If the Lupin suddenly became a Playable Race...

[ElciaDeiLinus]

Generally the best information for both us and FFXIV devs regarding races comes from the census- though we likely have imprecise information compared to what they have.

But seeing as Hrothgar, despite being the sole beast race and thus having an entire niche of players to itself- is the least played race/gender combo in the game, even less so than female roe. It takes so much work to make a race as is, and they don't want to put all that effort into something that won't be used. After the unpopularity of the one beast race I doubt they'd even be considering doing another one, because while some people say they want it, the playerbase's actions don't reflect that.

[Theodric]

Lupin are way to low poly to ever be a playable race.

World of Warcraft has repeatedly 'elevated' certain in-game races into playable races over time. Usually alongside a spruce up to make them look more distinct and appealing but still in line with their original depiction. If the development team really wished to, they could do something similar with FFXIV. Not that I particularly care for Lupin myself, though - but such a stance could pave the way for additional playable options that I do care about in the future.

[Jin-]

World of Warcraft has repeatedly 'elevated' certain in-game races into playable races over time. Usually alongside a spruce up to make them look more distinct and appealing but still in line with their original depiction. If the development team really wished to, they could do something similar with FFXIV. Not that I particularly care for Lupin myself, though - but such a stance could pave the way for additional playable options that I do care about in the future.

True and welcome to Au Ra master race

[myahele]

im surprise its not a head piece yet

Yeah, I'd love a Lupin face mask too

[Alacran]

It would be another shoehorned limited race in need of the cash shop to make even small changes to the character. Didn't want Hrothgar (we seriously needed another cat race?), don't want Lupin.

[Beskar]

I'd switch over immediately. I can't see it happening so for now I'm content with my Hrothgar!

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

It would be another shoehorned limited race in need of the cash shop to make even small changes to the character. Didn't want Hrothgar (we seriously needed another cat race?), don't want Lupin.

Hrothgar is better than getting another human looking race with animal ears tacked on.

[myahele]

Hrothgar is better than getting another human looking race with animal ears tacked on.

Hrothgar are just Roegadyn with cat faces /s

[CrispyUnicycle]

if i see one more person bashing lupin master race im finna fold em like an omelet

besides, i woulda liked them better than hrothgar, dogs are better than cats anyways
and even with hrothgar being based of big cats, two cat races are overkill if you ask me

[RyuDragnier]

Generally the best information for both us and FFXIV devs regarding races comes from the census- though we likely have imprecise information compared to what they have.

But seeing as Hrothgar, despite being the sole beast race and thus having an entire niche of players to itself- is the least played race/gender combo in the game, even less so than female roe. It takes so much work to make a race as is, and they don't want to put all that effort into something that won't be used. After the unpopularity of the one beast race I doubt they'd even be considering doing another one, because while some people say they want it, the playerbase's actions don't reflect that.

According to the last census done in April, there were more active Hrothgar players than there were female Elezen players, more than male Roe, and more than female Roe players if you take the genders for each race individually. But again, that was last April, and we haven't had a proper census from SE in a while. Lucky Bancho has one he added this month, but I haven't gotten a proper look at the numbers since nobody has actually seemingly posted the translated numbers for the racial gender split yet.