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Well, it's playing something very special, numbers or not, to begin with. Even more so with that new lore, you can't really cut it.
I think there is actually a lot of interesting wiggle room and very fascinating stuff to be had around trainees actually. All the people that are selected, trained, go through impossible trials and arduous, humongous tasks in the thin hope of one day maybe becoming a full fledged dragoon.Â
I think there is a lot of interesting drama and RP shenanigans to be had not only with those trainees (think Estinien and what happens in his story, in Tales From Heavensward), but also with all those fallen dragoons, all the people that failed to pass that incredibly hard selection (you bet it's harsh, not only because the lorebook says it, but because an average of 30 active DRG?). All the hope, and broken dreams. All the social status shifting, glory and fame just at the grasp of the hand, only to fail at the end.
All of what can also be had around your average dragon killers in the convictory, not Knight Dragoons, but that can be noticed. Elevated to heights in the ishgardian society. All the vertical societal struggle in Ishgard is rather fascinating, and everything that actually happens around the Order of the Knight Dragoons who accept everyone from any birth, commoner or noble, is what I find the most interesting, not necessarily playing a full fledged, super edgy elite soldier.
In short yes, I think there is still a lot to do around all of those other people, the not quite Knight Dragoons, but that still hold similar abilities, their jump, etc. tl;dr: play DRG trainees, people aspiring to become one and very good with a lance, fallen almost full fledged DRGs and what you have. Those are nameless. They fix most of those issues.
I think there is actually a lot of interesting wiggle room and very fascinating stuff to be had around trainees actually. All the people that are selected, trained, go through impossible trials and arduous, humongous tasks in the thin hope of one day maybe becoming a full fledged dragoon.Â
I think there is a lot of interesting drama and RP shenanigans to be had not only with those trainees (think Estinien and what happens in his story, in Tales From Heavensward), but also with all those fallen dragoons, all the people that failed to pass that incredibly hard selection (you bet it's harsh, not only because the lorebook says it, but because an average of 30 active DRG?). All the hope, and broken dreams. All the social status shifting, glory and fame just at the grasp of the hand, only to fail at the end.
All of what can also be had around your average dragon killers in the convictory, not Knight Dragoons, but that can be noticed. Elevated to heights in the ishgardian society. All the vertical societal struggle in Ishgard is rather fascinating, and everything that actually happens around the Order of the Knight Dragoons who accept everyone from any birth, commoner or noble, is what I find the most interesting, not necessarily playing a full fledged, super edgy elite soldier.
In short yes, I think there is still a lot to do around all of those other people, the not quite Knight Dragoons, but that still hold similar abilities, their jump, etc. tl;dr: play DRG trainees, people aspiring to become one and very good with a lance, fallen almost full fledged DRGs and what you have. Those are nameless. They fix most of those issues.
Balmung:Â Suen Shyu