Garlean Playable Race (?)

[Jandor]

Except that not only are we given in game proof with Lucia but we also have it in the lore book. Like, idk how much proof you need, but the argument of it not fitting the story is moot when again, you have things available like male viera, duskwights in gridania, male miqote and fem roes getting a complete lore bending after 1.0. Like someone asked for an in game garlean that has used spells and assumed we couldn’t find one, we did. The lore book states it’s possible. Idk how you’re going to argue against something the devs themselves have stated. I feel like a lot of people just have something against the Garleans or something lmao. They won’t speak up when there’s lore bending done in their favor, but if it’s done in favor of something they don’t like THEN it’s a problem. This community sure does love hypocrisy...

I have nothing against Garleans, I already stated I find them and their culture and tech quite interesting, and have wanted the ability to learn Garlean jobs for a long time.

In other threads I'd even be arguing that people generally underestimate the Garlean capacity for magic and aether manipulation, and that limited is not the same as zero.
However, a limited capacity doesn't mean it suddenly makes sense for them to be freely darting around an Eorzea that spends most of the game embroiled in a war with Garlemald, spamming holy and flare and teleporting all over the place, with nary an eyebrow raised by anyone at just how exceptional it all is.

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Male Viera make a lot more sense, their lifestyle has two crucial factors to it that makes becoming an adventurer very plausible.

1st of all, it sucks, it sucks big time. "Hey there kid, noticed you've got a penis now so time to be banished, enjoy living solo in the woods for the next several centuries." Meh, I'd bin that nonsense off straight away.
The 2nd, said loner guardian of the woods lifestyle might suck, but it does create a very solid foundation for becoming an adventurer.

Viera lore does kinda suck IMHO (sorry FFXII fans,) but the fact it does kinda suck weirdly makes it better. The way they've organized their civilization is pretty stupid and seems incredibly implausible, but the fact I can't see how such a society would last does explain why so many Viera adventurers are appearing, their society is basically collapsing in real time as they're released to players .