Are Garleans a Type of Hyur?

[Rocl]

[QUOTE=VargasVermillion;3409773]Well I did say 'usually' garlemald provides higher status to those who earn it regardless of race,[/spoiler]
While this is mostly true, I think we should view Gaius' promotion of Arvina as an exception. Though Sylla is simply a "senior magitek technician" so I doubt his standing in the military is really that unbelievable.

but out of the enemies we actually fight in game that are garlean purebloods they are always an officer rank and in the iconic armor of their nation, and typically they only use auto attacks and the occasional fast blade,

Yeah, this is definitely true of most 'centurion' type Garleans. Though I'm fairly certain the ones in later quests use the full gambit of Lv50 Gladiator abilities.

one fate boss i faced that was a generic garlean 'hyur' (that was made larger) soldier in model but is assumed to be a pureblood didn't cast spells, was the one in east shroud I believe.

I think you might be a little mistaken. That should be Aulus Rem Vulso, and as I recall he had the basic pot-helm / robe motif going on. Though it's also equally possible I'm mistaken! It's been a while since I did that one.

Oh yeah and they even have a unique voice over, go through praetorium solo and kill a few of them and you'll see what i mean.

This is actually tied to the monster model as far as I can tell, so I mean you're definitely right!, but it's interesting since again my favourite obsession Sylla does this and is discounted from being pureblood by our current knowledge. It also existed in 1.0, and upon digging up an old 1.0 Imperial Invasion screenshot I have, it looks like their "third eye window" wasn't present then! Though the angle is rough on that front, just makes me wonder if it was added to differentiate Garleans from Hyur inbetween 1.0 and 2.0.