(09-17-2013, 06:07 AM)Clover Wrote: I thought that there was a legendary Dragoon that was more special than the rest, but there's still an army of, uh, "generic" Dragoons, at the lack of a better word. Can't any player imagine that they're just one of the many Dragoons that form their army? Or is it that Ishgard doesn't accept foreigners in their files? Perhaps I misunderstood, but I read somewhere that Ishgard was opening itself a bit more since it needed more people (?).
(And just for the record, this is not about me but about a friend who wants to play a Miqo'te who joins the Dragoon army. I'd like to know if it's completely impossible for him).
Regarding the special dragoon thing. That's why I said you can't have all the special skills dragoons have without being chosen by the Eye. That's what I was referring to. There are plenty of "dragoons" all over the place in Coerthas. Many of which don't even use lances. There's a quest where you have to talk to some dragoons near Behemoth's Dominion and they have chainmail, swords, and shields. I may not have made that clear. I was sleep deprived and rambling.
Also, Ishgard doesn't like foreigners. As for this opening itself up thing, I heard that somewhere too, but I find it unlikely because, well, quest there a bit and see how eager they are to let foreigners into their ranks. They won't even talk to my character and he's supposed to be a super awesome special snowflake according to the main plot line.Â
So there is some piece of lore out there claiming they're training people up, but I think that's square's half-assed attempt at getting dragoons to make sense in a multiplayer world. I've never so much as seen a miqo'te NPC in Coerthas, let alone seen miqo'te dragoons.
But I'm not here to rain on parades. If someone can make it work, they're at liberty to try for sure. I'm just letting everyone know that the Ishgard lore is a pretty tight net and there's not much room for imagination there. I've pretty much had to turn my character into a quest NPC to make him work. Not everyone's as lore-intensive as I am, and that's totally fine, but the character should at least make sense. I won't go around calling people out for stretching the lore a bit, but I am opposed to flat out breaking it.
