Guild Wars 2

Just a random forum question :>! Personally, I hope Tengu and Kodan are. I also think that dwarves might be (if not, then at least be in the game) one day. Maaayybeee skritt, but I don’t know about that so much lol. And don’t get me wrong, I love quaggan, but they don’t seem like hero machines to me xP! So, how about you?

Quaggan, Tengu, Kodan. But mostly Quaggan, because they are too Coo! to not be a playable race.

I would love to see the Skritt more than just about anything. That would be so awesome.

I’d like to see Krait, Tengu, Quaggan, or Skritt as a playable race in a future expansion.

Kodan, Hylek, Tengu

If they could work Dwarves back into the setting, I’d like that – especially if they then gave them a hand to hand combat class. (one of my favorite things in GWEN was the drunken brawl mini game)

Kodan, Tengu are the only two I can see being a expanded race. Maybe Centaur, because Ventari.

Quaggan for sure. C:

Jack of Tears.9458:

If they could work Dwarves back into the setting, I’d like that – especially if they then gave them a hand to hand combat class. (one of my favorite things in GWEN was the drunken brawl mini game)

i think all dwarves turned to stone… so are kind of out saddly i’d love to see them…

back on topic THE SKRITT! however i am fairly sure they wont make it do to, whole hive mind thing going on. They are REALLY dumb when seperated from the nest and super smart when in said nest.

Largos, yes please.

No more playable races please.

Focus on developing what we have now, but providing greater customization options and more armor variety.

I would definitely re-roll a Skritt, lol

I would like to see playable Centaurs. Mostly because I think it’s about dang time a game includes non-humanoid playable races. If any game could break that barrier, I think it’d be GW2. It is an MMO revolution, after all.

Kodan. I would love that.

New races will probably be added, I just hope its a good one.

Not to be a dream crusher here.. Skritt are out (they get stupider in lesser numbers) Quaggan while cute just don’t carry a heroic feel or any real relatablity. Centaurs would look awkward trying to jump around the map and fit oddly into the same hit boxes all the playable races currently reside in (which are all identical). Dwarves are now extinct in Tyria (the Slaver faction had been killed and snuffed out near the end of EoTN in Gw1 and the remainder of the Deldrimor Dwarves were all turned to stone to fight the destroyers around the same time.)

I can really only see the Tengu, Kodan, and perhaps that odd fish/butterfly race making it onto the scene at this time.. Tho knowing A-net they probably have a lot of surprises left up their sleeves for us.

Tengu when we get the Cantha expansion.

That’s about it. They’re the only race advanced enough in diplomacy, technology, and general craftsmanship to be above the lesser races. They had villages in GW1 and were a high honor culture. They were also pretty much the only race deemed a capable threat to the Dragon Empire. Elona is pretty much all humans, and the only other race, Dwarves, are out of the picture (supposedly).

We’ll see what Anet has up their sleeves though. In a single light-content expansion they managed to invent 3 races and turn an Ascalon-only fodder enemy into a full race.

I’m quite sure that Kodan will be added as a new race with the first expansion pack. I mean, it is obvious.

Swish.2463:

Centaurs would look awkward trying to jump around the map and fit oddly into the same hit boxes all the playable races currently reside in (which are all identical).

Well, fine then. If I can’t have four legs, I want no legs. Krait is is!

Skritt I’m hit! A race of thieves sounds perfect.

Quaggan and Tengu.

Would love to see the Largos definitely. Even the Tengu.

Tengu look like formidable guys on a field. They know how to fight, and have some sort of communication and language.

What I definitely do not see as a playable race are the Quaggan. Sorry, I honestly think those fellas are a few apples short of an apple pie. All they do is sit around in their underwater dens and say “oooo”. I don’t think they can run, let alone run fast, out on the field.

Tengu and Kodan.. i’m not really a fan of Quaggans, they seem like they’re missing a few marbles..

Pandas.

No I’m joking. I’m actually happy with the races we have now. There’s enough.

I don’t want to poo on anyone’s ideas, but I highly doubt that the Quaggarns or Skritt will ever become a playable race. The Skritt are just too dull when singled out and the Quaggarns are a docile race that takes a while to get angry.

Tengu are a certain, the Kodan I can kinda see making an appearance and I would like to see Hylek, although I doubt Hylek as they are seen as a ‘lesser’ race and I struggle to imagine them building a large city in a swamp.

Altair.7560:

Tengu look like formidable guys on a field. They know how to fight, and have some sort of communication and language.

What I definitely do not see as a playable race are the Quaggan. Sorry, I honestly think those fellas are a few apples short of an apple pie. All they do is sit around in their underwater dens and say “oooo”. I don’t think they can run, let alone run fast, out on the field.

I guess you haven’t seen a Quaggan transform yet. They have anger issues.

Personally I’ve wanted Tengu since GW factions and was disappointed they weren’t playable on release…. definitely rolling a Tengu thief as soon as possible.

iniside.4736:

No more playable races please.

Focus on developing what we have now, but providing greater customization options and more armor variety.

Actually, development doesnt work like that. You cant just focus your staff at one thing because they dont/cant all know how to do that one thing.

Tengu
Tengu
Tengu

They make the most sense out of all the races that have been introduced. The fact that they have a home city already that’s not yet accessible to players screams to me that they’re planning something with them in an expansion. You could also get pretty fancy with the different feather patterns and colors so you could have a good variety of characters. I’ve already noticed that not all Tengu in game look the same which is a good start.

Skritt, Quaggan, etc. are way too minor to be a playable race imo. Kodan seem capable but they don’t have much variety in looks, and who wants to look exactly the same as everyone else when they create their character?

Jack of Tears.9458:

If they could work Dwarves back into the setting, I’d like that – especially if they then gave them a hand to hand combat class. (one of my favorite things in GWEN was the drunken brawl mini game)

Dwarven would be a nice addition indeed.I wouldnt like to see any “creatures” though,no quaggans,tengus etc..i dont think it would really fit.

Largos, please! Especially if their models get a makeover and become more like the amazing concept piece. I would main a largos so fast.

Tengu is probably the next race to get added, them or the kodans. besides those obvious 2 would be the canthans from cantha but thats it from what i can tell besides the tengu cantha was pretty much all canthans and since the empire swallowed the luxons and kurzics they are out of the picture as well

Hylek
Tengu
Largos

After those three I think I would like to see some new creations.

Although the Dwarves, Mursaat and Seer are interesting to think of as playable races….they’re supposed to be more or less extinct so they don’t seem likely.

Tengu and Largos intrigue me the most. I just hope the latter would have a fair few rugged options for those of us who enjoy playing attractive characters that are a little rough around the edges.

Tengu or Naga. I’d love some sort of underwater race as well. Something from the deepest depths of the sea where it’s truly dark, wicked and strange.

Tyqer.6413:

Kodan, Tengu are the only two I can see being a expanded race. Maybe Centaur, because Ventari.

I doubt they’d add Centuar because of Ventari because thats what the Sylvari are. They were born from the tree he planted/guarded so they are the embodiment of him.

As for what I’d like to see. I’m going with the all around favored, Tengu. I’d also like to see the Kodan if they find a way to make them more custom to players. Personally I don’t see the Quaggan as a race, they seem more like a “summon” type of race to me, meaning how you could summon certain creatures in GW1 with a summoning stone, Quaggan seem more like they’d be used for something like that (even though GW2 doesn’t have stones).

As much as I hate to say it, I could also see a “friendly” undead races for Palawa Joko. I’m thinking this because at the end of GW1 he’s still alive and kicking and according to the lore of the world, he gained control of all of Elona, so unless we find out that one of the dragons killed him and took control of Elona, he’s still alive (I use alive loosely here lol) and kicking. They would be a race reluctant to help the other races, but would still help them nonetheless like a “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” sort of deal.

I’ve analyzed the heck out of this question in other posts, so I’ll summarize – Tengu are really the only viable option right now, and seem pretty much ready to go as far as their places in the story and on the map are concerned. Kodan and Largos come in very distant seconds, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them added, but it would clearly be a much more significant undertaking.

hyleck,the frogs and erm… krait?

Mursaat. Yes, their invasion force was exterminated but what’s to say that there aren’t more of them out there?

Skritt and Quaggan!

Woooooo!

Kodan once the devs give them eyeballs… but they strike me as too much of a conformist society to send out heroes.

Largos, sure, especially since we haven’t seen their home area – they could have a starting area etc built around it for new characters.

A lot of the other races are too dumb for the default text dialogue to work (and I doubt they want to go rewrite all of that)

Ogres seem intellegent enough, but are worse then norn and charr in terms of being too big.

Ancient Undead from elona would be workable, if odd.

Hylek are also workable, but there isn’t really room for a starting area for them, given their scattered nature.

Krait wear the “evil” hat as firmly as the Nightmare Court, so forget them…

As for tengu, it wouldn’t be that hard – given their kingdom is right in the middle of everything, they could even use other race’s starting areas with the justification of exploring the outside world.

So tengu, largos, and ancient undead, sure, but kodan, krait, hylek, ogres, and everyone else, probably not.

I feel like tengu are a given and just a matter of time. Largos seem set up to become a player race, too. How they’ll do it remains up in the air, but I’m hoping they get new player races out of the way sooner rather than later. I don’t see kodan being anything but this game’s furbolgs; i.e. they’ll never be a player race.

The thing with largos is that we have one pretty heavily involved in the personal story, and other NPCs around the world talking about trying to recruit them. While kodan have some of this as well, their lack of customization and already heavy presence in the world is a few points against them.

The way largos and tengu play off one another is pretty neat, or could be if they decided to frame that angle for an expansion. New and old, dark and bright, man and beast, sea and sky, Kurzick and Luxon… Despite their differences, both are honorable peoples and expandable enough to work as a player race.

On a side note, this thread is old. Wowee!

Now that I think more about this, I would like to see something that isn’t already in the game. Something new that most MMOs don’t ever use.

Kindred.

I think Kindred would be an awesome addition. Just picture their leveling areas and towns. It would be almost Kurzick-like (for those that remember in GW1). Plus the gothic styles for Cultural Armors and it would give GW2 that dark side that it doesn’t have. It would be something different and add new flavor in my opinion.

quaggin and skritt will never be playable unless in a mini game or event.

They are made (imo) to only be NPC’s. Trying to flesh out an entire story and so on would be more annoying and probably not as enjoyable …imo

im probably the only person who wanna play the Krait >_<

Skritt!……I’d definitely play a Skritt.

Skritt and Quaggan

Ayane Hajinmon.9165:

im probably the only person who wanna play the Krait >_<

I love the krait because they remind me a whole lot of barracudas, and I wanted to play as one when I first picked up the game. Sadly, I don’t think we’ll ever get to play as them. Naga are a weak maybe, but then you have to wonder about animations and itemization. How do you animate a skill like Death Blossom for a snake, or put them in pants and shoes? I remember people suggesting tail caps for naga back on WoW, but the charr can’t even get coat slits – I doubt krait would be able to get interesting tail caps.

If I can’t be a Skritt, I wanna be Jormag.

would be interesting to be able to play other factions of existing races as well. for example maybe Silent or nightmare court Silvari. and in the personal story it mentions that there are other Mother Tree’s out there with other types of Silvari as well.

Im sure we will be finding all the older cities in GW1 as well and they will end up being starter cities for variant human races as well…

and for those who say dwarves are all turned to stone, its broadly hinted in several heart quest around that there is a good possibility that not all the dwarves are dead and gone.

Mutiny.4180:

Ayane Hajinmon.9165:

im probably the only person who wanna play the Krait >_<

I love the krait because they remind me a whole lot of barracudas, and I wanted to play as one when I first picked up the game. Sadly, I don’t think we’ll ever get to play as them. Naga are a weak maybe, but then you have to wonder about animations and itemization. How do you animate a skill like Death Blossom for a snake, or put them in pants and shoes? I remember people suggesting tail caps for naga back on WoW, but the charr can’t even get coat slits – I doubt krait would be able to get interesting tail caps.

hmm…good point…now i got funny image of Krait and Quaggon doing Death Blossom lol