Guild Wars 2

Title pretty much says it all. I assume if you are here, you rolled a Charr. If not, why are you here, and why are you not a Charr? Was there a reason, or did you just make one of each class?

I picked Charr because I was extremely interested in what happened post-Ascalon between them and the humans. It’s interesting seeing what used to be a bitter enemy become a very real protagonist. Their home city also seemed the most interesting to me (next to the Asurans), because I liked the very industrial feel. Plus, I love the way they run on all fours. So kitten.

So what are your reasons?

all four running pretty much :L reminds me of wolfs

I Rolled a Charr Because i am some what of a artist Not a Great one but Ok, and i was drawing Cats with Horns well b4 i knew about GW in general so I just love the fact that something i Used to make up off top of my Head is In a Video game i enjoy very much

Because I like cats.

I like their atheist and view of progress, honestly.

I like fierce/tough/beastly races. Norn are my #2 favorite, but Charr are the top. =)

Because of how badkitten they look of course + Because they’re so big, their armor is big making Charr look Chuck Norris level badkitten

Rolling a Charr as the first toon is like starting in Prophecies in GW1 (starting in Ascalon). It is logical!

Also, cats.

Charr are one of the more unique races in the game. I enjoy the Charr lore and history from the first Guild Wars game. They are also the unofficial mascot of ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2.

I find the Charr pretty awesome looking and their lore is interesting, plus the engineer class started from them so I decided to find it fitting to have my engineer a Charr. I feel bad I that I haven’t played him much, but I will after I done focusing on my other character.:P

I liked them from the start in Gw1

Bazooka racial skill

I rolled charr because I pretty much love everything about them.

I’ve always been a cat person so the caught my eye back in GW1, but as more lore was revealed — particularly in EotN — I found myself getting more and more hooked. And once Ecology of the Charr was posted on the GW1 wiki, that was it — charr became my favourite fantasy race.

Here’s a race that was oppressed and enslaved by some of their own (and arguably regressed during that time) and overcame that and the civil war that’s been raging since, that has been at war on multiple fronts with other races, and is still alive and kicking. Not only that, they live in a world where magic and gods exist yet they eschew using magic and worshipping anything after the titans and have become the most purely technologically advanced race in Tyria. All in less than 250 years and with constant wars.

I also love how pragmatic charr are. Age and gender doesn’t matter as long as you’re capable of doing something. And if you were to dare to insinuate a femcharr is any less than a male charr, odds are you’re going to end up in a lot of pain, if you live long enough to see the sun rise.

A casual glance at charr may make it seem like they’re a brutal, warmongering race who don’t care about anything other than victory, but underneath that there’s some core values which run deep and strong. Blood only determines your genes — the people you fight beside, see live and die, and the friendships you forge are what makes up your family. War is bloody and violent yet it still has rules — if you cross the line from honourable to spineless your life is forfeit to the point where your own people may very well turn their backs on you. The good of the many is more important than any one individual, and loyalty is something not to be betrayed or exploited, to name some.

Charr also live life well and seem to have a wicked sense of humour, so when they aren’t on duty (and sometimes if they are) they seem like blokes who would be great to hang out and have a drink with. Or shoot the breeze with, end up getting into a hairy situation, then laughing about it when it’s over.

Definitely my kind of race.

Closest thing to an Orc

I wasn’t interested in the Charr too much but started reading Edge of Destiny in the weeks before launch. I generally don’t go for brutish races, but Rytlock’s characterization helped me appreciate how mufti-faceted Charr could be. A few levels of the Iron Legion storyline and I was hooked.

Pretty much that Charzooka.

I always tend to go with the monster races in games. I don’t pick human if I can help it because I play one of those in real life.

Horns are also kitten.

Rytlock is my favourite character in Destiny Edge. They look great and I feel they fit my favourite class the best, Warrior.

FaxR.1704:

Because of how badkitten they look of course + Because they’re so big, their armor is big making Charr look Chuck Norris level badkitten

You rolled a charr because of how “badkitten” they are. The forum auto censor just brought your post to a whole different level of awesome.

I’m a Charr-o-holic! I love the way they move and how HUGE all the armor and weps are on them.

My poor husband keeps begging me to play something “sexy,” but I just keep rolling Charrs!

Honestly, I rolled a Charr Mesmer because I wanted to be unique for race and class. I definitely didn’t roll a Charr to be successful at jumping puzzles.

They have the SCIENCE.
Also Asura (they just have a different flavour)

For Charrbros!

But seriously, because I was always annoyed with Charr Mesmers and Charr patrols during GW1. I used to always joke about wanting to play Charr if it was an option. But now that it is, DREAM COME TRUE!

Simple really, because I am a furry there was no other race choice.

Charr ranger. :P One because I wanted to see the changes in Ascalon. It’s been interesting going through and seeing recognizable structures. Also the cat thing. Meow?

Because I’ve always been a fan of beastly sort of races in mmos and I particularly dislike the anime schoolgirl style they went with the human and norn females in this game.

Synapse.9084:

Because I like cats.

^ this
/15charr

Militant warrior race of hellcats. Enough said.

I liked Pyre’s attitude in GW1. GW2 has measured up to that fairly well during the charr-specific storyline, but as soon as you hit the generic storyline, the player’s charr starts saying some un-charrlike stuff…

I rolled a charr because they have the best dang story arcs in the game.

I’ve always loved werewolves/anthros, and Charr look very, very awesome. They’re a joy to look at and play. Savage kittens with horns? Yes please.

Cats with big sharp teeth with big horns and a massive axe & gun equals win =)

Because charr are awesome and they have Dinky.

Half of my characters are Charr, for the same reason the other half are Norn.

Because MANLY.

Goldkie.8024:

all four running pretty much :L reminds me of wolfs

this

Plus the Charr were one of my favorite parts of GW1. Being able to play the race now in the 2nd game is like a dream come true.

I like the Klingons in Star Trek, though I don’t like the Orcs in WoW, but I love the Charr’s take on life.
They basically killed their so-called gods, ate them, and pooped out an Industrial Revolution.

That is awesome to me. I loved the Rytlock statue in my CE box. Also I was going to play every race anyways. So a warrior and Engineer Charr was perfect!

Simple one, this.

I like their lore. They’ve gone through a lot, they’ve had their lands stolen from them, they’ve been enslaved, but they’ve come through it all. And currently, their society is built upon a system of equality within their race (even true gender equality), and upon believing in each other.

The warband is a system which has stronger bonds than most familial ones. And as such, the charr personal storyline is very much about people. I think it’s because of this that the writing is pretty great across the board. And you have warband members who’re simply precious, like Dinky (thekitten and Maverick (the Duke Nukem wannabe).

And beyond that, you have shining examples like Tybalt Leftpaw. Now there’s a character to look up to. I’m sorry, but I’m absolutely in love with Tybalt. It was him that changed my decision of Order for my first character from Vigil to Whispers.

So I think ultimately it comes down to writing? I think that’s what I’m trying to say?

The charr may look beastly, but whomever was responsible for writing their characters has created some really memorable characters, characters which invoke feels. And if anything were to ever happen to Dinky, I’d maul them. I would literally track down the writer and maul them. Because (SPOILERS) what they did to poor Tybalt was bad enough. Snif.

That I’m that attached to characters speaks volumes.

I didn’t get that attachment from any of the other races. And it’s this that’s made GW2 so much more palatable for me than any other MMORPG I’d played previously.

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Zachary Haas.9803:

Because charr are awesome and they have Dinky.

High-five! There really needs to be a Dinky fanclub. :P

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After reading above, it occurs to me that I also forgot to mention their technological advances. But not only that, they’re legit. I mean, the asura are great, but they’re kind of like script kiddies. They use magic that pretends to be technology. It’s interesting, but the asura story proves time and again that the asura really don’t know what they’re doing.

Whereas everything that the charr prototype is so reliable that they can roll it out into production throughout their factories (and they have a lot of those). So they don’t worship gods, they don’t use magic in their tech, they mine their own materials, they prototype based upon pure sciences, and the end result is something that they have truly created.

They’re legit, and truly an icon of self-dependence. They feel… it’s hard to explain, but there’s a confidence to them. It’s like… to heck with this world, we’re doing things our way. It’s a confidence that I admire.

Because I’m a crazy cat lady. 8D

AuldWolf.7598:

They’re legit, and truly an icon of self-dependence. They feel… it’s hard to explain, but there’s a confidence to them. It’s like… to heck with this world, we’re doing things our way. It’s a confidence that I admire.

They feel very TTGL, their drills will pierce the heavens. lol

Eszett.6950:

I like their atheist and view of progress, honestly.

I like this too

I’ve rolled 2 charr, a ranger and an elementalist. I’ve always chosen nonhuman characters in games and I wanted a feline race to take on the name of one of my EQ characters ( she was vah shir).

‘cause after creating like 20 different characters me wanted an engie (that back pack! <3), and charr female was just the one I didn’t want to delete and try something else, like with all the others… and the Iron Legion’s personal story at the begining was sooo “engie”, I’ve just stuck with her =]

Steampunk Kilrathi, what’s not to love?

SirRobin.9428:

Steampunk Kilrathi, what’s not to love?

Actually the Kilrathi worshipped Sivar the war Goddess. However as a fellow Wing Commander fan I salute the intent of this post!

Because I didn’t want to be the meat or the salad.

They were the race that I was the most interested in, and I felt the most unique and well-written. In addition to being aesthetically interesting. I suppose you could make the argument that any of the GW2 races fall into fantasy stereotypes, but I think the Charr do this the least. The racial abilities caught my attention too. A rocket launcher? Artillery support? Beats the hell out of a werewolf “spirit” form or becoming a tree.

Plus Rytlock is awesome. Screw Logan, he’s such a whiny kitten.

Didn’t feel like rolling a human female since I have no desire to obtain dyes or gather the most appealing armor, as I’m guessing other girl players do. I usually run the beast type races like the Covenant, Zerg and what not. Charr fit for me and love the fluffy tails and fur customization!

I originally chose a Charr as my main because I REALLY liked the look of them- My main toons on WoW were a Tauren and Worgen respectively, so you can see a pattern. But I’ve absolutely fallen in love with their lore, which is funny, because the Antitheist, Militaristic, Pragmatic society is decidedly opposed to my real values. Though, seeing what they’ve gone through, how they’ve suffered, and how they’re fighting back makes me not only want to root for them, but jump right out into the battlefield with them.

(Hey, now, let’s not stereotype our fellow girl players here, Ropihl! Internalized sexism still counts. :/ )

I love lore in general, and I love charr because I wanted to know more about them in GW1. They’ve done so much for themselves since then, and they’re determined to hang on to what they have, and SO stubborn they just might manage to do it. XD (Seriously, who takes over land haunted by respawning ghosts and says “don’t care, ours anyway”? The charr, that’s who.)

Huh. Something weird has happened to this thread, I’m not seeing any posts. I’m going to make a post here to see if that fixes it.

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Now there’s a fun forum bug! Apparently, if you submit enough posts to get to the second page, it just shows only the posting field of the second page, and it doesn’t show the page 1/2 buttons.