Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Doomed_Raven]

Hrothgar and Viera are lagging behind still quite a bit from what I understand, and apparently even the highly played Miqo'te are getting generalized head gear and torso pieces that bulldoze over ear and tail detail.

I think CBSIII are balancing too many plates on poles. I'd like to see a mouse race like Freya or the Burmescians from FFIX but it can't happen.

There is a werewolf store set, and what seems to be a new wolf skin helm/body armour as someone posted above.

[Garruss]

If they can't even get Veria and Hrothgar right after all these years, you think getting a Lupin race would go well?

[Tabbs]

the hats issue is always crazy to me bc i look at the crowds around me in any given location (even the icons in this thread) and 80-90% of non-hroths and vieras arent even wearing hats (or the hats are hroth/viera accessible).


this is not anti-hat slander (lol), but i think its incredibly limiting and uncreative to expect every hat and every hair to work on every race. i would like lupin and it does not matter to me if they cant wear a hat i wasnt going to wear anyways, but i do massively appreciate SE going through the effort to fit what they can to the unique head shape.

[CVXIV]

the hats issue is always crazy to me bc i look at the crowds around me in any given location (even the icons in this thread) and 80-90% of non-hroths and vieras arent even wearing hats (or the hats are hroth/viera accessible).


this is not anti-hat slander (lol), but i think its incredibly limiting and uncreative to expect every hat and every hair to work on every race. i would like lupin and it does not matter to me if they cant wear a hat i wasnt going to wear anyways, but i do massively appreciate SE going through the effort to fit what they can to the unique head shape.

The issue regarding the beast-like races goes far beyond people wanting hats, it only highlights an issue that any future races would have to deal with

Even the Hrothgar character creator is very limited as it stands, and their models are a far cry from the Ronso you'd expect in FFX. You could chalk it up to being a difference in art style, but I think it's a disservice to what the Ronso are by making them mostly humanoid though that's just my opinion. That isn't to say the Hrothgar look bad, I am just a little disappointed they don't seem more beast like.

Anything more complex would likely be even more restricted
Whether it be Burmecians, Mamool Ja, or Lupin

and the thing is, we were supposed to be compensated for the lack of hats but they have yet to deliver on that either.
From what I recall, instead of wearing hats we would have unique hairstyles but nothing of the sort has ever come out unless you include the basic starter hair, which would be pretty ridiculous considering there would be a constant influx of hats yet nothing new for those two races

It's why I've mentioned before that instead of new races, I'd like for them to work on the ones they have and expand the character creator.
That way, as a Hrothgar I could have the iconic Ronso horn regardless of what face I used, and more hairstyles to choose from

It seems like the perfect time to do it, because they are already working on the graphics update. It makes sense to me that the next big project would be something along those lines

None of this to say that I would want them to never add new races, just to focus on what we have first and improve on it

[Tabbs]

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My whole point was that, in my opinion, a lack of visible hats (or any other gear slot) is not an issue; it is a trade off if you want a race with unique features. With all the gear we have in the game, it becomes a daunting task to make *all* of it work on *any* shape, so I'm saying its a goofy problem to have when over half of players seemingly do not wear full hats anyways. Of course I appreciate options, but I understand that it is not an easily solved problem. I would rather have Lupin than not, with or without access to something like hats.

I dont want to get too into the hats and hair discussion in a Lupin thread, but last I heard (2 years ago maybe?) they WERE working on hats actively. Its possible they abandoned that plan or maybe they're gonna do a big Hats Patch™ someday. We get new-old hair options every patch-ish, and every new-new hair has worked on us for maybe a year or more now. If they could get it done faster, I'm sure they would.

I think we can all agree that the character creator needs an upgrade :P I dont see the harm in asking for both and letting SE decided when where and how to queue them up for development.