Guild Wars 2

What do you think is the most common race/class/gender?

human male warrior.

I also dont get why so many people like to play human, I mean you play one in real life for like 20 years or more why would you still wan to play it in a fantasy world.

Female human elementalist, honorable mentions, human female mesmer, human male thief.

Human because pretty much all the armors seem to be custom designed for them (and norn, but less people are inclined to play bodybuilder musclemaniacs or giant women).

For example my Flamekissed set looks like some hamfisted version of the male set on my female Asura elementalist, but on my female Human elementalist it’s a completely different, more elaborate and fitting set.

Apparently humans are the most commonly played race in any game that offers them as a choice, regardless of what the alternatives are or how your race affects your character. (For example in most DnD rulesets there are better choices for almost all classes, but even so the majority of people choose to play humans.)

As for class I’d guess warrior is the most popular, because again the basic ‘fighter’ type usually is and in GW2 they’re pretty simple to play which makes them more likely to appeal to people.

Male and female I’d guess would be roughly equal.

warbignime.4610:

human male warrior.

I also dont get why so many people like to play human, I mean you play one in real life for like 20 years or more why would you still wan to play it in a fantasy world.

Three reasons.

- Players more often than not prefer an avatar they can better relate to. With non-humans that is less easy to do for some

- GW1 was human only and many want to carry that story across in a similar way. The NPC races of Norn, Asura and Charr were also quite different in GW1, with Norn in particular being heavily watered down in GW2, potentially making them less desirable. Charr were also the enemy, which attaches a certain stigma.

- Humans are standardised models. That means clipping is less of a problem vs charr, JPs are less of a problem vs Norn and clothing aesthetics are more visible compared to asura

Plenty of players can get over both of those reasons, but they are predominatly why players choose humans. Sylvari are a bit of an anomaly – they fit in easier since they are new and are almost identical beyond some facial art and an glowing aura.

As for most common class, I would suspect Ranger gets that nod.

Human- something.
Why?
Most people prefer to follow the most “safe” or “known” trends instead of trying something new, because the feel shame and fear of not being “normal”. Or conversely, they hate anything that in their eyes is not “normal” (Thus justifying the fear and shame the other feel).

TLDR: Human are the most common because close-mindedness.

Mine is Asura Guardian Male because I’ve got 2 of ’em.

No one else’s matters.

~EW

warbignime.4610:

human male warrior.

I also dont get why so many people like to play human, I mean you play one in real life for like 20 years or more why would you still wan to play it in a fantasy world.

Because they are what we can relate to the most.

BrotherBelial.3094:

warbignime.4610:

human male warrior.

I also dont get why so many people like to play human, I mean you play one in real life for like 20 years or more why would you still wan to play it in a fantasy world.

Because they are what we can relate to the most.

Really? Why?
So you didn’t cry with Mufasa’s death?

I really don’t think “humanity” is something merely related to external appearance, even less in a fantasy world.

warbignime.4610:

human male warrior.

I also dont get why so many people like to play human, I mean you play one in real life for like 20 years or more why would you still wan to play it in a fantasy world.

I hope to play my real life human for way more than 20 years. I’m shooting for 100+. Out of my 10 chars I still have 4 human, 2 norn and one of each of the rest.

I can’t say what the most common is, but I can tell you mine:

Asura Female Necromancer.

Ardid.7203:

Human- something.
Why?
Most people prefer to follow the most “safe” or “known” trends instead of trying something new, because the feel shame and fear of not being “normal”. Or conversely, they hate anything that in their eyes is not “normal” (Thus justifying the fear and shame the other feel).

TLDR: Human are the most common because close-mindedness.

Or maybe plenty of other reasons, like being able to relate to the toon as others have already said. Or because larger toons can be hard to see around and awkward in jps or narrow spaces. Or.. other reasons. Assuming it’s just because of close-mindedness.. is a little close minded imho.

Maybe. But IMO “being able to relate (only to human looking toons)” is the same as I said, just sugarcoated. Why could someone not be able to relate to other imaginary beings that doesn’t look that similar to “beauty-ideals” humans?

Of course there are many “legit” reasons to choose humans over other models in a fantasy game. I have 2 humans because they fitted better some character designs I wanted to make.

But when there is an imbalance SO BIG in the race populations, I can’t help but think we, as a culture, are really lacking mental flexibility.

Ardid.7203:

Maybe. But IMO “being able to relate (only to human looking toons)” is the same as I said, just sugarcoated. Why could someone not be able to relate to other imaginary beings that doesn’t look that similar to “beauty-ideals” humans?

Of course there are many “legit” reasons to choose humans over other models in a fantasy game. I have 2 humans because they fitted better some character designs I wanted to make.

But when there is an imbalance SO BIG in the race populations, I can’t help but think we, as a culture, are really lacking mental flexibility.

I can’t help but notice your posts come off as really SJW-preachy.

If people want to play as humans, let them play as humans.
That way you can feel like more of a special snowflake when you play a non-human.

(Besides, the humans in GW are much more kitten than those of other lores)

Usually it’s the light armorer Human female running around…or the ‘meta female thief’.

I have both a female Asura and a female Human for most of the professions I play, mostly because I cannot choose between the two which I prefer to play at any given time. There’s only so many times one can hear ‘I can outrun a centaur’ before you want to strangle yourself with your headphones. And the two professions I enjoy playing the most, the Tempest and the Reaper, are both shouty professions now…and I tend to prefer the Asura voice over the Human one. There are days where I just want to see the pretty armors on the human though…