Discussing your 'unpopular' opinions

[KokoChibata]

Yeah, the DRK trainer...who came out after the release of HW. I'm suggesting the possibility that Au Ra were bounced around as potential dragon descendants and that it was something that was scrapped in development, that's all. The general theme of HW and their appearance just strikes me as too much of a coincidence.

DRK came out at same time as HW.... I even unlocked it during early access and even saw him in the tavern....

[KokoChibata]

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Lets also not forget Yugiri was an NPC from the far east whom as we now know is an Au Ra not dravanian. I know people WANT Au Ra to be dravanian but the lore had already established that they arent native to dravania or even Eoreza and that they are native to the far east hence not draconic. Just because they have horns and scales does not make them part dragon. Some of the bigger coeurl have horns and all of them have scales along their back are Au Ra part coeurl? No. Taking these facts into account along with the original concept art its safe to assume not draconic or lizard and more likely some kind of demonic nature instead not to be confused with voidsent but generic rpg demon.

[loreleidiangelo]

DRK came out at same time as HW.... I even unlocked it during early access and even saw him in the tavern....

I know? Maybe I'm not making my point clear. I think it was an idea they might have bounced around when Au Ra concept art (so before HW) was released but decided to change it (before HW release, when the expac was still in-dev) because they didn't want to place more "lore significance" of one race over any other ones for the expac. Elezen were the racial focus for Heavensward but Au Ra having a dragon backstory would have overshadowed them like woah.

EDIT: Yugiri being from the Far East doesn't mean much, tbh. Her backstory wasn't really developed until Stormblood, and even then we don't know much about her Au Ra tribe or origins, just that she works for Hien.

[loreleidiangelo]

Let's not forget Tiamat was the dusk wyrm and Bahamut the dawn wyrm. It's most likely a red herring to further muddle the possible origins of the Au Ra but it's still a very good idea to pursue at the least in terms of their beliefs. And while NPCs still refute that they descend from dragons, we also haven't seen any hints of spoken races able to interbreed with voidsent and is headcanon at best. Just because people WANT to sleep with succubi, or other kinds but I won't judge, doesn't mean a viable offspring would result from what is usually a possessed dead body or manifestation of an alien being.

I mean, if anything I think it stands that the races in general could use a bit more in-game backstory or something, regardless of what we believe. We can theorycraft and talk about stuff scrapped in development or whatever all day, but in general I'd just love to see more Eorzean lore, instead of it all being locked away in outside material like books.

[Nedkel]

I think Dark Knight is fun and more interesting or engaging to play job than other two.

[Fourbestintoner]

Inner release, overheat and all other abilities like them duration should be increased to 11s.
If they aren't willing to move the servers somewhere less retarded they should make some abilities less dependent on ping, but they won't because this game is designed around 200(20) ping.

[SonKevin]

They should have added Viera instead of Au Ra. Au Ra all have kawaii uguu~ faces.

[SlogDog]

They should have added Viera instead of Au Ra. Au Ra all have kawaii uguu~ faces.

If you think Yoshi will put Viera in without making them kawaii uguu you are silly~ Man is obsessed with cuteness to a fault.

[Theodric]

If you think Yoshi will put Viera in without making them kawaii uguu you are silly~ Man is obsessed with cuteness to a fault.

Sadly.

He outright admitted in an interview that Au Ra women are his favourite...so I have little doubt that he is responsible for the shift from the original concept art to their current design.

Viera will likely undergo a similar makeover. I don't think this game needs any additional playable races, anyway. I'd sooner see some additional character customisation options added to those that exist already.

[Enla]

Sadly.

He outright admitted in an interview that Au Ra women are his favourite...so I have little doubt that he is responsible for the shift from the original concept art to their current design.

Viera will likely undergo a similar makeover. I don't think this game needs any additional playable races, anyway. I'd sooner see some additional character customisation options added to those that exist already.

I mean they already had concept art for both, so they're at the very least considering a Tactics 'cutesy' version and have been for awhile. Frankly I want them to go with the FF12 version. While I happen to have an Au Ra half of them look like creepy porcelain dolls to me and I don't want the same to happen with the Viera.