Guild Wars 2

It is slightly annoying that every time I stand still my character is looking off to the right and not forward. Did anyone else notice that?

Wow I hadnt noticed that I’ll check later I guess although its not really a big deal XD.

Are you sure that you hadn’t clicked on another object/player. As far as I know your characters head will actually rotate to look at whatever you have selected.

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Wow I hadnt noticed that I’ll check later I guess although its not really a big deal XD.

Are you sure that you hadn’t clicked on another object/player. As far as I know your characters head will actually rotate to look at whatever you have selected.

I’m 100% sure that I didn’t have any NPC’s selected…I’ll post the entire picture so you can see for yourself.

Here is another picture from a different location with a different character.

Bonus points for suggestive Sylvari.

I find it better than other races. A person standing there, static, looking directly forward is quite a bore. I prefer a little asymmetry when it comes to this sort of thing. I know I’m hardly the only person who would be more annoyed that my other characters stand there like a zombie shrug

i looked at my friend’s sylvari, and it didn’t really look off to the side like all yours are
her head absentmindedly turned and looked around every once in a while, but it wasn’t stuck like you all seem to think it is

Mine are a little bit titled to the side… but they stand in a semi contrapposto stance. So it would look unnatural to have them looking perfectly forward… Your’s looks like he is looking off to the side a good bit more than mine… was he in the middle of the idle animation?

This is a little frustrating because several of the people responding have no idea what I’m talking about and think that the picture was taken during an animation and also look at their friends character and see a forward looking face because hes standing crooked/at an angle.

The pictures I took were NOT during an animation, he ALWAYS looks off to the side…and so do all the other sylvari males when they stand straight.

The only way to look forward is if you are standing at an angle…and I mean your entire body shoulders and all must be at an angle because if they are straight you will be looking off to the side. If you look at a male sylvari and he is looking forward at least look down at his feet and see if they are beside each other and not one behind the other.

I find their stance so annoying Im rerolling a human so at least I stand properly. If you stand at a complete angle or keep your head locked looking to the right of you in real life…then maybe you will enjoy the sylvari. But no other race in the game stands at an angle or looks off in a weird direction. They ALL looks forward except sylvari.

Why are you standing still so much that it annoys you…
That’s a better question
And also, my example was a sylvari female, so maybe that’s why I didn’t notice it

In both of your pictures you have NPCs “targeted” for conversation. Perhaps that’s why your head is slightly to the side? I’ve never noticed it on my Sylvari, but then again, I wasn’t looking for it.

I think the issue is that you’re assuming that the Sylvari are angling their body towards what they’re facing, when they aren’t. Try running forward and stopping without changing your camera view. Sylvari angle their bodies away from what they’re facing, and their heads towards it. Humans angle both their heads and their bodies towards what they’re facing.

Golgathoth is correct. Sylvari (males at least, idk about females) angle their bodies but keep their heads forward when they are facing forwards. You can check this on the character select screen if you have multiple toons, rotate a non-sylvari character (it rotates all of your characters) and then click on the Sylvari and you’ll see that he’s looking forward but has his body facing diagonally.