seekers either and we have had 2 and a half of those tribes now (I even am a J tribe member:P).

That said, finding out that the J tribe was native to the Peaks was nice cause I loved that zone.

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Originally Posted by SuperFlorinjin

That's an artifact caused by not future proofing that dialogue though. The real reason Yugiri is wearing a disguise is because Au Ra models weren't ready yet. The real weird thing is that she doesn't comment on you being a Ninja until way latter.

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Did she have a catgirl model at the time?

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Originally Posted by Eyvhokan

Did she have a catgirl model at the time?

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A heavily modified 1, I heard.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

I only noticed two instances of obviously Xaela-specific dialogue in my Azim Steppe questing so far, which was a food vendor remarking that your parents surely had to have made what she was selling before, and you'd know how good it tastes already, and a certain someone mentioning that whether you were born on the steppes or not, your forefathers would be proud of you for undertaking a particular trial.

Wonder if Raen have anything specific to them in the Ruby Sea.

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Nope we I am sure we got the same generic get out and don't come back response everyone gets.

Also this quest dialogue seems a bit off since Au Ra don't have ears.

http://i.imgur.com/tdUC1Li.jpg

Their horns technically are their ears (The word most commonly refers to the visible outer ear, but can also be used to refer to the entire hearing organ in general). They're stated as being hollow, so I imagine they absorb and funnel sound in a manner similar to or perhaps even more effectively then the outer ears of the other races.

I found that point rather awkward/amusing in the ARR MSQ for that bit where you deal with the siren by wearing earplugs. Au Ra would need something like a fancy set of earmuffs to effectively block out sound.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Their horns technically are their ears (The word most commonly refers to the visible outer ear, but can also be used to refer to the entire hearing organ in general). They're stated as being hollow, so I imagine they absorb and funnel sound in a manner similar to or perhaps even more effectively then the outer ears of the other races.

I found that point rather awkward/amusing in the ARR MSQ for that bit where you deal with the siren by wearing earplugs. Au Ra would need something like a fancy set of earmuffs to effectively block out sound.

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I'm sure they refer to them as ears to make it easier for non-auri. And since the Raen have assimilated into Doma and Hingashi, that's what they've always called their horns, so they could fit in better.

Just out of curiosity which job quest line is that from Zumi? Just curious.