Guild Wars 2

Is it just me, or does the tengu seem to react to the Tower of Nightmares?

There is a platform from the tower leading to Ireko Tradecamp.

Ireko Tradecamp is being attacked by the krait, tengu fight back and they get killed.

And the tengu with actual names seem to have had their dialouge changed.

It’s known that Tengu was considered being a playable race with Guild Wars 2 release but they scrapped that idea.

Now we at least got updated about what’s going on behind the wall, and it seems that Destroyers are appearing behind there.

If not playable, we might at least get behind the wall soon.

I don’t think their dialogue has been changed. The Wiki page for Genzhou Talonrend has the same dialogue on it, and according to the history it hasn’t been edited since August.

Farzo.8410:

It’s known that Tengu was considered being a playable race with Guild Wars 2 release but they scrapped that idea.

Now we at least got updated about what’s going on behind the wall, and it seems that Destroyers are appearing behind there.

If not playable, we might at least get behind the wall soon.

I don’t think they were “scrapped” so much as pushed back. The race has way too many assets to not be an eventual addition to the game. They already have an established racial city, a more-or-less defined culture, and appearance variation options that go back to the first game. And that’s ignoring their popularity with the fans and long history in the world of Tyria and with the previous game.

I’ll grant that to make Tengu playable, the remaining parts are the difficult ones – armor skins, animations, racial city, racial skills, and personal story – but they are still relatively close to playable status.

Oh, and then there’s the heavy-handed hints that the Tengu are simply waiting to see if they can trust the other races. The only context for these quotes would be that Anet programmed them in after “scrapping” the race to imply future playability.

The problem with the tengu was that the beak made them unworkable with the talking heads cutscenes. having them talk without lips to move apparently was not a good thing.

digiowl.9620:

The problem with the tengu was that the beak made them unworkable with the talking heads cutscenes. having them talk without lips to move apparently was not a good thing.

Lips from the gem store will get around this problem.

digiowl.9620:

The problem with the tengu was that the beak made them unworkable with the talking heads cutscenes. having them talk without lips to move apparently was not a good thing.

Just more incentive to never sit through any sort of cutscene :p

I do wonder what the devs will do if they do plan on rolling out the Tengu as a playable race. The way they talk is really unjarring. I think maybe all their dialogue should be changed to “Squaaawk squaaawk” and have us all act like we know what they’re on about. I just don’t think there’ll be a way to make the beak look right.

sinzer.4018:

digiowl.9620:

The problem with the tengu was that the beak made them unworkable with the talking heads cutscenes. having them talk without lips to move apparently was not a good thing.

Just more incentive to never sit through any sort of cutscene :p

I do wonder what the devs will do if they do plan on rolling out the Tengu as a playable race. The way they talk is really unjarring. I think maybe all their dialogue should be changed to “Squaaawk squaaawk” and have us all act like we know what they’re on about. I just don’t think there’ll be a way to make the beak look right.

parrots have beaks and they talk irl.

Duke Blackrose.4981:

Farzo.8410:

It’s known that Tengu was considered being a playable race with Guild Wars 2 release but they scrapped that idea.

Now we at least got updated about what’s going on behind the wall, and it seems that Destroyers are appearing behind there.

If not playable, we might at least get behind the wall soon.

I don’t think they were “scrapped” so much as pushed back. The race has way too many assets to not be an eventual addition to the game. They already have an established racial city, a more-or-less defined culture, and appearance variation options that go back to the first game. And that’s ignoring their popularity with the fans and long history in the world of Tyria and with the previous game.

I’ll grant that to make Tengu playable, the remaining parts are the difficult ones – armor skins, animations, racial city, racial skills, and personal story – but they are still relatively close to playable status.

Oh, and then there’s the heavy-handed hints that the Tengu are simply waiting to see if they can trust the other races. The only context for these quotes would be that Anet programmed them in after “scrapping” the race to imply future playability.

Hmm…

“They’re waiting to see if they can trust the other races”.

Would destroying the tower earn their trust?
After all, the roots are spreading toward the wall.