Guild Wars 2

After playing an Asura Warrior for a good while I’ve come to the conclusion that upon finishing full ascended I will most likely transfer all of it to either a Sylvari Warrior or a Human one (Possibly a Charr? GASP)
Reason is simple: I’m just not acknowledged as much
I work hard on getting my outfit right and nice looking, getting pretty weapons and all but all complements go towards the tall people around me.
Plus It’s hard to appreciate my look myself, unless I’m zoomed in close staring at it.
Asura just, lacks appeal in the grand scheme for me, R.I.P. tiny ball of pure death.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do man. If ya happiness depends on the notice of others then go for it.

Yeah, Asura are so small, you can’t see any detail on them unless you take the time and trouble to zoom in on them. It’s a big reason I hesitate to level my Asura further. It’s a shame, they can be so endearing! The taller the character, the more detail you can see on them. I max height on all the characters, except I made my Asura the shortest possible- I thought it would be cute. Instead, I’m pretty much a big dot. No idea if there could ever be a solution.

Excelsior.

I only play diminutive races and these, uh, let’s call it “concerns”, are pretty common and could be 1:1 from e.g. Final Fantasy 14 with their Lalafell.

First: People very often complain about ugly/stretched design on tall creatures. I’ve figured out, Asura are downward compatible, meaning ALL designs fit on them (size-wise; sometimes we lose our ears…) but most probably not on a Charr or look awkward on beanpole characters.

Second: Why does it take “time and trouble” to zoom in?!? I play this game mostly as 3rd person game and thus peaking over my Asura’s shoulder. If it’s very crowded or needed for jumping (or when pacing trough a herd of Dolyaks which take over my whole sight sometimes; the fate of an Asura^^) I zoom out a few mousewheel clicks. I also use the V button a lot (I call it the rear-mirror) to see what’s happening. Of course I am talking about not-so dangerous moments, but nobody would check details on clothes during an epic fight anyways.

I really heard this in all games before and it’s all the same. In FF14, some outfits look hideous on a tall Elf (Elezen) due to their long legs and torso while my Lalafell (short and pear-like stature) looked nice.

But if you enjoy the look of dressed-up cabbage or want to be a generic Bookah, fine, go ahead. \( ° . °)/

I notice what asura look like. I may not always compliment them on it, especially if they’re just wearing ascended armour (I think the full set together looks a bit of a mess, although the individual pieces are ok), but I often pay attention to how other people have designed their characters.

Here’s some of the asura from my screenshot gallery. I have more but they have character names in and I can’t be bothered to edit them all right now.

Danikat.8537:

I notice what asura look like. I may not always compliment them on it, especially if they’re just wearing ascended armour (I think the full set together looks a bit of a mess, although the individual pieces are ok), but I often pay attention to how other people have designed their characters.

I personally like to play asura couse of their lore and “lifestyle”. regardless if the looks are you are after here are some examples in 3 weights (heavy, med, light) that might inspire you. Also you can have a look at gw2style.com. many people “showoff” their characters there.

Now i understand all that talk of GW2 as a skin collecting sim…

I get whispers all the time of ‘omg your Asura is adorable’. I made mine all the tallest they could be, which is around the smallest for human and I have spent literally hours at the wardrobe trying to find the perfect combination. Maybe it’s the heavy armor? I never liked the heavy armors much in this game.

I find that Humans are all so bland, Norn are just bigger Humans and while there are a million combinations for a Sylvari, they tend to run the bland gambit as well. Charr can be cool, I’ve seen some seriously awesome looking Charr or a super adorable female one. Wish I could take staring at the slow feeling loping gait of the Charr but after playing Asura all the time, I can’t do it.

Wadda you mean not cute?!

Still have my first Asura I made.

Aesthetically a lot of their armor skins are wonky/oversized, shoulders especially.

Competitively… the more ‘unnoticeable’ I am the better? Mwuahahha. I mostly WvW so I often pick Asura because of their apparent hard to see animations, or so people claim.

If you use max height asuras they are noticeable enough. Unless a norn is standing in front of you.

Next to a human a max-height female asura can still be easily seen. max-height male asaras are even bigger.

And really this game doesn’t have high enough texture and model fidelity so asuras being less noticeable isn’t costing you much detail.

Not cute, but asura don’t necissarily need to be cute. They can still be intimidating, or cool, or spiteful.

(wow, in GW039 I just realized my asura is missing a few teeth)

both cut and note cute

I think we can say that this thread has officially become a “show off your asura” thread.

Crinn.7864:

I think we can say that this thread has officially become a “show off your asura” thread.

I fail to see the problem, here

They can definitely be terrifying though that’s for sure. They can be cute too though.

Did you ever consider that people just might not like your character design? :P
I personally recieve a lot of compliments when I’m on my main asura elementalist allthough it doesn’t stand out much (no bright colours or anything, fanciest thing she’s got is the broom and that’s just a recent addition).

P.S.: Oh and then there’s of course my ranger! People might hate rangers but they just can’t hate him Funny story: I already named him after a bat (because of his dark skin and big ears) before bat wings were even added to the game

If you think Asura armors don’t get you props and that sending it to a charr will rectify this, then I have a bridge for 1000g. :p

Almost everyone I run into makes Charr as tall as possible ( even if it means they look like they are moving in slow motion because of it ) and Asura as small as possible for PvP. You can make an Asura pretty “large” if you push the slider up and choose a bulkier build. I see details on my Asura just fine.

As said – max height asura with smallest head size and they are then large enough to be noticed while well proportioned by our human standards.

I’ve had a number of comments/whispers on cuteness and even with max fov and maximum zoom out of camera I can still see the key skins that define ny character’s look.

Adorable, Genius, and all around Safety Hazard.

its so hard to see a asura outfit cuz my skillbar is bigger than them and my UI is on small!!!

Look at my nerdy Asura! How can you say that’s not cute!

As someone with 21 (and counting) characters and 19 of those being Asura, I can confidently tell you with no bias whatsoever that Asura are the best.

Trust me on this. I have science to back this up.

Somewhere.

>_>

MrThompson.8347:

After playing an Asura Warrior for a good while I’ve come to the conclusion that upon finishing full ascended I will most likely transfer all of it to either a Sylvari Warrior or a Human one (Possibly a Charr? GASP)
Reason is simple: I’m just not acknowledged as much
I work hard on getting my outfit right and nice looking, getting pretty weapons and all but all complements go towards the tall people around me.
Plus It’s hard to appreciate my look myself, unless I’m zoomed in close staring at it.
Asura just, lacks appeal in the grand scheme for me, R.I.P. tiny ball of pure death.

I completely agree. I won’t be getting rid of my Asura characters but its a shame to spend a lot of time on their look and then I can’t even see the details without zooming. I’m working on Bifrost for my Asura Elly and then I noticed that Bifrost on another Asura was hardly even noticible! Mine is currently using the Zenith skin and that is more distinctive than Bifrost while sheathed.

And I really hate that minis are practically invisible on Asura. I don’t understand why Anet scaled pets and minis with the size of the “owner”. That doesn’t happen in RL, so I don’t understand the motivation.

Everyone showing their character design looks great, but with my camera zoomed out to regular playing distance, I can see the details of other characters costumes but not the details of Asura. Including my own unfortunately. Sorry but its just a fact.

Djinn.9245:

Everyone showing their character design looks great, but with my camera zoomed out to regular playing distance, I can see the details of other characters costumes but not the details of Asura. Including my own unfortunately. Sorry but its just a fact.

Yeah I see what you mean. I play my 5 asura about 90% of my game time, so I’m focused on them. However, once in a while I play my not-full-height charr character, and I ‘m with my friends who are still playing their asura characters, and it’s WOW they’re tiny!

Anyhow, since everyone else is showing theirs, here’s my contribution.

I thought this would be about how creepy it is that Asura females are basically Asura males with other voices, I’m dissapointed.

Nothing wrong with Asura height, and I can see mine just fine even zoomed out.

Danikat.8537:

I notice what asura look like. I may not always compliment them on it, especially if they’re just wearing ascended armour (I think the full set together looks a bit of a mess, although the individual pieces are ok), but I often pay attention to how other people have designed their characters.

Here’s some of the asura from my screenshot gallery. I have more but they have character names in and I can’t be bothered to edit them all right now.

Wow that Asura to the right (2nd pic) looks exactly how my mesmer looked a couple of years ago.

Some look like little girls. Is that wrong?

Asura toon, best toon