Guild Wars 2

Here’s the deal. I play mostly, if not exclusively female characters. And IMO, Jennifer Hales voice is not up to standard. Every time I hear it, I just imagine Shepherd doing a really, really terrible british accent. It doesn’t even remind me of Bastila, who I actually enjoyed. It just annoys me.
So that’s fine, just play a male character. But then I run into the fact that I’m Irish, and all the sylvari names are Irish. Some of them are okay, but then I run into a really stupid one like “Bread”.
However, despite both of these, I really want to like the sylvari. I loved their concept, I love their aesthetic, I love their homeworld.
So, in the spirit of trying, I’m going to make the least annoying sylvari I can, and I need recommendations on class. I’m willing to try pretty much anything but not ele or Engineer. So, any suggestions?

They can make amazing necromancers if you’re up for that.

Love the sylvari necros.
I suggest either ranger or necro though. They both seem to work well with Sylvari.

I really love the female sylvari voice, personally. JH suits my guardian to a T!

I have 4 Sylvari females and I think they sound adorable.
I really like the Sylvari dialogue compared to that of the humans.
I second Sylvari Necro’s and Rangers- there is just something about those classes that work amazingly well with Sylvari
Then again so does Ele and Mesmer

well that’s your fault for not being able to see that person in any other role. I personally love the female sylvari voice. I have a sylvari ranger and a sylvari ele both female because I dont like the male sylvari voice.

The voice doesn’t bother me on either. Although why they don’t use English voice actors to do English accents confuses me! When I play as my sylvari main I’m just thinking “handsome plant fella” or when I play as my sylvari alts I’m just thinking “pretty plant lady”

As per the names… should the Sylvari actually know what they mean? Maybe the Sylvari just think the word sounds cool? Or perhaps they mean something different in Tyria… After all, the language they speak is probably a mix of other races’ Tyrian languages.

As for the accent…. well… they are plants who are imitating accents. It certainly should not be a perfect accent. Think of their accent as a natural imperfection.

I’d suggest Mesmer for class… but then again I am rather biased and they are not super easy to level up.

Edit: I would suggest Mesmer partly because it fits Sylvari mystique

The female sylvari’s voice reminds you of fem-shep? o.O Honestly I didn’t even know it was Hale at first, the sylvari voice and femshep are worlds apart imo. Part of the reason I like her as a voice actress so much, she has a really wide array of ability.

Personally I really urge you to try and get over your fem-shep comparisons because the female sylvari has the best delivery of lines of all player characters I’ve seen. If you’ve played a female human or norn then the sylvari’s voice acting should be a breath of fresh air.

At any rate as far as class recommendations, if you want to play to the sylvari’s chivalrous themes a guardian or warrior with the “green knight” starting story is probably the most fitting story for any character archetype I’ve seen. Really though sylvari works well with just about anything, engineer might be a bit odd but you’ve ruled that out anyways.

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The female sylvari’s voice reminds you of fem-shep? o.O Honestly I didn’t even know it was Hale at first, the sylvari voice and femshep are worlds apart imo. Part of the reason I like her as a voice actress so much, she has a really wide array of ability.

Personally I really urge you to try and get over your fem-shep comparisons because the female sylvari has the best delivery of lines of all player characters I’ve seen. If you’ve played a female human or norn then the sylvari’s voice acting should be a breath of fresh air.

At any rate as far as class recommendations, if you want to play to the sylvari’s chivalrous themes a guardian or warrior with the “green knight” starting story is probably the most fitting story for any character archetype I’ve seen. Really though sylvari works well with just about anything, engineer might be a bit odd but you’ve ruled that out anyways.

The human isn’t bad and the VA really nails it at points. Though i’ve still yet to hear the norn sound vaguely interested in whats going on around her.

Jennifer Hale is the classiest necromancer.