Guild Wars 2

First, I apologize if this is the wrong thread, I couldn’t seem to find one befitting… so here:

Alright, I don’t know if this is the right place to post this but it was just a thought that I had. We’ve all (ish) kind of battered around a few ideas about what adding a race to Tyria would be and such. I was thinking; what about adding a sentient cyborg style race? Perhaps built by something/someone and breaks out of it’s “intended design”. I imagine it’d be implemented through a story of some kind obviously.

The only reason I mention this is because I was thinking that some people are into Cyberpunk scenario’s and other’s enjoy a more fantasy style setting. Not that it’s a perfect fit, but then you could have people who’d like to be a “Warlock” and cast spells and what not. A mystic play style so to speak. Then there are people who’d want maybe to be a “War Machine” (even just aesthetically) and be a warrior class on a cyborg race… I know it wouldn’t always make sense because it’d be strange having a robot cast “Life Steal” style spells or summoning bone minions (necro), but the eternal alchemy isn’t exactly “science” it’s kind of ’’mystical’’ so maybe there could be some weaving it together better in that aspect… anyway.

I don’t know, just something that came to me, was wondering your thoughts and feedback. Was a fleeting idea so I apologize if it comes across kind of abstract.

It would be problematic having it in game/
The Charr are steampunk and cyberpunk kind of clashes with that, and the Asura’s Golems are meant to be very technologically advanced s- Cyborgs would make Golems redundant.

I am a big lover of Cyberpunk… played TSR’s Cyberpunk since Friday Night Firefight in 1988, still play CP2020. High fantasy stuff is usually way out of my realm of interest since I love near/darrk future stuff so much. Mixing it into GW2? No.

There is already a LOT of Cyber/steam/clockpunk and futuretech in GW2, even to the point of feeling a bit forced. Armoured knights in armour with swords even look a little anachronistic sometimes. If you want to RP a Cyborg, fit one of the cyber style eyepatches, make your character’s skin pale and type in chat Dalek-style.

I think it would be quite interesting to see the Queen’s Watchwork Soldiers as playable after Scarlet’s story has passed and she is done hijacking them. Armor designs could be replacement parts ala Cyborg Justice from Sega Genesis days. Instead of wearing clothing, an armor skin is a different aesthetically designed mechanical component. I think I’ll fantasize about this for a while and play it out and design the different component appearances in my mind as it would likely never, ever happen in GW2. Actually, I think I’ll draw the designs as a little project.