Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Rysir]

More than not suiting the world, it doesn't suit the story. Lupin are beastmen. The story makes it very, very clear in a multitude of places that the warrior of light is *not* a beastman.

But we all know that *if* SE will ever decide to implment a new race, that's gonna be Viera anyway. That's where the money is.

Ehhh. As far as the story is concerned all it knows is you are a man or woman and is finally figuring out what job you are. Other than that the story does not give a single shit what race you are for the longest time. You could be a talking rock and it wont care.

[Abriael]

Ehhh. As far as the story is concerned all it knows is you are a man or woman and is finally figuring out what job you are. Other than that the story does not give a single shit what race you are for the longest time. You could be a talking rock and it wont care.

The story never mentions that the Warrior of light is human either, the warrior of light is just someone blessed by the mother crystal.

You may have skipped quite a lot of dialogue. The story is very explicit in talking about the beastmen as something extraneous to the warrior of light.

I do understand that some are desperate for a race that looks less humanoid, and you can feel free to hold your breath on it if it floats your boat, but do remember to breathe once in a while, because you're gonna be holding for a long, long time.

In the meanwhile, it's very easy to see that a race like this would be ultra-niche, even more niche than Roegadyn, and even if SE was willing to bend the existing story (which probably isn't the case), a game in this stage of maturity needs a potentially popular race to drive sales and subscription, not something a small minority would ever care to play. A new race is a big investment in terms of development resources (the less human-like, the more resources it requires for skeletons, rigs, animations, models and tweaks to existing and future equipment), and needs an equally big return in order to be greenlighted.

Needless to say, dogheads don't fit that bill.

[KazumaFaemura]

TLDR Beast tribes can't be warriors of light

I paid careful attention to the story and followed it through. So I'll give you challenge child of Balmung. Link to me from YouTube the cutscene that states these facts.

[Abriael]

I paid careful attention to the story and followed it through. So I'll give you challenge child of Balmung. Link to me from YouTube the cutscene that states these facts.

I don't really need to go search through hundreds of videos for your sake. As I said, you're very free to hold your breath.

I'll be content with the nearly absolute notion that this will never happen, both for story reason, aesthetics, and for much simpler and more stringent marketing reasons.

[KazumaFaemura]

I don't really need to go search through hundreds of videos for your sake. As I said, you're very free to hold your breath.

I'll be content with the nearly absolute notion that this will never happen, both for story reason, aesthetics, and for much simpler and more stringent marketing reasons.

People like you actually piss me off, you want to argue against it and when asked to provide proof you sissy out. I see absolutely no reason as to why they can't but say an Au'Ra can.

But fine if you don't wanna go through videos, just tell me the quest and I'll look up the cutscene myself in my journal.

[Abriael]

People like you actually piss me off, you want to argue against it and when asked to provide proof you sissy out. I see absolutely no reason as to why they can't but say an Au'Ra can.

Au Ra are not beastmen.

Feel free to be pissed off, it's no skin off my back if you get easily irritated. People don't have the responsibility to do research for your sake. The notion that beastmen tribes are alien to the warrior of light and the scions is scattered all across the story, since the very beginning of 1.0 all the way to now.

Considering its obviously a request to the devs and not to you its very clear it does not matter how much you say how it cant happen.

Feel free to request whatever you like. It still won't happen, but people's boats are floated by worse things than requesting stuff that doesn't fit a game's story or marketing.

It'll be already luxury if Square Enix will decide to spend all the development resources for a new race for a game in this state of maturity, instead of funneling it into more content that the majority of the playerbase will enjoy. If you think they're gonna greenlight a new race that requires more work due to its foreign nature with the current character models, and will be played by an overwhelmed minority of the player base, I see a bit of naivety, but it's still your prerogative to ask.

[Rysir]

Feel free to request whatever you like. It still won't happen, but people's boats are floated by worse things than requesting stuff that doesn't fit a game's story or marketing.

Have you considered just letting people have their requests without being that one person who just has to say it cant happen? As the viera request thread has shown it adds nothing to have the whole "IT CANT HAPPEN" Or "I DONT WANT IT TO HAPPEN" song and dance and just makes people argue then get mad.

Besides things in this game can get retconned at any time, especially story pieces which is why its incredibly silly to just say something cant happen when you are not even one of the devs.

If the devs say no and it cant happen then GG oh well. You hopping in saying no and it cant happen then well the chance to happen is still there.

[Uielyave]

Such negativity! Relaaax. Let people ask for whatever and go on with your life. No sense getting bent outta shape and antagonizing people~

[KazumaFaemura]

TLDR

Most of the work is already done! They are already using weapons and wearing different pieces of armor as NPCs, the most they would HAVE to do is add customization to the game. Also just them adding the Au'Ra as a playable race screwed with the story as it was. They start the same as any other race in the game. We never stepped foot into Doma or knew of their race till the end of 2.0. So how in hell did the playable one even get to Eorzea in the first place. See how much your story makes sense when you are helping them as a brand new one?

I was asking you to do any research neither. I was simply asking you to prove me wrong.

[Rysir]

I don't really need to go search through hundreds of videos for your sake. As I said, you're very free to hold your breath.

I'll be content with the nearly absolute notion that this will never happen, both for story reason, aesthetics, and for much simpler and more stringent marketing reasons.

Considering its obviously a request to the devs and not to you its very clear it does not matter how much you say how it cant happen.