Guild Wars 2

kinda early, but still,

- Next Race should be an Underwater-Race, with a Starting Area under Water, like Mermaids??

- I like to have some kind of Fairy-Race, which will look like small flying shining Balls with wings ^^

Then i could try another Proffession without playing the same Race twice

If you all could think of a new Race you can post below too! \o/

Tengu. Hylek. shark like creatures. but no fairy’s or mermaids.

Please, make the Tengu playable! They are so awesome.
Underwater race would be awesome, like the largos or something.

Making up a race isnt gonna work, Anet is probably gonna choose for something allready excists and have a part in the lore. So your fairy-like idea isnt gonna work.

Except for the three small factions(skritt, hylek and quaggan) I can only think of Tengu or Kodan.

Of the ones in GW2 right now Tengu or Kodan . With that said however id love to play as a Seer.

Please make the next playable race Kodan.

Centaur!

If you have problems with swimming, just transform them into mermaids.
I mean still the upper body remains the same, just change the lower body.
Would be frikking awesome.

I really like the idea of an underwater race with an underwater starting area, but it wouldn’t work with the quagans nor the krait. maybe the largos? the look really cool and they are a new race. can’t be that hard to make some background for them. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Largos.jpg

Largos! When there is ever a playable underwater race hopefully it is the Largos.

I wouldnt like it to play an already existing Race, they should make something completly new >_>’

Skritt…

More words to get past the post limit

I want to play a tengu! )o) No wait, make it 5!

Just tossing out my vote for skritt.

Next race will clearly be Tengu. Dominion of Winds will clearly be their starter zone.

There are continents that races of Tyria didn’t visit. Maybe there are new species/races fighting the dragon corruption. I can clearly see the map expanding. But I would love to play quagans/largos/tengu. And I miss some dark magic (not death magic) class.

A skritt thief would be fun.

Tenth
Hylek
Koda

Likely one of those next.

Well from what I’ve seen from other MMO suggestion posts, we will all get what we all don’t want.

As for me, I like the Skritt. Reminds me of the Ratonga, from EQ2.

Oh ya I forgot Skritt. Possibly them also.

Looria.8019:

Centaur!

If you have problems with swimming, just transform them into mermaids.
I mean still the upper body remains the same, just change the lower body.
Would be frikking awesome.

Umm… horses can swim really well, so why would you need to something so weird just to give them a swimming animation?

As for my vote, I would love to see one of the fallen races rise to become a great nation again, like the Giants or the Ogres, or even the centaur actually.

I think Kodan and Tengu are a must really.

Though I suppose Skritt are a possibility but I’d bet they’d have to share the starting zone with the humans (separate “skritt” type home instance and story in DR perhaps). I really can’t see them sharing the newbie areas of the others.

I hope future races consist of Tengu, Largos and Kodan =3

Elves. Since they turned into plants. We need elves.

Lore doesn’t support Elves so your gonna have to stick with Sylvari

Kodas or Tengus.
Be it birds or bears.
Not rat skinned or mares.
Be it has claws or paws.
Snow or rainfall.
Grass mantles or snowwalls.
Kodas or Tengus.

Why would they add a new race? >.>

I’d rather see actual content instead of a new character skin that doesn’t have a member in Destiny’s Edge :/

Kodas and Tengus would be cool, but I would like to see Dwarves.

Kinda hard to do Dwarves as they were all but wiped out fighting the great destroyer

Adine.2184:

Kinda hard to do Dwarves as they were all but wiped out fighting the great destroyer

Can that lore be found anywhere in the game? I’m not accusing you of being wrong, but the Guild Wars 2 wikipedia doesn’t state that they’ve been wiped out, only that they have no contact with the surface and have dedicated themselves to stemming the tide of the Destroyers.

Yes, but return of Dwarves would make for a good storyline in my opinion.

QUAGGANS !!!…. but tengu would be awesome.

BlakThornArrow.2389:

Tengu. Hylek. shark like creatures. but no fairy’s or mermaids.

I agree with this point. If we’re gonna be able to play another race later on; let’s pull from existing races which are already effected by the events going on in Tyria. I personally also vote for Hyleks or the frog people? Quaggans… Quaggans seem to make the most sense to me since there are already a few villages with merchants, waypoints, etc nearby.

@ cinder

From the GW 2 Wiki
“the dwarves underwent the Rite of the Great Dwarf. In an event known as the Transformation of the Dwarves, their race was transformed into living stone, ending their status as a mortal race. Though the Transformation granted them the power to defeat the Great Destroyer, it also warped their personalities and sense of purpose. Driven to seek battle with the minions of Primordus, they dispersed into the Depths, where they remain to this day.”

" As of the present, no dwarf of flesh and blood remains."

So although they DO exist after 250 years of battle in the depths with no reproduction (think about it ) there are in all lielyhood very few left

How about an ooze race. In character creation you can pick any of the other races as a form, but have a gelatin type appearance. Jello people.

Cinder.4865:

Can that lore be found anywhere in the game? I’m not accusing you of being wrong, but the Guild Wars 2 wikipedia doesn’t state that they’ve been wiped out, only that they have no contact with the surface and have dedicated themselves to stemming the tide of the Destroyers.

If you go through the Priory my story line, you’ll get to find out some information about that. I won’t go into any detail in case some people read this and decide to try out the priory road on a new character.

They do go into the dwarves. Based on what you learn, it does seem rather unlikely; however… despite the unlikelihood…. who knows?

but rather than bring them back; maybe hteir ancestors living in the earth breed a new evolution of dwarves? xD or…

i liked the idea of possibly maybe a new type… that’s in another part of the map not revealed yet who are also out fighting the dragon in their part of the world. like in parts not accessible right now. the lands of Tyria are vast. There’s so much we’re not seeing. Who knows what’s transpired there in the last 250 years.

We, at the moment, have no idea of what took place with the Dwarves beyond that, though. True, no “mortal” Dwarves may still exist (so far as we know), but that doesn’t mean they don’t have ways to bolster their numbers now — they’re living rock, for what it’s worth. The possibility of Primordius being defeated and the Dwarves returning to flesh and blood is also still there.

Tengu certainly seem like “low hanging fruit” in the sense that the model is there and there’s a story hook available. Two issues for me though:

1) Female Tengu? Do they exist? I think every playable race will need to have male and female options. Same concern for Kodan.

2) The Tengu seem to have these feathery “wings” on their arms that stick out quite a bit. It’s not really compatible with most armour in the game.

you wouldent have been able to find a female Charr to save your life in GW1 but they exist.

The Tengu were originally slated to be a playable race to begin with, but they got dropped due to lack of time. As such, it’s almost certain that they will be the next playable race. (I already have plans for a Tengu thief.) I imagine they will make their debut with the Canthan expansion for GW2. Centaurs may be a playable race with the Elonian expansion, although given their unusual model, it may make it difficult for Centaur players to do jumping puzzles. I believe that playable races will likely only be bipedal.

Aside from that, I believe the Kodan are the next likely candidate to be a player race, although they kinda overlap with the Norn in their history and playstyle. I would love to see Skritt as a playable race, but the fact that they lose intelligence when not with others of their kind makes it unlikely they’ll be chosen. Hylek were designed from the start as a non-playable race so while it’s possible they may be chosen, it’s very unlikely. I’d actually love Krait to be a playable race, but lore makes it exceedingly unlikely. (Perhaps the Naga from Cantha though?)

Tengu, Kodan, Largos, and Quaggan are my top picks for new races. I honestly can’t wait until they announce new races already! I kind of want to make more characters, but I’m afraid of making doubles of races because of this!

It’d be amazing to see how the developers could design an underwater Capital city for the Quaggan or Largos, for sure!

The Largos are pretty original on ANet’s behalf, I want them next

Bah I don’t care if they are obsessed with fighting primordious and are living stone, I want dwarves kitten

Seriously, talk to any named tengu in-game and they all but spell it out for you. They’re very clearly building them up to be a playable race.

That said, I welcome surprises

we had these heros in GW1
Jora = Norn
Pyre = Charr
Vekk = Asura
which made their way into GW2
We also had:
Zhed =Centaur
Ogden = Dwarf
There was no race specific for Cantha, except the Sensali (tengu) Henchmen.
My guess is that one of these will make the return into GW2 sometime in the future.

Latorn.4209:

Why would they add a new race? >.>

I’d rather see actual content instead of a new character skin that doesn’t have a member in Destiny’s Edge :/

No one new can join, right?

My vote is for largos. Sayeh for Destiny’s Edge!

I would like to see seer and mursaat…
Now before you go on with lore blah blah blah
1)Lazarus the Dire never was fully killed never got himself back together but wasn’t killed
2)Seer never were wiped out
3) Were not sure exactly how these races reproduced so anythign is possible
4)Seers could start out in Ring of Fire and Mursaat in Maguuma Wastelands
5)I know most of you will disagree with me but still would like to play as a mursaat
6) Racial elite obviously (less powerful than in gw1) Spectral Agony.
Other options

Crystal Desert openign up-Forgotten
More Shiverpeaks-Koda
More Kryta-Tengu
Any of those centaurs
You cna even make an argument for grawl in other parts of Ascalon

Yea i want Seers back too . we knew of at least 5 in GW1 and there were bound to be others

Current Tengu is a given for me or Tyria’s version from GW1, the Avicara( gw1 & 2 have different models for tengu).

I could go for margonites, harpies, naga, or minions found in the desolation areas of the NF campaign. Largos, for me…um nah, their wings are too wierd for me I guess.

Edit wouldn’t mind seeing the wardens of the forest from the kurzick areas of responsiblity.

I think it’s insanely ridiculous that people actually suggest SKRITT.
Wouldn’t that just be a tad idiotic? Or are people already pretending to
be skritt perhaps? I can’t imagine seeing a Skritt with a huge greatsword (GS)
and heavy armor. Or a Skritt elementalist… Or anything..

Tengu, Quaggans, Dolyak is my choice:o

Centaur is my choice. A nomadic capital city, constantly on the move throughout the world’s regions.

Realistically, Tengu and Kodan for sure (their in-game presence hints at that). Largos to explore their gorgeous underwater areas more – a completely underwater capital city.

Make all these happen, A-Net! But first, my Centaur please )))