Guild Wars 2

I know there’s a lot of us that would like to see some of the lesser races (skritt, hylek, ect.) made playable. I also know that this is an awful lot of work, possibly enough that the cost isn’t justified.

What I would like to suggest is going just part of the way with it. To explain what I’m talking about, I’ll be using skritt as an example.

Looking at skritt NPCs, there’s really not very many examples of most classes. Some classes may not be represented at all. A warrior/thief mix, and a type of engineer seem to be the two most common examples, and fit with the lore.

So, instead of making skritt capable of being ALL classes, let’s give them three classes that are based on normal classes. We’ll call them the Collector (Thief), Gear Lobber (Engineer), and Bait (Ranger). We switch out a few traits and skills to give the class a slightly different feel from the standard ones (Lobber: No kits, replace flame and missile turrets with more gun and thumper turrets, and fill the hole left by kits with the “Play with Explosives” line of skills.) (Bait: Replace Traps with “Forage”, which allows you to get “food” off the ground. Sometimes, maybe it’s actual food! Replace Downed Skill #3 with something that makes the pet drag you away. Replace Longbow with Rifle and questionable marksmanship skills.) Get them set up to work with medium armor and outfits, and you’re done.

While it would still be a lot of work, the more limited versions of the classes would be a bit easier to balance with racial skills, and you’d avoid a LOT of work by limiting what armors you need to make work with the characters. You might even be able to get away with not having the actual armor show, and giving the player a choice from a few “racial outfits”, making it even easier to set them up for play. (I’m reluctant to suggest that, but it IS a very effective answer the the problems armor creates.)

Would they be as strong as the standard races using the standard classes? Well, no, they wouldn’t be. But if they’re fun, then does that really matter?

Why not just give us a Skritt Tonic and let us use Tonics in combat, like in GW1?

Kain Francois.4328:

Why not just give us a Skritt Tonic and let us use Tonics in combat, like in GW1?

Honestly, I’m really not sure WHY they don’t let us do that. I’m guessing there’s a reason for it, maybe even a good one. So, I’m trying to think around it.

Honestly I’d love to have skritt and largos as playable races. I think you have an interesting idea, but if the lesser races become playable I’d rather anet just go the whole way and allow them to be any class.

Although… playing a ‘bait’ skritt sounds hilarious. xD

Skritt! I’m hit!

I would love a Largos…..gee i would have to buy another character slot.