Here is the thing. I don’t know why Arenanet designers did this, but…
I’m tired of charr warrior. He is cute, but I’m pretty tired of spineless animal. So I’ve created a norn warrior. He is nice, but:
1. His fighting stance.
Look at the first twoo screen-shots. Why he doesn’t hold his shield and sword in left hand in defensive way? He lowers his left hand, why? So that make him some kind of barbarian or what?
Now look at the third screen-shot and how holds weapons female norn. Look at her stance. Her left hand with shield is in defensive stance. Why, why male norn doesn’t hold weapon in left hand like female?
But it’s not the worst thing.
2. The worst thing is the animation of running male norn with 1h. weapons.
Look at the screen-shots 5-8. What is this? I’m sorry, but what is this? It’s a 2013 year now, and what we have? You know how it looks like? Remember the game Neverwinter Nights? I’ve played a warrior with a shield and one handed sword, and his running animations with 1h. weapons was just like male’s running animation with 1h. weapons in Guild Wars 2. But Neverwinter Nights was released on 2001 year, and GW2 on 2012!!! So tell me, why such game like Guild Wars 2 has the same running animation with males, holding 1h. weapons, like from the game, which is 11 years older?
And now look at the female norn. Look at the last two screen-shots. She is waving her left hand, but her left hand is bent, and her right hand… she lowered her right hand!
I ask my self why, why Arenanet designers didn’t make the same running animation with 1h. weapons for males? Or something like that? Why? Why they did it like they did?
Could you please explain me this? Cause I don’t know what to think. If you didn’t have time for this, will you fix this on the future, or we will have what we have right now?
You may say that my disappointment is subjective. Of course it is, in a way. But I’ll tell you one thing. The aesthetics is the one of the main parts of the game. Male’s running animation with 1 h. weapons looks like… like this game was created 10 years ago. It’s not beautiful.
I asked my guild mate who are playing a male norn warrior from the release. He doesn’t satisfy with running animation with 1 h. weapons as well. He sad that he is disappointed with this part of the game. He sad: “I don’t get it, why Arenanet made it so… ugly.”
As you can see, I’m not the one, who’s disappointed.
I want to know, will you make running animation with male who’s holding 1h. weapons like female holds it, or not?
And one more thing. Norn not the only one, who have such terrible running animation with 1h. weapons, human has as well, and maybe silvary male has it too.
So let’s talk about this.
Seize the day.
