Guild Wars 2

Please, please, please, pretty please?
Master Assassins… PLEASE.

Put up as many barriers as you wish. Challenges, heck, even gems, gold, money, upgrades. Preferably keep the in-game ‘earning’ of the right to play/unlock, not just cash. A certain achievement level. Whatever. Just bring them in.

Couldn’t be more awesome. The masters and mistresses of all Roguedom.
Slap on a condition that they only work underwater. Or maybe get advantages underwater.

Have them a challenge to level, both story/lore and mechanics-wise, and fun to play.
Give us a Largos city, dungeon,..

Pretty, pretty please?
Make it a massive questline to unlock it if you don’t want a rush of conversions, which will happen, methinks.

Thank you kindly.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Largos_Hunter_concept_art.jpg

Wait for the expansion where we fight Bubbles.

…? Bubbles? Is that an NPC, or a plushie?

I have said this to my friends for 2 years now. I want them as a playable race as well. It would rock.

And, Bubbles is the name people have given to the Water dragon we do not know the name for.

It’d be awesome if they make Bubbles into a plushie!

Unless some lore comes out that will make them more sociable, I don’t see it happening. Right now they are extremely insular and will treat ANYONE as a viable target for their hunts.

Kreejaffa.3682:

I have said this to my friends for 2 years now. I want them as a playable race as well. It would rock.

And, Bubbles is the name people have given to the Water dragon we do not know the name for.

+1

Kentaine.4692:

It’d be awesome if they make Bubbles into a plushie!

<3
Complete with cute eyes and big teeth…

Ralanost.8913:

Unless some lore comes out that will make them more sociable, I don’t see it happening. Right now they are extremely insular and will treat ANYONE as a viable target for their hunts.

Lore comes out of people. It is up to us to make some, then. Fanfiction writers, ahoy!

Apart from their deadliness and beauty, their very insularity is what makes them appealing. What is their world like?

Asumir.1978:

Ralanost.8913:

Unless some lore comes out that will make them more sociable, I don’t see it happening. Right now they are extremely insular and will treat ANYONE as a viable target for their hunts.

Lore comes out of people. It is up to us to make some, then. Fanfiction writers, ahoy!

Apart from their deadliness and beauty, their very insularity is what makes them appealing. What is their world like?

You got that wrong. Lore comes from Arenanet. Largos are their intellectual property. Until they write more story about the Largos, we will never know for certain.

Ralanost.8913:

Asumir.1978:

Ralanost.8913:

Unless some lore comes out that will make them more sociable, I don’t see it happening. Right now they are extremely insular and will treat ANYONE as a viable target for their hunts.

Lore comes out of people. It is up to us to make some, then. Fanfiction writers, ahoy!

Apart from their deadliness and beauty, their very insularity is what makes them appealing. What is their world like?

You got that wrong. Lore comes from Arenanet. Largos are their intellectual property. Until they write more story about the Largos, we will never know for certain.

Won’t hurt to inspire them <3

Asumir.1978:

Ralanost.8913:

Asumir.1978:

Ralanost.8913:

Unless some lore comes out that will make them more sociable, I don’t see it happening. Right now they are extremely insular and will treat ANYONE as a viable target for their hunts.

Lore comes out of people. It is up to us to make some, then. Fanfiction writers, ahoy!

Apart from their deadliness and beauty, their very insularity is what makes them appealing. What is their world like?

You got that wrong. Lore comes from Arenanet. Largos are their intellectual property. Until they write more story about the Largos, we will never know for certain.

Won’t hurt to inspire them <3

Of course not. Write away and make up whatever you want. None of it will be canon. But hey, if it inspires Anet to flesh out the Largos some more than it certainly can’t hurt.

Won’t happen.

Largos without the mystique of their rarity would be nothing. Their secrets are what makes them interesting. Plus clipping issues.

Also, bear in mind that they would play with the exact same mechanics as every other species. Anet is not capable of making each race or profession different or unique in any way ( other than how much clipping there is).

Supposing it actually is done, I assume they will have to be playable in all classes?
They are master stealthers, master warriors, master hunters, but how about spellcasting? Can’t imagine Largos fitting in as mesmers or elementalists or engineers. Guardians.. hah.

Whatever they do will be done with a stealth/rogue combat element in it. Or they could be unlocked after one unlocks, say, an Assassin specialisation in Thief, but even then, only after like a bazillion lore and skill requirements are met.
They could be made playable by having the original character travel to the Largos area ‘their’ character is in, and request their assistance, whereby they reload as the Largos?

This could be restricted to certain parts of the map for a certain duration of the week?

GuzziHero.2467:

Won’t happen.

Largos without the mystique of their rarity would be nothing. Their secrets are what makes them interesting. Plus clipping issues.

Also, bear in mind that they would play with the exact same mechanics as every other species. Anet is not capable of making each race or profession different or unique in any way ( other than how much clipping there is).

Clipping?

If the mechanics were the same, then their being activated would be rather dull.

If they are going to be playable without ‘diluting’ their uniqueness and, as you say, rarity, then perhaps they can be made playable in a rather large instance.

The smidgeons we’ve been receiving are too little.
We have to balance that with not receiving too much, but the Largos are certainly a whole new realm of exploration.

Asumir.1978:

Supposing it actually is done, I assume they will have to be playable in all classes?
They are master stealthers, master warriors, master hunters, but how about spellcasting? Can’t imagine Largos fitting in as mesmers or elementalists or engineers. Guardians.. hah.

Whatever they do will be done with a stealth/rogue combat element in it. Or they could be unlocked after one unlocks, say, an Assassin specialisation in Thief, but even then, only after like a bazillion lore and skill requirements are met.
They could be made playable by having the original character travel to the Largos area ‘their’ character is in, and request their assistance, whereby they reload as the Largos?

This could be restricted to certain parts of the map for a certain duration of the week?

Yet Asura can be warriors and guardians. Charr can be mesmers. No class is barred to any race, nor should it.

Ralanost.8913:

Yet Asura can be warriors and guardians. Charr can be mesmers. No class is barred to any race, nor should it.

Hmm. You are right.
The question is, how Largos-like would each class’ gameplay feel like?
I suppose the first thing is to define what a Largos mindset/culture is, and have them apply the available skills with their own native ‘flavour’ to them.

It’s unlikely we’ll see new playable races any time soon:

1. The announced expansion doesn’t include them.
2. It’s much more costly than adding a new profession (for GW2): new personal stories, update to the order stories, make sure all gear has a new set of designs & animations, create cultural gear, etc.

I, too, would like to see more races. I just don’t think it’s likely.

What they’ve done with the Skritt and Hylek, could happen at a deeper level with the Largos… and Kodan.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It’s unlikely we’ll see new playable races any time soon:

1. The announced expansion doesn’t include them.
2. It’s much more costly than adding a new profession (for GW2): new personal stories, update to the order stories, make sure all gear has a new set of designs & animations, create cultural gear, etc.

I, too, would like to see more races. I just don’t think it’s likely.

Then they can make it into an expansion/addition pack, that will be sold to cover the costs and bring in a profit. Again, unlockable after a certain set of quests/achievements, for example.

To be honest, the next likely playable race(IF There are any) Will be the tengu. They have as much lore as all the current races that are playable, they are fully animated! heck they used to be playable way back in the very early days of this games creation(Rumors no idea if this is true or not). They have a city zone thats big enough to also incorporate their starting zone(if they need one, and they can go off to celadon forest if not).

I highly doubt we will see the largos ever playable though. From what we have seen so far, they are solitary hunters, and assassins. While they are very very cool looking, i dont think they will be as neat as people think once you start trying to put different armor on them. It would clip with their wings, back items would clip horribly too. People complain about charr clipping enough already. They just dont have all that much lore to go with them. They are almost like a minor race, like the skritt, Hylek, Grawl, Ogres, and Quaggon, races that ANET has confirmed wont be playable(would find the link if i could)

Not having mentioned the Tengu does not mean I have not noticed. What I would not give to see beyond that wall. That, and visit Elona, too.

I did not know that they were playable, but the size of the Land Beyond the Wall is quite large. However, it is empty. I have seen it with these two eyes, as I posted in my Tyria Travelogue in these forums. Some glitch slipped me in between the upper surface of rock and the lower ‘sea’ that the entirety of Caledon Forest stands upon.

Happened also on the airship in Arah, where I slipped between the layers of the ship’s wall, and had to re-enter the dungeon to WP back.

Yes, the Land Beyond the Wall is currently blank.
Lots of water. No land yet.

Clipping…This means clash of pixels, am I correct? Then have race-specific armour only for them?

Asumir.1978:

Clipping…This means clash of pixels, am I correct? Then have race-specific armour only for them?

You are correct about the clash of pixels, as to that second part see below

Absolutely not. in a game that is practically all about aesthetics as the end game this would kill any want to play them by the vast majority of players. I mean look at the Charr, they are played by just about 14% of the community, lower than any other race(Except for the Asura(and they have a fair amount of clipping issues as well), and a fair bit of players have said that if they didnt have the clipping issues they would roll a Charr!

The few hardcore “i will have one of everything” Players would play them, and anybody who wants them as a player race will play them. Of course, quite a few people will roll one they day of release, but just like with the asura and the charr, many many more will delete them shortly after because of all the issues they bring with appearances!

Dante.1763:

… the Charr, they are played by just about 14% of the community, lower than any other race(Except for the Asura(and they have a fair amount of clipping issues as well), and a fair bit of players have said that if they didnt have the clipping issues they would roll a Charr!

!!!!!!!
What? But I see so many of them. Well, enough of them.

Dante.1763:

The few hardcore “i will have one of everything” Players would play them, and anybody who wants them as a player race will play them. Of course, quite a few people will roll one they day of release, but just like with the asura and the charr, many many more will delete them shortly after because of all the issues they bring with appearances!

I am one of those. Didn’t know I classified as ‘hardcore’. Thought it normal, even the decent thing to do out of courtesy to the game designers, though the Charr terrified me at first sight.

I must have flinched, literally, and cringed when I first opened the Guild Wars 2 page, going through the races:

‘Wh- what is-THAT?
squints a Minotaur? Like the Taure*? That’s so ol- wait. It is not a minotaur…

Eyes grow large as the realisation of what I am looking at sinks in

..Why on earth is something that big, with all the natural sharp weapons, power, speed and agility of the Cat Nation given arms and armour besides?!! And intellect! Social Order! Engineering! Enlightenment! Ooooh…Martial law…Group mentality…Discipline…Order…Wow.’
..and then I met Tybalt, and all barriers went to hell.

I have a Charr character in mind. I played my human’s story out, played my Sylvari’s. Have my Asura ready, and will play my Norn’s and Charr’s. I have their names ready and set. I want to relish their stories.

My fascination with the Largos is no less. It’s not just the looks and the skills. They’re kitten and have the potential of a great story behind them.

All that being said, I’m for these amazing beings to be out there as a playable race.
Go, Largos!

GuzziHero.2467:

Won’t happen.

Largos without the mystique of their rarity would be nothing. Their secrets are what makes them interesting.

How about awarding the unlocking of playable Largos/Kodan to the world tournament champion team members?

Or just add a Watchknight type tonic of them. No need to add the actual race. :P

I’d rather have it playable for one full day. Fine, a full two hours or a whole quest. Once a month, as a quest.

Be a Largos Assassin/Hunter for a day, after doing umpteen prequests/prevents that last, say, a week.

Repeatable once a month. Cannot PvP. Or can? <3
No, a questline, or a fractal, to prevent abuse.

PLEASE, Anet.

For the love of the stars in you leave in our eyes, please.

I think a lot of people have asked to see Largos made into a playable race. The same with Tengu and Kodan.

I’ve said before, and agree with others, that I’d like to see those new playable races worked into the game around the time we go after the dragon that affected them. Jormag for the Kodan. “Bubbles” for the Largos. Not precisely certain on the Tengo though. They could be slotted in anywhere I suppose.

I’d also like to see the stories focus more on the specific race affected as well. Right now we have Mordy and the Sylvari (ha, called that one), but I’d like to delve into more about the Asura when we go after Primordus, more about the Norn for Jormag (this is already set up to an extent with the fang), the Charr and Kralkatoric (maybe even drive us into Elona as part of the story line).

Boy the places I could go if I could sink my fingers into their story….

Maybe I will take up fanfiction again….

No. No athathins with butterfly wings. Maybe a pair of Largos wings from the gem store. Or as a 1% drop by killing them in game.
#BanSeaDrow2015

I never will understand the appeal of the Largos. They look like a deviantart Original Species™. “Blues wings and masks! I look so unique”!

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

I think a lot of people have asked to see Largos made into a playable race. The same with Tengu and Kodan.

I’ve said before, and agree with others, that I’d like to see those new playable races worked into the game around the time we go after the dragon that affected them. Jormag for the Kodan. “Bubbles” for the Largos. Not precisely certain on the Tengo though. They could be slotted in anywhere I suppose.

I’d also like to see the stories focus more on the specific race affected as well. Right now we have Mordy and the Sylvari (ha, called that one), but I’d like to delve into more about the Asura when we go after Primordus, more about the Norn for Jormag (this is already set up to an extent with the fang), the Charr and Kralkatoric (maybe even drive us into Elona as part of the story line).

Boy the places I could go if I could sink my fingers into their story….

Maybe I will take up fanfiction again….

I agree with you on all counts, thank you for the ideas and inspiration.
If you do take up fanfiction, link it to us, please.

Will be glad to read.

Rauderi.8706:

No. No athathins with butterfly wings. Maybe a pair of Largos wings from the gem store. Or as a 1% drop by killing them in game.
#BanSeaDrow2015

It’s not the butterfly wings. It’s the stealth and sheer power they have.
Add to it the appeal of a whole new society to experience.

anAngryHamster.2391:

I never will understand the appeal of the Largos. They look like a deviantart Original Species™. “Blues wings and masks! I look so unique”!

That had never occurred to me.
Their appeal, as I said, is that of the penultimate stalker-hunter, stealth assassin/operative.
If I have to relate them to any extant races in fantasy lore, it would be the Drow, inspired by the Svartálfar of Norsemen.

If the Butterfly Dark Elves appear as a playable class before the Tengu I would be pretty kittened

First we get a mini moose, and now you want Boris and Natasha?

I am against any further playable races as we already have 400% more choice than we got in Guild Wars 1.

However, I certainly wouldn’t say no to a Largos and/or Tengu tonic for RP purposes!

Asumir.1978:

Slap on a condition that they only work underwater. Or maybe get advantages underwater.

….Do you even know what game you’re playing that you would suggest such a thing? I don’t think you do.

anAngryHamster.2391:

I never will understand the appeal of the Largos. They look like a deviantart Original Species™. “Blues wings and masks! I look so unique”!

Add on the whole “Race of master assassins! So edgy!!!” for the finishing touch…

Loving you people.
Maybe we should have the players of Tyria as a playable race.

Considering they’re practically removing underwater content from the game, I don’t think Largos playables are going to happen.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Considering they’re practically removing underwater content from the game,…

^ Falsehood.

Lord Kuru.3685:

…I don’t think Largos playables are going to happen.

^ Opinion.

Azhure.1857:

Lord Kuru.3685:

Considering they’re practically removing underwater content from the game,…

^ Falsehood.

Not quite. None of the new black lion weapon sets have under water parts. They removed the only PVP map with water and theyve also said that HOT wont have anything to do with any underwater combat. It does seem to be that way.

This whole thread is an opinion thread, they are already planning on adding them or they arent. We very few people saying the same things arent going to change their minds.

Dante.1763:

Not quite. None of the new black lion weapon sets have under water parts. They removed the only PVP map with water and theyve also said that HOT wont have anything to do with any underwater combat. It does seem to be that way.

Just because you don’t have a sparkly new aquatic weapon skin or that ArenaNet has decided not to add deep water in the upcoming Maguuma maps does not mean that they are “removing underwater content from the game”. Saying so is just a sad attempt at rumor-mongering and nothing more.

So to put it simply:

Not adding new underwater content =/= Removing underwater combat from the game.

Thank you and have a nice day.

The largos thing is a hidden ace in anets pocket. They will show it when they realy need. Maybe in a future expansion. Maybe thoy will come out with them when with tengus. Fire and water…

I doubt largos would be a playable race, its much more likely to be tengu if anything.
Also adding them as an underwater only, reward for pvp, or any other limited type of addon would make alot of people mad. It just does not work with this type of game.

Also the clipping issues already mentioned would be horrendous and there’s no way around it, especially since the cost of making race specific armor seems too high for anet to justify.

In addition to this, race specific skills will never be totally unique or varied. They are all made intentionally underpowered and have almost no actual use to prevent 1 specific race being more efficient, and therefore more desirable than others. This means largos, if they were added would end up playing almost exactly like the other races we have now.

Not trying to be mean, just realistic. If you only care about appearing as a largos for a short while, you could request a Largos tonic, or more largos in s3 living story.

Tengu or Scritt would be more logical, not to mention the clipping and how would they even really work outside of water type environments? They’re just such an edge lord race and they’re better off as an NPC. The whole allure of them is the fact they’re elusive and solitary, so how will that work when you see a bunch of them running around fighting spiders and rats?

Nobody likes underwater stuff, the portion of the population who likes underwater stuff is prolly less than the population of Female Charr Dual pistol Thieves. It just seems like so much work for so little pay off.

But can see it now, Butterfly dark elves all dyed black with those gaudy black wings and giant over sized twilight sword running around.

Sunshine.4680:

But can see it now, Butterfly dark elves all dyed black with those gaudy black wings and giant over sized twilight sword running around.

Wow, I hadn’t thought of that. Quadruple wings… that would be pretty funny. The flappy dragon wings would probably look worse because of all the clipping, though.

I met them!
Largos combat makes even Caithe’s look clumsy.
This is Master Urrahn the Hunter

I think I understand. All I wanted was to see more of them.
More quests involving Largos, please!