Hey dude,
I think that future races are quite possible. I am die hard fan of Guild Wars and having played the first game (and all expansions) for 6 years, this is what my opinion is:
Cantha:
For those who don’t know, Cantha is a big continent with an Asian theme. The Tengus are often seen there and I believe they will be a future race, when (and I really do believe ANet will) add the Cantha continent, we might be able to play as a Tengu (besides they look awesome).
Another thing that lead me to believe this is that you can see a huge wall in Lion’s Arch that also shows in the Sylvari starting zone. It is said that there are Tengus living there and Tengus are also guarding it, so I believe they could add them (I really hope they do)!
Along with that in the original Guild Wars, in Cantha we saw Ritualists. I don’t think they will go through the trouble of making remaking rits, since necros and engis are similar, but we never know. We also had Assassins, but that is a no, since Thieves exist.
Elona:
For those who don’t know Elona (African themed) is another continent located directly below Tyria, and you can see a little bit of it in the bottom right corner of the map.
I don’t know any realistic race that could be added here, but people have mentioned centaurs. I don’t see it, but it’s a maybe (I highly doubt it)!
As for professions, Arena Net can add both the paragon and the dervish.
The Paragon wears heavy armor and uses shouts, while wielding a spear and a shield. They throw their spear, and that could be interesting, as (in my opinion) we need another heavy armored profession.
The Dervish wears light armor (using a hood) and fights using a Scythe, while casting enchantments and praying. That would also be interesting to see in an Elonian expansion.
My personal favorite is the paragon and I REALLY hope they add him.
The problem is that the existing Guardian (also my favorite on par with mesmer) is a hybrid between Guild Wars’ monk, paragon, dervish and warrior. So both dervish and paragon are a long shot, but I would love to see them both (mostly paragon)!
As for expansions in general, there are still A LOT of areas on the map that haven’t been uncovered. Maybe they will reveal them just like they did with the Lost Shores event, one at a time and once a month, or they will release an expansion like “Eye of The North”. I think before they start adding more continents, they should first uncover the whole existing map.
Then the most logical thing is to add Elona (since it’s located directly under Tyria) and then Cantha. They could also possibly add a new continent.
Frankly, I think that the devs should concentrate on polishing the Game first and then add new contents. I would possibly like to see a major expansion this time next year as I am willing to pay for it :P
This was planned as a fourth expansion for the original Guild Wars (before they scrapped it and started work on Guild Wars 2). It is an Aztec continent and has 2 new professions – the Chronomancer (time-mage) and Summoner (a summoner haha).
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Utopia
Hope this was a good read!
