Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Nestama]

This is true, but please consider the lore. Please? It'd look awful stupid to have the starting Ul'Dah cutscene, blah blah blah beastmen, and completely ignore the angry dog face on screen. the only explanation I could ever fathom would be "oh it's just a mask" or glamour because something something intimidation.

That's why I say (in my edited response to you) SE should consider making new races start in their home village/city and then fly/sail to Eorzea for X reason once they reach the envoy point in the story. Naturally, there will need to be some changes to the dialogue in the MSQ (and maybe Classes), but that's still better than what we have now (just imagine if the Au Ra started in one of the Stormblood zones).

This even applies to the Viera. While I am still not a fan of them at all, if they were made playable in this game... I would like to see them actually start in their home village/city. Drown the player in Viera lore before sending them off to Eorzea and make the NPC's in quest/MSQ dialogue actually react to what you are >:U (especially if they're from 'The New World')