Guild Wars 2

I just wanted to give a shout-out to the team/person who worked on the Asura animations.

They are just brilliant.

So much love and attention to detail was invested into these little creatures it’s amazing.

The way their head bobs to the side when they strafe, how their whole body reacts when they jerk to a halt, how they do a loopdy-loop whenever they dodge. It’s just very, very well done.

You really get the sense that Asura are tiny people filled with too much Energy.

I just wanted to let the developer know that his attention to detail hasn’t gone unappreciated.

I love Asura, and the animations are easily a big part of that. Their almost-tumble when they come to a sudden stop, their flailing limbs when they jump off of high spots – the animation people did a bang-up job at instilling personality without needing to rely on anything other than body language.

I love the somewhat-paranoid darting looks my Engineer does as his idle.

… and how their ears perk up when they’re in battle <3

hmm… after read this, i wanna make my first asura character…

Their laugh emote is priceless!

I seem to recall that one of the animators said that they had to use the classic 2D animation technique known as “squat and stretch.”

I really found them amazing myself and very well done. Funny to just watch or jump.
If I ever come back I will make one again had an 80 engineer (full exotic) 80 thief (full exotic) .
Fantastic creations without doubt. While running my human thief I kept asking why didnt I make an asuran? That is how good I found it.

I completely agree. Asura have the best animations in the game

Yup, I love being an Asura for the animations. Including flipping instead of just rolling when you dodge.

If there’s a downside though, it’s cosmetics.

I understand that weapon models need to be scaled down, but it seems they are scaled down a bit too much on Asura. Which means I personally wouldn’t want to bother getting weapon cosmetics – they’re gonna end up being a bit too small to see.

Same thing with armor cosmetics, but to a lesser degree. The only thing you really see clearly on an Asura is the chest piece and the helmet and the shoulders. Leg pieces are pretty hard to see, and the boots will almost always have claws sticking out of them.

I chose Asura when I made my character, and now when I look back I don’t know if my choice was brilliant or just blind luck. I am very pleased with my Asura! The animations and sounds make me laugh sometimes.

I love how weight and balance is a big part of the asura animations when jumping, fighting with weapons etc.

Never paid attention to this really. Looks like I’ll be rolling an Asura. Thanks OP!

I agree! I told my guildies this as well, the Asura animations are awesome! I love jumping with my Asura, lol. Good job!

i love my first Asura

I agree – the Asura animations are extremely well done. I also like their movement while idling and some of their battle comments just fit them perfectly. I love to see an Asura Warrior or Guardian hauling a greatsword or hammer around. Being attacked by an Undead Asura wielding one of those weapons is comical even though they can be deadly.