Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Beskar]

Add another voice to wanting these fellows in the game. At the very least, a more beastial race in nature.

[Wolfyboy]

I don't understand how people can say Roe and a beast race will have similar numbers when they're so different apart. Heck, a person arguing against it displayed a chart showing race populations and Au'ra were only 10%! Way lower then the numbers of Humans and Miqo'te, and yet Au'ra have a lot more in comparison to those races then a Roe to a beast race. Is it because people prefer fur on their waifu then scales, is it because of color options or tail looks? If such small feature differences didn't make the mass majority switch from Humans and Miqo'te, how can we say another new race with similar options would do just that?

[FruityPebbles]

Please no, if we're going to add a beast like race ... can we get something a bid more bad ass? and not just another humanwolfhybrid?

[GrizzlyTank]

Please no, if we're going to add a beast like race ... can we get something a bid more bad ass? and not just another humanwolfhybrid?

Well they squandered the reptile men...

[Verius_Nox]

No, please ;_;

Let beast tribes be beast tribes

Except they're not a beast tribe. They're regular citizens of Doma, and they don't separate themselves from other species, and instead work with them.

[Kosmos992k]

Honestly, the dev time wasted on this - if implemented - could go to so many other things that would please/be used by vastly more people. I don't believe that there would be anything but a tiny fraction of players even voicing support for this who played one of these beasts long term.

Apart from that their totally canine features would be utterly unreadable. No facial emotes whatsoever. It's just a bad idea to take such a total departure from the norms of the game at this point. Perhaps if a truly beast-like race had been involved from the start you might be able to make a better case for adding Dog headed humanoids, but that's not the case.

I don't at all see how a dog-headed humanoid race fits into Eorzea in the least. Adding the Au'Ra was a stretch itself because of the obvious plotholes created by Yugiri's own dialog when speaking to the WoL who can now be an Au'Ra just as she is. However, there is one thing to note, Au'Ra were 'unknown' (or perhaps not seen in many decades) in the 3 cities of Eorzea despite their prevalence in Ishgard. You can say that because Ishgard had been closed off for so long that no Au'Ra were seen in Eorzea in general until Yugiri and the Doman's showed up. But the point is that in terms of the world we 'live' in, other than the political isolation of Ishgard, the playable races all inhabit Eorzea. Dog-headed humanoids not so much.

To be honest, so far from what I have seen (not through all the story yet) these Lupin are less a playable race then they are literal lap dogs for the empire who will do their master's bidding for the Garlean version of a scooby snack.

You can dismiss this as colorful rhetoric and ranting, but it's more or less true. Lupin are little more than expendable cannon fodder for the Empire, just as the red ninja turtles are. We've seen how the Garleans like to distance themselves and their own poeple from the brunt of the action by conscripting others to do the dirty work, and die for the empire. The fact that an overdeveloped dog is included in their forces shouldn't result in them becoming a playable race.

Well, enough of that, it all comes down to the truism, dogs drool, cats rule.

*sigh* ran out of posts for the day, so reply is here.

Although I may agree with your first points, your last ones may be way off. You're right, there's plot and story you haven't seen yet. I'll leave it there, unless you'd like me to tell you how you're wrong.

(which makes me wonder why you'd discuss something you aren't knowledgeable about, though that's neither here nor there)

That's why I included the caveat that I haven't seen the plot. However the reason I am in the discussion is I do not like Lupin as a playable race in FFXIV, and I want to make my point heard.

Yes you can say some of what I wrote was colorful ranting, but I don't believe that a dog headed humanoid would be a good fit for the game or story at all - and I maintain that anything that looks that much like a German Shepherd would chase after a scooby snack.

[Odstarva]

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Although I may agree with your first points, your last ones may be way off. You're right, there's plot and story you haven't seen yet. I'll leave it there, unless you'd like me to tell you how you're wrong.

(which makes me wonder why you'd discuss something you aren't knowledgeable about, though that's neither here nor there)

[KazumaFaemura]

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They aren't even allied with the Empire they are citizens of Doma! Sure there are some that are with the Empire but not all. Clearly you voicing an opinion like this means you haven't made it to Doma yet as you can see them there wearing the same clothes as everyone else. Who knows maybe there are some that do reside in Gyr Abania which could make a native Lupin to Eorzea totally plausable however it would be alien to us due to the fact the Gyr Albania has been sealed off behind Baelsar's Wall. That is a stretch however. Now what the team could do if they brought the Lupin to Eorzea is have a little start area that would show them coming to the continent and incorporating themselves as the Domans did back in 2.4 or was it 2.3? I can't remember off the top of my head. But it would be organic none the less.

[Verius_Nox]

Well, enough of that, it all comes down to the truism, dogs drool, cats rule.

So they shouldn't be added because you're biased?

Got it.

[ZiaLyria]

I'd like to see them added as well. I don't think more diversity for playable races would be a bad thing.