Guild Wars 2

What bothers me most when I play my char is that he uses most quotes from other races, especially humans. Sure, every race does that, but it occurs to me that the people in charge of Charr quotes were the laziest. There is so much lost potentional in these quotes

Why is my Charr Ele saying “Behold! The ocean’s power” when he could say something like “The waves will crush you!”?

Also I think Charr are the race with the most “stolen” quotes from other races.
Look at the Swiftness Boon Quote:
Norn male: Faster!
Norn female: Quickly!
Asura male/female: Accelerating
Human male: Eat my dust!
Human female. I could outrun a centaur!
Sylvari male: Swift and steady!
Sylvari female: I’m fast as the wind!
Charr female: “Swiftly!”
…Charr male: “Faster.”

Moreover, the way Charr say their “stolen” quotes is with lot less emotion than the one of the original races
Human: “I CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS!”
Charr: “I can move mountains.”

Some other quotes from Charrs with monotone sound:
“I feel… strong” (Human male)
“I feel so… vulnerable” (Human male/female)
“Faster” (Norn male)
“Refreshing” (Human male)
“Venom.. too strong” (Human female)
“Can’t.. breathe” (Human male)
“Go ahead, hit me” (Human male)
“Armored up” (Human male, Asura female)

On the contrary, when I look at my Asura or Sylvari, nearly all the quotes are unique and aren’t shared with other races. Why is that? It really annoys me when I play my Charr and it’s one of the reasons I will only have one of them.

Pretty sure those are profession “quotes” and they have nothing to do with the species.

Some profession quotes do depend on species – at least for elementalists. Charr do have some different quotes for fire (immolate!), air (the winds obey me!), and earth (I summon the power of our land!). Water just happens to not be as unique for charr.

I do agree some charr quotes need to be worked on, one example being the male charr warrior’s “fear me”, which is really weak.

Cirax.9231:

Some profession quotes do depend on species – at least for elementalists. Charr do have some different quotes for fire (immolate!), air (the winds obey me!), and earth (I summon the power of our land!). Water just happens to not be as unique for charr.

I do agree some charr quotes need to be worked on, one example being the male charr warrior’s “fear me”, which is really weak.

I don’t recall the “immolate” but the other two sound like my human ele.

Edit: I don’t play the same profession on different characters – just from reading or some youtube videos I thought it was pretty much the same. If there really are some different ones, could it be only very few? The charr voice acting definitely has a different timbre – I personally actually like it, not as squeaky.

Rouven.7409:

I don’t recall the “immolate” but the other two sound like my human ele.

Edit: I don’t play the same profession on different characters – just from reading or some youtube videos I thought it was pretty much the same. If there really are some different ones, could it be only very few? The charr voice acting definitely has a different timbre – I personally actually like it, not as squeaky.

I know for sure sylvari, asura and humans have some unique elementalist quotes from hearing them (not sure about other professions, and haven’t come across many norn eles), but when you mentioned human eles having similar quotes, my guess is that there may be 1 unique racial quote for each attunements, and the rest are shared.

I personally like the charr voice acting the best as well! But I agree with the OP that some of them could be worked on to sound more “Charr-like”

Well, still remember Pyre Fierceshot(GW1)?
If only charrs have more similar quotes like him…

Quotes
>“My father was a great soldier. Without him, Ascalon would not be the smoldering ruin it is today. I will honor his memory.”
>“Never eat something that isn’t twitching.”
>“The Vizier destroyed his own country rather than fight us. That… is a compliment.”
>“There are no gods. There is only pain and those willing to end it.”
>“When I was a cub, my grandfather used to light a flame under a moa bird’s feet and watch it squawk. If we don’t get moving soon, I’ll introduce you to him.”
>“Yes, mouse. Your people will retake their homeland… when they can eat ash and sleep in flame.”

Battle quotes
>“Destruction, too, is an art.”
>“Do not pray for mercy. Your gods are not listening, and I have none.”
>“Don’t waste my time, meat!”
>“Fire leaves little behind.”
>“Humans. Bah! Your limbs rip apart so easily.”
>“I am Charr!”
>“I bite. That is all you need to know.”
>“Ignite arrows! Burn swords! Battle is upon us!”
>“Weak, frightened, insignificant RABBITS!”
>“When I’m done with your friends, I may keep you alive… for a while.”
>“You know what the chain of command is? It’s the chain I beat you with until you understand who is in command!”
>“You will burn like Ascalon!”

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Pyre_Fierceshot

I think all the quick, single-word quotes the Charr have fit very well. Stuff like “faster”, “refreshing”, ect. Charr don’t seem like the type to blurt out whole lines in the middle of combat, they’d favor quick, succinct statements as a soldier would.

I also like that they say the lines “monotone” as you say, or the way I think of it is that they’re saying it under their breath kind of. Quotes like that don’t really seem like something you need to announce to the world in a loud voice, more something you’d mumble to yourself if anything.

The copied elementalist quote is a bit disappointing, though. Those at least seem they ought to be unique. I know for sure my Asura has all unique attunement quotes except for the standard “Fire, Water, Air, Earth” ones. He has 2 unique sayings per attunement, plus the aforementioned typical one-word element shouts.

Why are you assuming the Charr copied these quotes? Humans copy everything! Charr probably said these things first.

Combat-opening quotes are nice and unique tho. Like “Remember Ascalon!” “Remember Pyre!” or “Wa-hoo!” – well, this one’s bit odd. In-combat quotes could be better indeed tho. We probably need more roaring noises and less kitten-to-be-cuddled “I feel so… vulnerable…”.