Garlean Third Eye Customization option

[A_Cat_Man]

Or the fact, y'know, the Garleans are heavily despised in Eorzea and there was a whole questline in the MSQ about Garlean refugees or the Lemures who are also discriminated against. Would also wreck the main story when aside from aether manipulation when if you're a pureblooded Garlean you don't need to stealth around strongholds or impersonate conscripts when you could waltz in as a member of their citizenry.

Wait, first of all the Lemures come from a side quest away from the main story, and second of all you're going to say that you could waltz into any imperial base as a full blooded Garlean, while also bringing up the Lemures who are garleans that abandoned the empire and came to Eorzea seeking refuge? I don't think they wouldn't keep track of their soldier's faces and names. All you have to do is look at the cutscene from the very beginning of the game with Nero killing a spy to figure that out.

[RukoBoshi]

Addressing your class isn't a problem with what I'm saying, and I cannot a recall a single time that they actually address your race in the game. If there is a moment like that, please direct me to it so that I can see what you're talking about. On top of that, I'm not saying they should make a hole other race, I'm saying they should add a third eye customization option to hyurs for the purpose of fun, meaning that even if your race was addressed in game, you would get called a hyur.

They adresse races a couple of times throughout the expansions.

In Heavensward there's a guard in Ishgard that thinks lalafell are weird and can't be trusted, once he see you are one he fumbles with his words.

In Shadowbringers there's plenty of that, when you visit the crystarium for the first time, the NPC Bragi adresse you by your race. In my case he says he is surprised to see a dwarf not in the mountain.

And in Endwalker, when Emet Selch gave you aether, Hythlodaeus is laughing because Emet selch didn't make us big enough.

There's plenty of other instances like that, in MSQ and side content. At least enough for it to be noteworthy in my experience.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Just off the top of my head, when chasing Laurentius around the Shroud in the mid-20s, he calls out for backup to deal with "the [race] [bastard/bitch]" from his Garlean allies.

There are also a few points in the Azim Steppe where a Xaela gets a few bits of extra dialogue, such as a comment that surely your parents made this traditional Xaela food for you.

And, not MSQ, but during the Monster Hunter quest, if you act surprised at a talking cat as a Miqo'te or Hrothgar, the felyne will call you on it.

[Iscah]

While the script does (sometimes but not always) make reference to your race where it is relevant, this is always in small ways that simply change one or two lines while the rest of the script plays out the same for everyone.

Dealing with the question of why a Garlean should be trusted feels like a bigger deal that would call for a specific conversation with everyone you meet, and require someone else trusted to vouch for you – and we meet a lot of people over the course of the game. It's not the same as an NPC who is always Garlean regardless and only needs to be introduced to you once.

[A_Cat_Man]

They adresse races a couple of times throughout the expansions.

In Heavensward there's a guard in Ishgard that thinks lalafell are weird and can't be trusted, once he see you are one he fumbles with his words.

In Shadowbringers there's plenty of that, when you visit the crystarium for the first time, the NPC Bragi adresse you by your race. In my case he says he is surprised to see a dwarf not in the mountain.

And in Endwalker, when Emet Selch gave you aether, Hythlodaeus is laughing because Emet selch didn't make us big enough.

There's plenty of other instances like that, in MSQ and side content. At least enough for it to be noteworthy in my experience.

Thank you for reminding me of those, I'll admit, my memory is definitely not perfect. However, I still don't think it would be bad to give hyurs a third eye customization option. Or even just a glam everyone could wear that would give us a third eye. I saw someone give that idea in an earlier section of the thread, and honestly, I'd be fairly content with that.