Gimmie playable Lupin

Hey man, if all these people can dream about bangaa and what, I wanna dream about Lupin. I mean come on SE, ya set us up for the dunk with showing Lupin, establishing that they are NOT a beast tribe, even had us fighting some wearing armor and using skills, ya even teased us with those sweet Lupin concept art, then ya took it away and threw it into the Hrothgar/Viera hoop.

Nothing against those, I know many wanted Viera, and glad they are here for those guys.... But another cat race? I know chances are super slim, like none existent, but if those guys can dream, so can I.




https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb...ue&size_mode=2

let us dream together friend

I wouldn't mind this. This way we could have a doggo playable race. ^^

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Originally Posted by CrispyUnicycle

let us dream together friend

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Iv been dreamin since i saw lupin, i dont care that peeps say tgat they are just humans with weird heads, i like em.

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Originally Posted by Soge01

I wouldn't mind this. This way we could have a doggo playable race. ^^

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Shoulda had em when they were thinkin about adding a new beaast like race. Again, nothin against Hrothgar, but i still feel it was an odd choice to add when we already had a cat (kitten) race.

They'd just be another limited race then the one you currently have OP. Lets wait for the two new races we currently have get all the options first before we ask for a completely new race. >.>

Considering Hrothgar and Viera are the last playable race, probably never gonna happen. Just being a realist.

Yes but they will have only 1 face, 3 fur colors and 2 haircuts.
Obviously can't wear head gear...

Pass!

Never cared much for the Lupin. Wouldn't mind having female Hrothgar added to the racial scene in game.

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Originally Posted by Canada_bangs

They'd just be another limited race then the one you currently have OP. Lets wait for the two new races we currently have get all the options first before we ask for a completely new race. >.>

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That is true, as I said, I do want them to finish what they started, but at the same time, if they ever do add another race, this is what I want to see.

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Originally Posted by Arngrim_Greyashe

Considering Hrothgar and Viera are the last playable race, probably never gonna happen. Just being a realist.

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They didnt say last, they said PROBABLY last, so still a man can dream.

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

Yes but they will have only 1 face, 3 fur colors and 2 haircuts.
Obviously can't wear head gear...

Pass!

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They are working stuff out with Hrothgar and when ever thats done, I'm hopeing this can kinda be added to the table, maybe the edge of the table... sorta falling off and just kinda teetering there, but.. still sorta kinda there?

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

Never cared much for the Lupin. Wouldn't mind having female Hrothgar added to the racial scene in game.

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Good news! They have a thread! Here: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...our-support%21

By all means, support them. That thread sorta dosen't get as much views as the Viera thread, but i'm all down for em.

LET THE MAN DREAM ALRIGHT

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Originally Posted by CrispyUnicycle

LET THE MAN DREAM ALRIGHT

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I am the killer of dreams and the slayer of hopes! >:[]

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Originally Posted by CrispyUnicycle

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Not when SE can't even fix the things we have that's half finished at best. I'm not asking for more races until the ones we have are fixed. And I rather the older races get updates before we've gotten the 2 we got last year. :c And yes I know I'm saying this as a viera. I wanted to try em out for myself but I'm going back to au ra or something really soon :c

Lupin should really have been thrown as a playable race instead of the Hrothgar. There should be 2 choices to the Lupin - Wolf/Fox as it fits the Doman/asian aspect. We don't need another cat race. We've got Bunny/Cat/Dragon - now all we need is Fox/Wolf(Dog).

I don't get the appeal with the faces though. Like there's only so much you can do with them. Then again to be fair, it's not like the races we have aren't facing the same issue now. We're all basic faces cause the options we have is limited at best. So I guess I'm wasting space by my comment. Dang. Doesn't help I'm a miqo'te, one of the most hated races it seems :C. Makes me sad, cause I think they have the best animations but people meme on them hard.

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Originally Posted by Canada_bangs

Not when SE can't even fix the things we have that's half finished at best. I'm not asking for more races until the ones we have are fixed. And I rather the older races get updates before we've gotten the 2 we got last year. :c And yes I know I'm saying this as a viera. I wanted to try em out for myself but I'm going back to au ra or something really soon :c

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Im not sayin I want them in next update or something crazy anytime soon. Just, if they do plan on adding another race, then please add Lupin.

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Originally Posted by Controller

I don't get the appeal with the faces though. Like there's only so much you can do with them. Then again to be fair, it's not like the races we have aren't facing the same issue now. We're all basic faces cause the options we have is limited at best. So I guess I'm wasting space by my comment. Dang. Doesn't help I'm a miqo'te, one of the most hated races it seems :C. Makes me sad, cause I think they have the best animations but people meme on them hard.

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I started as a Miqo'te, tried Au Ra for like a 20 mins, and realized I just didnt like how the males looked, then swapped to Hroth when they came out. As for faces, SE did say that work was being done for both Hroth and Viera, so hopefully soon we will have more options like promised. As I said, I'm not trying to step on Viera or Hroth toes or even Female Hroth and Male viera toes, I just want to see Lupin if they ever decide to add more races.

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Originally Posted by Sei_Konsetsu

Good news! They have a thread! Here: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...our-support%21

By all means, support them. That thread sorta dosen't get as much views as the Viera thread, but i'm all down for em.

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Oh I know all about that thread. I thought my opinion on Lupin belonged here or is this one of those if you don't care to see them or care all that much for them you can't post here?

AndI agree with Canada they need to finish the current rares and add the missing genders before any other races are considered in my opinion.

Ill join this dream.
Its weird that we didnt get Lupin with how many there are in stormblood as both NPCs and Enemies. If there is a chance for them to be included that would be awesome.

Eh.

Adding the bunnies were bad enough. We don't need to get any cornier than that.

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Originally Posted by DBriggs304

Eh.

Adding the bunnies were bad enough. We don't need to get any cornier than that.

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How so? Do we just not add any more races? Like, we already have every flavor of human, whats wrong with something none human? Again, this isnt something expect anytime soon, but heck, if they want to add a new race and have the resources to do so, it should be Lupin.

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

Oh I know all about that thread. I thought my opinion on Lupin belonged here or is this one of those if you don't care to see them or care all that much for them you can't post here?

AndI agree with Canada they need to finish the current rares and add the missing genders before any other races are considered in my opinion.

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By all means, post what ya want. If people wanna post why they dont want em, go for it, ill try and debate and see why people are against it.

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Originally Posted by Zanarkand-Ronso

Ill join this dream.
Its weird that we didnt get Lupin with how many there are in stormblood as both NPCs and Enemies. If there is a chance for them to be included that would be awesome.

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I've been super curious about that.. Like when i first saw them, i started getting those vibes from when au ra was teased. Hopeing that maybe we would have gotten them as adventurers when the expansion came out. Even got super excited when rumours was popping about a beast race... Then bam, completely left field, we got hroth... Which super confused me cause we already had a cat race, now we have its evolved form? Don't get me wrong, i kinda like hroth, i just wish the body was built diffrent. Like, i expected them to use roe female body as a base and go from there, but instead they got this whole barrel body and hauched over thing. Sad thing is that in cutscenes when they stand upright, they honestly dont look bad.

Anyway, as much as i think hroth is ok, woulda preferred lupin

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Originally Posted by Sei_Konsetsu

Im not sayin I want them in next update or something crazy anytime soon. Just, if they do plan on adding another race, then please add Lupin.




I started as a Miqo'te, tried Au Ra for like a 20 mins, and realized I just didnt like how the males looked, then swapped to Hroth when they came out. As for faces, SE did say that work was being done for both Hroth and Viera, so hopefully soon we will have more options like promised. As I said, I'm not trying to step on Viera or Hroth toes or even Female Hroth and Male viera toes, I just want to see Lupin if they ever decide to add more races.

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Wasnt feeling male au ra eh? I can relate. I tried so many combos but I always go back to what you see here. The tiny miqo. And even with that I wish I had more options not gonna lie. I want more hair and better long striaght hair. The only option is that sephy hair you get at with MGP but while it looks BEST fro mthe back with the kitty hat on.. it sucks from the front. T.T

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Originally Posted by Sei_Konsetsu

They are working stuff out with Hrothgar and when ever thats done, I'm hopeing this can kinda be added to the table, maybe the edge of the table... sorta falling off and just kinda teetering there, but.. still sorta kinda there?

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They were released a year ago, at this point the only fix might come for the expansion. So you introduce a race one expansion and add standard features an expansion later?
Don't want to be harsh but this wont happen, SE already said there wouldn't be a new race.

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

They were released a year ago, at this point the only fix might come for the expansion. So you introduce a race one expansion and add standard features an expansion later?
Don't want to be harsh but this wont happen, SE already said there wouldn't be a new race.

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Lol! At this rate you won't see the new viera hair or hrothgar faces until the next expansion. That'll be the selling feature for our limited race players! :p

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

They were released a year ago, at this point the only fix might come for the expansion. So you introduce a race one expansion and add standard features an expansion later?
Don't want to be harsh but this wont happen, SE already said there wouldn't be a new race.

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Ah. But see, here is where you are wrong. SE did not say there won't be anymore new races, just probably won't due to how the code is all this and that. Soo, there is a chance, even if it is small.

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Originally Posted by Sei_Konsetsu

Ah. But see, here is where you are wrong. SE did not say there won't be anymore new races, just probably won't due to how the code is all this and that. Soo, there is a chance, even if it is small.

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In the latest "Letter from the Producer" stream for Final Fantasy XIV, Game Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that, due to the difficulties of developing new races for the MMO, the gender-locked Hrothgar and Viera races will be the final races added to FFXIV.

https://bleedingcool.com/games/final...layable-races/

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In the latest "Letter from the Producer" stream for Final Fantasy XIV, Game Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that, due to the difficulties of developing new races for the MMO, the gender-locked Hrothgar and Viera races will be the final races added to FFXIV.

https://bleedingcool.com/games/final...layable-races/

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In a Fan Festival keynote speech, I stated that this will likely be the last time we add new playable races to FFXIV. To put it simply, a tremendous amount of time and resources are required to develop one. I’m sure you all understand that a new race will require new faces, hairstyles, bodies, and other assets. In addition to this, they need to be capable of equipping all existing items—this alone requires a massive commitment of resources. Each race has a unique frame and body type, and so every piece of visible equipment needs to be carefully adjusted to display properly on Hrothgar and Viera models. A cursory search will show that FFXIV has around ten thousand equippable items already implemented, all of which must be manually modified by our designers. This is an immediate and unavoidable development cost incurred when adding a new race.

https://www.mmorpg.com/final-fantasy...ore-2000100863

I was watching the live letter and I strongly remember them saying probably or likely, but nothing as concrete as No. I know SE has a record of saying things like that so as to at least keep the possibility of just in case they may decide to do what ever thing they are saying they may or may not do, but it is still a small thing to hope for.

Kitsune girls would be nice. Ofc they need a human body but with fox ears and tail. I'm not into furries

^ knowing japan and their waifu thing.

i bet they make the male basically lupin/wolf race (all fur and wolf head/face), while the female is kitsune waifu (human look just fox ear and tail) lol

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Originally Posted by Jin-

Kitsune girls would be nice. Ofc they need a human body but with fox ears and tail. I'm not into furries

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We already have Human dragon, human cat, and human bunny... really don't need more of that.

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Originally Posted by gumas

^ knowing japan and their waifu thing.

i bet they make the male basically lupin/wolf race (all fur and wolf head/face), while the female is kitsune waifu (human look just fox ear and tail) lol

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I doubt that. With how things are looking with Hrothgar, I'm sure we are gonna get beastly females. Plus, there are female Lupin (at least... I am certain I saw one..) in the game already, so again if we ever do get Lupin, doubt they will just be another human animal thing.

I always thought the Lupin looked extremely cheap, almost comical in their design. Like very obviously just a Hyur model with a wolf head tacked on. It would have been nice to see them actually expand on their design and give them a more unique look as a playable race, but with the addition of Hrothgar, I very much think that ship has sailed.

I remember the developers saying there would be a wolf-like face for Hrothgar. Hopefully when their customization is expanded on they give them that face and tail option so you can at least stray from the feline look.

id pay extra for lupin, and/or that hulked out werewolf guy from that one concept art
just anything but a second cat

on second thought i wouldn’t pay extra but id be pretty stoked

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Originally Posted by lunar_seraphim

I always thought the Lupin looked extremely cheap, almost comical in their design. Like very obviously just a Hyur model with a wolf head tacked on. It would have been nice to see them actually expand on their design and give them a more unique look as a playable race, but with the addition of Hrothgar, I very much think that ship has sailed.

I remember the developers saying there would be a wolf-like face for Hrothgar. Hopefully when their customization is expanded on they give them that face and tail option so you can at least stray from the feline look.

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Real talk, if they added a wolf/Lupin styled head for Hrothgar as well as the tail, i would be ok with that. Not exactly what i want, but close enough that it would pass for me.

On a side note, i do remember them saying that about a possible canine like head, but i am begining to wonder if it was a mistranslation

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Originally Posted by CrispyUnicycle

id pay extra for lupin, and/or that hulked out werewolf guy from that one concept art
just anything but a second cat

on second thought i wouldn’t pay extra but id be pretty stoked

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Id toss some money to see a lupin that looked more like the concept art.

Literally just a Dog head on a hyur body.

Hard pass.

Finish adding the Male Viera and Female Hrothgar, hell i'm not even a hroth fan and i still think it's bs they need a fantasia to change aspects of their characters.

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Originally Posted by Alacran

Literally just a Dog head on a hyur body.

Hard pass.

Finish adding the Male Viera and Female Hrothgar, hell i'm not even a hroth fan and i still think it's bs they need a fantasia to change aspects of their characters.

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And people say all Hrothgar are is a cat head on a roe body, but i still think something like hrothgar was needed.

As i said, im not saying i want playable lupin now or tomorrow or anything like that, i just want them playable or at least give hrothgar a simular head and tail and id be fine. I play Hrothgar and it sucks that if ya want to change hair, you have to fantasia and even then if you really like the head you chose, you only have one other choice for hair. They need to fix that first before adding male viera and female hroth, then after that add female hroth and male viera and then... Maybe sometime later, add lupin.