Guild Wars 2

imo, i think some of the new charr hairstyles are pretty weird lookin. if any1 else agrees, cool. But, what I want to discuss is what kind of new body types you might want to see if any get added in the future.

not that it bothers me a whole lot, but i think something should be done specifically with charr and their slouch. I’ve seen a thread or two like this before, but maybe the light armor charr should be made to stand upright and keep the medium/heavy armor charr how they are.
And for new body appearances, here’s a few things I’d like to see:
-a worn/ragged fur option be selectable.
- maybe a skin that has some horns/spikes sticking out of it?
- or fur that looks more fuzzy/frizzy than the rest
- new/more horn options or some of the current ones slightly changed
- Charr war paint???

theres more to be added. i just can’t think of anything else

What do you other charr players think about this? I know a lot of the current options are pretty good, but i feel like every other charr I see is the same as the last player I saw, or just another player who wants to make a hideously fat charr with the biggest horns and head imaginable :/

Standing upright (or at least like flame legion shamans) would be a good enough optional change, imo.

To your suggestions:

I actually don’t mind the pose of the charr, I even like the fourlegged run. But there was upright charr in GW1 (casters as you mention) and non of the npc charr run on all fours. So there is some inconsistensies.

More body types with more raggedy fur would be great

Now although it would be really cool with horn/spikes from shoulders or some such I don’t see it happening as I see lots of issues in regards to armor with this.

Again other fur types is welcome.

More options for horns are also welcome.

War paint… hmm don’t think so.

Now what I would like to suggest:

More customisation is always welcome and I will make a note for more fur patterns. Currently we have tiger, leopard (of a couple different kinds), some sorta housecatish look, color point and I think cheetah is in there too.
Could add serval and clouded leopard, just mention some.

More cultural armor (this goes for all races, add a tier or 2 to them) would especially want something that lets you show off the fur pattern.

As I understand, the Charr standing upright is an unnatural position for the race. And something that only the Flame Legion really did. The Flame Legion Shamans took to standing upright to make them seem superior to the other Charr when the Flame Legion was ruling the other legions, despite the fact that its an uncomfortable and unnatural posture. So it wouldn’t really make a whole lot of sense for the players to stand like that.

I don’t really see new fur types happening as far as body types go. Most of the body types in the game are different levels of bulk and muscle, and it’ll probably stay that way I think. Not that new fur types would be bad or anything, I just don’t really see it happening.

New fur patterns are definitely possible, though. I don’t really have any in mind specifically, but more variety is always nice. Maybe new fur colors too, just as long as it keeps to the natural colors and nothing silly (if I ever see pink Charr I will have to stab something).

New horn types seem almost certain at some point. Heck, female Charr already got a new horn choice (Rox’s horns) so it seems like only a matter of time until more new ones show up, probably as Hair / Makeover Kit exclusives like the new hairstyles. I’d like to see a style similar to Rox’s for males (not nessicarily the same shape, but with a similar ornate carved style at least). I’d also like to see some longer horns that flow back along the neck instead of forward for both genders. And maybe some more “damaged” looking horns that aren’t broken off completely, but chipped and cracked, also for both genders. For females, maybe something with some bits of metal or gem dangling from them would be something a little more “feminine” without going overboard.

War paint I can’t see happening. For one thing, fur patterns already give us a full-body texture, so war paint on top of that would be sort of redundant. Plus, it would require them adding a completely new selection to the character creation interface (each race has one body texture EG Charr fur pattern, Sylvari glow, Norn paint, ect, and that’s all the engine allows, so you’d need to change that to allow Charr paint as well). MAYBE there could be a fur pattern that isn’t a fur pattern but warpaint instead, but… I dunno, even that seems a bit out of place. I don’t think the Charr really do warpaint.

I think it would be nice to see some more body shape variety. For instance, most female charr have slender necks, but there are two body types that have thick necks like the male.
Males, on the other hand, all have very thick necks. I would like a male body with a thinner neck—more like the default female.

Beyond that, scars would be great. I’d love the ability to add scars or disfigurements from battle to the body and face of a charr—without actually having to pick a different body/face