See this is actually why I am happy that people will get the option to go outside of the standard palettes, because I know a number of people who do actually care about lore and who want to make mixed-race characters or characters from other non-playable clans (like Doman/Hingan roes like Gosetsu who have human skintones not accessible by sea wolves). I just think that expanded skintones should be opt-in versus a default in order to maintain some degree of identity and cohesion for existing clans, especially for new players - basically that using expanded options should be a case of "I know what I'm doing (or simply don't care at all), show me the full selection." I think guiding new players to create a character who can easily exist in the world encourages roleplay and better connection with the story, whereas a free-for-all character creator with no guidelines encourages... well, to put it bluntly, a Second Life character whose only purpose is to look appealing to their creator even if this puts them at odds with all of the game's lore. And while I have seen enough modders to know that many people do prefer to engage with the game this way, I still think it should be a conscious choice and not the default.