Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Ogulbuk]

On top of that, WOW encourages alts, which means that each players will create more characters, making a higher degree of variety more beneficial. On the other hand, Final Fantasy XIV's game system are the exact opposite, actively discouraging the creation of alts, causing more to stick to vanilla/cool/handsome/cute/sexy characters, as it's their only in-game alter-ego.

And you cant see how this means that people that already have their sexy characters wont care about any new race one way or another?

If you think that a completely unknown wolf race would have a bigger or even remotely comparable promotional effect than one of Final Fantasy's most iconic races, which on top of that is about to be brought back under the spotlight by a remaster, I certainly hope for your sake that you're sticking to development and not handling the marketing of whatever game you're working on.

Of all the races in this game we can play as, only humans and elfs are "iconic FF races." There is nothing wrong with the game being original in introducing new races for players. That said: I don't expect the wolf race to ever even be viable. If you had read my post non-defensively, you would had noticed I explicitly gave reasons why it cant be. To make it clear: no race with prolonged snouts is likely to ever be viable because helmets would not fit, and although adding side horns is possible, modifying the front of a closed helmet to accommodate for them is not a worthwhile task. It's possible, but too much work for them to consider it a low hanging fruit.

A ronso-like race, on the other hand, would be perfect.



Interesting moot point responding to nothing, considering that no one argued that the masses are against it.

[Karminae]

I don't usually use the forums but im just gonna drop in and say I would play something like this if it were an option. For those saying we only want moe races like miqcats and au ra these are the closest options to choose for being a beastly character.

[Abriael]

And you cant see how this means that people that already have their sexy characters wont care about any new race one way or another?

Fantasias exist. And there is a *large* percentage of the overall final fantasy playerbase that can still be attracted to this game by implementing an iconic race from the series. This game's popularity is strongly based on the power of fanservice.

Of all the races in this game we can play as, only humans and elfs are "iconic FF races."

Which is exactly why implementing viera would have even more marketing impact.

That said: I don't expect the wolf race to ever even be viable. If you had read my post non-defensively, you would had noticed I explicitly gave reasons why it cant be. To make it clear: no race with prolonged snouts is likely to ever be viable because helmets would not fit, and although adding side horns is possible, modifying the front of a closed helmet to accommodate for them is not a worthwhile task. It's possible, but too much work for them to consider it a low hanging fruit.

Which is an argument I made before in this thread. And that's exactly the point. With a game at this stage of maturity, low hanging fruits are exactly what SE will most probably go for, if they even consider adding a new race, which is not a given.

A ronso-like race, on the other hand, would be perfect.

Still way too niche to be considered a low-hanging fruit. Not to mention that the lack of prolonged snout isn't the only factor.

[Ogulbuk]

Could they do Viera, sure. Iconic? Hardly. It was featured strongly only in the lest popular numbered game in the series, but already noticed how double standards are applied in this argument. Forcing any race from another game into this game is as invalid as asking for a brand new one, either way, they would make zero lore sense without retconing them into the universe. Anyone that actually cared for lore of the game, would seek among existing beast tribes.

[Naunet]

Simply because there is no part in the current dialogue that clashes with the idea of a Doman or a Au Ra to be the warrior of light.

Go play through the Yugiri MSQ stuff in ARR as an Au Ra, and then try and tell me that the MSQ doesn't "clash" with an Au Ra being a warrior of light.

"Oh no, I must hide my identity because my appearance could make people afraid," says the Au Ra to the Au Ra.

[Evergrey]

Go play through the Yugiri MSQ stuff in ARR as an Au Ra, and then try and tell me that the MSQ doesn't "clash" with an Au Ra being a warrior of light.

"Oh no, I must hide my identity because my appearance could make people afraid," says the Au Ra to the Au Ra.

It worked back in ARR when there were no Au Ras, but now...
I kinda wish they removed that part from the MSQ and replaced it since that doesn't make sense now.

[Annah]

i really hope they don't.

The models look plastic and ugly.

[Kyuuen]

I wouldn't mind a Lupin race after a little more refinement.

[RyuDragnier]

Could they do Viera, sure. Iconic? Hardly. It was featured strongly only in the lest popular numbered game in the series, but already noticed how double standards are applied in this argument. Forcing any race from another game into this game is as invalid as asking for a brand new one, either way, they would make zero lore sense without retconing them into the universe. Anyone that actually cared for lore of the game, would seek among existing beast tribes.

Especially a beast tribe that has the utmost loyalty to a foreign country and has served the throne for decades. There's literally nothing for the other races to fear from them, they only hold in reverence the royal family of Doma.

[ExKage]

I wouldn't mind a Lupin race after a little more refinement.

I think this is the biggest thing. Lupin seems to have been added into Stormblood once they realized that development of them as Au Ra would not be a thing. We all know why they are unlikely or were previously halted. I think Lupin would require more refinement to truly be added. If so though, I'd be fantasia'ing right away.