Lately I have been seeing so many threads about Tengu and the desire to have them as a playable race
Yes, their are current topics, but it is not a sudden whim by the community, Tengu have been a much desired race since GW1 days when GW2 was first announced. The community’s opinion on races is not relay hot news. Usually the second most wanted race is Quaggan then Skritt.
Largos are very low down on my own list of desirable races. If we were not to get Tengu I would much rather see Skritt or Grawl.
Anyway, a new race is best saved for an expansion, as the Jungle dragon is next and the related race is already in game, we can skip that. As the Tengu are currently fighting Primordius minions, we would more likely see that race when an expansion for that dragon is released and as it is such an important one it will likely be the last. If they released an expansion focused on Bubbles, then the Largos/Quaggan would be a good playable race to include with it.
Still, Arena Net might never include new races, no doubt it would take monumental effort to create all the new models, textures and animate the race. Not to mention the sheer volume of content required to create personal stories and retrofit them into the living world.
I don’t think we will ever get Skritt, Quaggan or Grawl as playable races because they are considered “Lesser Races” in the game. They are not as advanced as the major races. I think the best races to be added to the game are Tengu, Largos and Kodan.
Tengu have a capital city, they have deep lore and storyline so they are much better canditates for playable races, but I don’t think they will become playable just yet, maybe when we get to Primordus. Tengu also have the perfect excuse to go to Cantha, they have good ties with Cantha in their story so either when they introduce Primordus or Cantha is my bet for Tengu as playable.
Largos would make an excellent expansion addition when we go to fight Bubbles, I mean they could more easily lead the other races to fight Bubbles, because they are better suited for underwater combat and probably have more knowledge of Bubbles. Although the devs are moving away of underwater combat FOR NOW, I doubt we will face Bubbles on land, but the majority of his content will be underwater, when thatcomes, so Largos could be introduced then.
Kodan might become a playable race when we go further north to fight Jormag. They could easily join the Pact to reclaim their lost homeland back North and provide excellent lore/story against Jormag in their personal storylines.
There are a few “unique” choices they could add to the game too.
1) The Mursaat are “phased out” and living in their cities in some parallel reality/universe of their own creation, but the awakeking of Mordremoth and Scarlet’s messing around with the leylines might force them to come into our physical world once again. They would make a very interesting racial choice and they are a race that is actually unique enough and hasn’t been done before. Only spellcasters can be Mursaat though, which is a real problem because so far there aren’t any racial restrictions to professions
2) Palawa Joko’s horde. I know this might sound crazy, but imagine the situation in the Crystal Desert at the moment. There were 3 major factions fighting there, Kralk’s branded, Zhaitan’s Risen and Palawa’s undead horde. With Zhaitan dead, Palawa could possibly try to take command of the Risen. Playing an undead might offer some interesting gameplay mechanics AND the other players (Pact) could ally with Palawa once again in order to defeat Kralk, so that way Palawa’s minions could spread to the rest of Tyria. The Crystal Desert could even become something like WvW in a PVE setting, where the 3 factions fight for control, conquering forts/objectives etc the possibilities are endless
So, Tengu, Largos, Kodan are my 3 best bets for new races, just not now, when their respective “Dragon” comes.
Mursaat and Palawa’s Horde can make some interesting racial choices, with unique mechanics and ideas.
Skritt, Quaggans and Grawl are “lesser races”, so I doubt we will ever see them as playable.
