Poll: Which Race in GW2 is the Fan Favorite?
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They're really not. They seem to borrow more heavily from celtic folklore than the traditional Tolkienesque "High Elf" that has saddled the fantasy genre for the last 50 years. Aside from their affinity for plants, as they are plants, there's not a lot of common ground between the two.targren said:
I played femnorn during beta and the voice acting made my ears bleed it was so bland and horrible. So i'll either go charr or evil gnome, I don't play elves no matter the fantasy setting and my opinion on playing humans in a fantasy setting is not favorable. Its unfortunate because the idea of a big burly chick engineer seemed really cool to me.
Agreed. To me, some professions seemed to "fit" certain races. I'll be rolling a charr engineer rather than an asura engineer, although the asura would fit that profession as well.Jasper Jeffs said:
Yet, how are the Sylvari elves?targren said:It's the latter.Emiscary said:I'm very picky about my fantasy, apparently.
Finally getting around to reading Wheel of Time, in fact. No elves so far!
I'm definitely playing Female Charr Engineer.snekadid said:
I hope they develop the Female Charr pectoralis muscles more then cover them in fluff (like they were in the character concept image)... From what I've seen, their chests are WAY too cylindrical and featureless (And no, I'm not a fan of "Give the hellcats breasts"... Or at least no "breasts" larger than Vin Diesel's or Isaiaha Mustafa's)... Actually, they needed more developed abdominal muscles than what I've seen. I don't CARE if they have fur over them!
Aesthetically [http://www.logicalgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sylvari-01.jpg], for [http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/5/54/Sylvari_01_concept_art_%28white%29.jpg] starters [http://i.imgur.com/4h274.png]Scow2 said:Yet, how are the Sylvari elves?targren said:It's the latter.Emiscary said:
Finally getting around to reading Wheel of Time, in fact. No elves so far!
And Enders, as well.targren said:Aesthetically [http://www.logicalgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sylvari-01.jpg], for [http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/5/54/Sylvari_01_concept_art_%28white%29.jpg] starters [http://i.imgur.com/4h274.png]Scow2 said:Yet, how are the Sylvari elves?targren said:It's the latter.Emiscary said:
Finally getting around to reading Wheel of Time, in fact. No elves so far!
Intially I would say the Sylvari (I like the organic look to them especially their clothing) however unless we get to play as them (and the Asuran) in the next beta I voting for the Charr.
During the beta I was more drawn into the Charr storyline (I play all three legions) since part of their story is to rebuild your characters warband (close minded party) which remind me of rpg in general when you getting new party members except you can't switch them out for another member.
During the beta I was more drawn into the Charr storyline (I play all three legions) since part of their story is to rebuild your characters warband (close minded party) which remind me of rpg in general when you getting new party members except you can't switch them out for another member.
Damn, you're like me but with Dwarves. I'm that exact way with Elves, I'm tired of seeing them shoved into EVERYTHING. Oh we need one more race? Y NOT ELVES?!Emiscary said:
They're always the same fey, magic obsessed, overly done-up bullshit too.
Really though, if there's one thing I think most people can agree on is we need some new contenders in RPGs instead of the tired old trifecta of Dwarf / Human / Elf.
Hell give us a playable race of Zoidbergs or something, something new and different.
As for me, I'm leaning towards Norn though I can see a lot of the love for Asura.
The problem with GW is that there aren't too many other races that aren't evil. My husband wanted to be able to play as the Tengu, but really...what else is there?
Because I can't bring myself to pick only one, i'll just list them in order of which ones I like best:
1.Charr
2.Sylvari
3.Asura
4.Norn
5.Human
Yeah, I'll be playing 1 of each. In fact I'll be playing one of each profession. With 8 professions that means i'll be playing both male and female characters of the last human races.
1.Charr
2.Sylvari
3.Asura
4.Norn
5.Human
Yeah, I'll be playing 1 of each. In fact I'll be playing one of each profession. With 8 professions that means i'll be playing both male and female characters of the last human races.
I just absent-mindedly tried to brush a bug off my screen while reading this thread. I was genuinely surprised when I realized that there was no bug on my screen to brush off. And then I felt truly embarrassed as I know I've seen your avatar before.Ickorus said:
For me the big question is will characters get wiped between beta events? I know they will be wiped before launch, but in the meanwhile, I am tempted to stick with my Norn character because that race apeals to me the least. Once the game launchs I want to get more into Char>Sylvari>Asura>Human... Right now I like them all more than Norn. I'm not a huge fan of the "spirits of the wild" thing they got going on.
I just hope to god it's not the damned elves. What is peoples fetish with playing elves in every single fantasy game ever? And don't give me a bull crud reply that Sylvari are not elves, you know it to be true. People talk about dwarves being over used, look at elves! At least some games make dwarves have a Differentiating lore(Dragon age), and when they are present in the universe they barley even show up!
But elves on the other hand are widely used the same way. As nature loving near humans who worship trees have long hair and are almost universally attractive. I was excited about the radically unique racial options in GW2 until i saw more Elves. They already ruined the diversity in WoW. I'd hate for them to ruin it here too.
But elves on the other hand are widely used the same way. As nature loving near humans who worship trees have long hair and are almost universally attractive. I was excited about the radically unique racial options in GW2 until i saw more Elves. They already ruined the diversity in WoW. I'd hate for them to ruin it here too.
How did a race that had been around since the Second Warcraft game (And hinted at in the first despite its small scale) "ruin" the Diversity of WoW.Ginger768 said:
Also... Sylvari may have a few superficial similarities to Elves, but they are NOT long lived, an old race, nor particularly adamant about protecting nature. In fact, if you paid ANY attention to their lore, you'd see that, yes, they are "elves"... but not Tolkein Elves. "Elf" is synonymous with "Capricous Fey" - which is what these things are. They are alien. Heard about the "Nightmare Court"?
Have you seen the WoW Census? About 50% of the horde is made up of Blood elves. Let me say that again. Fifty percent of THE HORDE is ELVES. The horde is defined as a faction that is made up of beast with noble hearts. Not Elves. I've said this on a million forums before:Elves ruined the Aesthetic and diversity of the horde.Scow2 said:
And yes i have looked at the Sylvari lore and made a race that i originally only thought to be Aesthetically displeasing to actually be the worst written Elves ever. Taken from the website:
"The story of the sylvari begins with a human and a centaur. The human was Ronan, a warrior with the Shining Blade. Separated from his patrol, he discovered a cavern filled with strange seeds and guarded by powerful plant creatures. He took one of those seeds and brought it home to his family, only to discover that his entire village had been slaughtered by the White Mantle and their powerful would-be gods, the Mursaat. Grieving, he planted the seed on their graves and swore to never take up the sword again."
Not to sound homophobic or offend anyone but: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Seriously what the living hell is this taint on paper? I wanted to puke while reading this it's worse written than twilight. A human and centaur tired of war plant a tree that grows an entire race of elves from the ground that share a magical dream? The Guild wars universe is in no way a deep or intricate universe but this crap just cheapens the whole thing to Capcom style writing.