Lupin - make it a playable race!

[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.

[Firesped]

I want to make a point on this. I don't know if anyone has brought this up yet. BUT at what point have the Lupin been identified as a beastman tribe? They have not at any point in game been said to be one. It is assumption that they are one and there is actual proof they are not one. If they were a beastman tribe. The Garlean empire would not have conscripted them.

As far as the Viera are concerned. we might see them in the 24 man raid.

This might be the solution that SE plans to add. female Viera and male Lupin as new the race in a later patch.

[Rysir]

I want to make a point on this. I don't know if anyone has brought this up yet. BUT at what point have the Lupin been identified as a beastman tribe? They have not at any point in game been said to be one. It is assumption that they are one and there is actual proof they are not one. If they were a beastman tribe. The Garlean empire would not have conscripted them.

As far as the Viera are concerned. we might see them in the 24 man raid.

This might be the solution that SE plans to add. female Viera and male Lupin as new the race in a later patch.

I noticed this a lot as I got farther in the story. The lupins are the least "beast tribey" beast tribe in the game and have a very long history of being integrated in Doman civilization and function exactly as any other person and share nothing with beast tribes we have been shown.

They are so ingrained into society I very strongly doubt there will be beast quests for them even. It lets one think.

[MisterLucie]

This might be the solution that SE plans to add. female Viera and male Lupin as new the race in a later patch.

No no no no no. Please SE no. No more of that single gender playable race nonsense. I don't want to be a lupin, I want to be a male viera.

[Pyrali]

Lupin were actually one of the original concepts for Au Ra, but they clearly did not make the final cut.

Source: The Art of Ishgard

What we got was the Demonic/Draconic concept.

[KazumaFaemura]

Lupin were actually one of the original concepts for Au Ra, but they clearly did not make the final cut.

Source: The Art of Ishgard

What we got was the Demonic/Draconic concept.

Who knows maybe they're planned to be playable sometime in the future, maybe even later in the expansion or the next

[floofuf]

No thanks. I think that they shouldn't have even been added as NPCs. It feels weird being in a world of humans and slightly-not-really-humans-with-tails to see a huge doggo just living in a town. I know some people like more beast-like races, but it just wouldn't be the same when we've all used human-like races since the start of the game. I would like to see mi'qote and au ra revisited or something, to make them less human-y. Maybe mi'qote could get more fur options and au ra more scales, little less human. But I honestly don't see this race happening, but that's probably just me.