Guild Wars 2

Well Sirius, it’s a well known fact in mmo and fantasy culture in general…the only “little” race people are usually ok with en-masse are dwarves, anythign smaller and you hear an endless stream of vehemit hate to them, especially with the punting jokes.

Also, I swear I will never play this game again if quagan become a playable race. I cannot stand the quagan, they are everything BAD about being childlike while the skritt are everything tolerable and good about being childlike.

Skritt will never be a playable race due tot he fact a skritt off by themselves are dumb as a sack of bricks essentially. and are geniuses that make the asura look like court jesters when in large numbers.

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@Kaimick.5109 and Leo G.4501
I have been to the kodan areas and I do not see that much diversity. And I know they have a lot of lore to them. It is because of the lore that I don’t see them become playable. They are polar bears… that is their thing, as Leo puts it. Making them black bears, brown bears or worse panda bears would break with their lore. Never mind that males and females look exactly the same.
It is not that I don’t like kodan, I think they are really cool and pretty awesome. Thats why I don’t want them to be playable, because they’d have to change some of the things that makes them awesome to achieve it.

As for their lore being broken by making them any color but “white”, on this page, in the beliefs section http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Wisdom_and_Power_of_the_Kodan they just say “The Bear” … not “The Polar Bear”. IDK, I just read that as " what you SEE is a race that looks like it’s exclusively one breed or ethnicity may not be the case when they get more exposure".

And even if they are Polar Bears … whats to stop them from dyeing their fur different colors? I don’t see the problem in that. And besides that, IIRC I saw a Kodan with black facial markings. So whats stopping them from having their own “markings pattern” selection like the Norn? Would LOVE to see them contrast the Norns by having spiritual and techy markings instead of the more primitive/ tribal Norn tats/ markings.

That’s just going over the “color” argument. For other body customization … be it Tengu or Kodan I’m 100% SURE they will need some loving in this area. There’s no Non-Playable race that has all the elements it needs to get the seal of approval and become playable as they stand currently in the world. So yeah, I’m sure that if they make the Kodan Playable they will add gender differences, cool facial options and stuff that can make your Kodan look like it wants to have a cola with you or look like it’s a raging momma bear.

Plus, Charr have no problem looking different yet still staying “Cat/ beast thing” and in some art spread it shows the Tengu having many different kind of bird heads and colors … not sure how this is an argument. Seems like a non-problem that will be addressed when/ if the Kodan become a PC-race.

Some sort of very good-looking elf race is necessary in any MMO.

Of course he has 8 pack abs :/