Lupin - make it a playable race!

[Evergrey]

I'd laugh if I saw a bunch of Lupins doing this with a Magitek Armor.

I never thought about that, and you're right, I would laugh aswell.

[Cidel]

Believe me when I say I'd rather see this race, or anything else over Viera; but from a design perspective, I'd fully understand why the devs wouldn't/couldn't upgrade them to playable. And no, I'm not talking about their legs; the Lupin NPCs I've seen so far have very "normal" looking legs (and a cat-boy/Au'ra run), albeit armored-covered.

For one, from what I can tell so far, they all pretty much have the same face. And not just face, like same model, clothes (there are exceptions), eyes, etc. The kind of thing you see on most beast tribes save for special NPCs. Which leads me to believe that the devs really have no intention of giving them to players to customize if none of them is set apart from the rest so far.

Which leads me to my 2nd issue: I don't think they'd customize well. I mean I could be proved wrong, but clearly this race wouldn't have as much customization options as the current ones. Well, I suppose they could, but I don't know how much out of their way the devs would go for a single race. I do fear if they gave color options for their fur like current races' hair, there'd be a rainbow of wolves running around...


tldr: while I wouldn't mind, I don't find it remotely likely or plausible.

[Psion]

their snout looks too small and stubby for one...and their fingers too long and thin. just something that strikes me as a bit odd for a wolf beastman.

that said im all for more beastlike races, especially since we never got galka in this game, just gray skinned giant humes.

[HyperSMB]

Please no. If this gets added before Viera I would be quite cross.

[Purplenum]

Please no. If this gets added before Viera I would be quite cross.

You really want Mi'qote with dumb bunny ears? You've got to be kidding me. Races like Mi'qote, Lalafells, and Roegadyn are so uninspired compared to FFXI's Mithra, Tarutaru, and Galka, and adding something like Viera would just be contributing to the uninspired cesspool that is most of the current FFXIV races. It'd be really nice to see a race that's actually diverse from what we have already instead of just slapping bunny ears on skinny humans with slightly different faces.

[Sin_Faye]

You really want Mi'qote with dumb bunny ears? You've got to be kidding me. Races like Mi'qote, Lalafells, and Roegadyn are so uninspired compared to FFXI's Mithra, Tarutaru, and Galka, and adding something like Viera would just be contributing to the uninspired cesspool that is most of the current FFXIV races. It'd be really nice to see a race that's actually diverse from what we have already instead of just slapping bunny ears on skinny humans with slightly different faces.

You aren't getting anything that's not in some way a humanoid character. They aren't going to make new helmet designs or boot designs or gloves to fit around the model of a unique race.

[RyuDragnier]

You aren't getting anything that's not in some way a humanoid character. They aren't going to make new helmet designs or boot designs or gloves to fit around the model of a unique race.

They have normal legs, feet, and hands. Literally the only thing that would need to be deal with is the head. As people have pointed out, there are ways around it.

[Kosmos992k]

They have normal legs, feet, and hands. Literally the only thing that would need to be deal with is the head. As people have pointed out, there are ways around it.

A relatively normal human body with a completely animalistic head is just plain wrong, it doesn't make sense logically, physically or from a story or lore point of view. More than that it would be visually completely incongruous. This NPC beast race should never be elevated to playable status, it really wouldn't fit the game.

[Annah]

Please no. If this gets added before Viera I would be quite cross.

i dont understand why people want Viera so much..it's just a Mi'qote with bunny ears :/

[AkaeiNox]

i dont understand why people want Viera so much..it's just a Mi'qote with bunny ears :/

If they ever add them, we could grow carrots to make gils.