Guild Wars 2

I know humans, all humans, have been rolled into one homogeneous race. But I’d personally like a distinctive Elonian race, complete with their own personal stories, voice actors, zones, and city. I’m sure this is just a case of wishful thinking, but I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Anyone else?

I’d say the same thing about Canthans, but I’m quite certain that’s not going to happen.

Zero.

Maybe if all Elonians are now undead, thanks to Palawa Joko! But the playable ones are the ‘good’ ones who fight against Palawa, even after being risen through his power.

But the chances of that, I’d say are 0.

Elonians aren’t a separate species from humans, so….not likely.

You can still select Elonian as your heritage when Logan asks you about it in the story missions, IIRC. Since they’re already represented in this manner, it seems pretty unlikely.

I think what you’re actually asking for is an Elona expansion. In which case i’m sure a lot of people are all thinking the same.

We’d only get Elonian faces and skin types when there’s a Elona expansion, it’s what they did with GW1. Every campaign had a different set of faces, hair & skin tone.

I already roll my eyes at big, muscly humans being listed as a separate race.

Racial option for expansions (and makeover kits for old characters), maybe.

How are Elonans a “seperate race”? In GW1 they were just people of African and Mediterranean decent as per their culture themes.

If anything, they would just put new sets of faces, skins and hair styles in the CC menu to sell the gemstore items.

I would pitch a fit and never shut up if Elonians or Canthans were presented to us a new “playable race.” That would just be uncreative on Anet’s part, not to mention lazy.

TempestRime.1254:

You can still select Elonian as your heritage when Logan asks you about it in the story missions, IIRC. Since they’re already represented in this manner, it seems pretty unlikely.

I’ve repressed the memory of that fact, as it flies directly in the face of what it is I’m hoping for.

Danielapsama.1672:

I think what you’re actually asking for is an Elona expansion. In which case i’m sure a lot of people are all thinking the same.

Kind of. There’s no doubt we’ll get an Elonian expansion. They’ve already placed a gate to the Crystal Desert, which I’m assuming will be opened up with an Elonian expansion. Whenever we figth Kralk, I (and I doubt I’m alone) assume we’ll do it on Elonian soil.

What I’m hoping is that it isn’t just a “new zones, new dungeons, and increased level cap” expansion. I know it won’t be a stand alone campaign, as it was in the first game; but I’m hoping we’ll still get a new race, complete with personal story, and a city and explorable zones running from level 1 to 50(ish).

Kaizer.7135:

We’d only get Elonian faces and skin types when there’s a Elona expansion, it’s what they did with GW1. Every campaign had a different set of faces, hair & skin tone.

It’s not so much the fact, skin tones, or hair styles that I’m hoping for (though more options is never a bad thing). It’s the voice acting. I’ve already got a level 80 human. All others I’ve made, because of the shared voice acting, home city, and biographies, feels to much like reskinned versions of my level 80 human (choice of class notwithstanding).

I’d love…I’d plop down money for…an optional voice actor for different human ancestries. But because voice acting is costly, and because what they already have in place works just fine, this isn’t going to happen.

Substance E.4852:

How are Elonans a “seperate race”? In GW1 they were just people of African and Mediterranean decent as per their culture themes.

How are they not a different race?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_%28human_classification%29

schizandra.4587:

I would pitch a fit and never shut up if Elonians or Canthans were presented to us a new “playable race.” That would just be uncreative on Anet’s part, not to mention lazy.

Uncreative? Maybe. Lazy? I don’t see how developing entirely new storylines, cities, and zones could be considered lazy.

Lazy because they wouldn’t need to change the human models at all. At most they would need to add more Elonian-looking face models. It is currently completely possible to make an Elonian looking character with the current human options.

Lazy because all the viable candidates for future player races (namely the Tengu, Largos and possibly Kodan) would require a lot more work, updated models, modified armors, added options for customization, etc. They would all need their lore to be fleshed out more, to match the volume of backstory of the current playable races. All of this on TOP of new storylines, cities and zones like you mentioned. Despite all this work, these races are the 3 most highly demanded to become playable. There is only one reason ANet would choose Elonians or Canthans or any other human “race” over a REAL new race, and that would be because they would take the least work to release. Lazy.

darkace.8925:

How are they not a different race?

In this game, I believe “race” should actually read “species.”

darkace.8925:

Kind of. There’s no doubt we’ll get an Elonian expansion. They’ve already placed a gate to the Crystal Desert, which I’m assuming will be opened up with an Elonian expansion. Whenever we figth Kralk, I (and I doubt I’m alone) assume we’ll do it on Elonian soil.

There very much is doubt actually . Just because there is a gate to the Crystal Desert doesn’t mean there will be an Elonian expansion in fact the Crystal Desert is in Tyria proper not Elona. Also we know for a fact that Kralkatorrik is in the Crystal Desert and not Elona

I don’t want to say what everyone is saying in this thread that Elonians wont be there own race but it is true. As far as them getting into the game or Elona being a zone we can get to in the game, i predict it will happen. How it will happen we can only speculate but I would a assume that someone will say “Hey, lets form a party and get to Elona through Ebonhawk.” It’s possible since the text of the guards at the gate suggest that it (the gate) can be opened with proper permission. Kalkatorrik may be one reason for this to happen, but i don’t think Tyrians would just simply decide that Kalka (way in the Crystal Desert) is a immediate threat as opposed to the dragons that are still in Tyria, (Idk how many dragons if any are bested in the game i haven’t got to level 80 yet).

While talking about other continents i think it maybe possible that we could hear from another continent (other than Cantha or Elona) because i don’t remember reading that Tyria (planet) only had 3 continents.

So Elonians as a separate “Race” no, maybe if they come into the game we could get the option if creating a new human to have a starting city in Elona (same for other races) or maybe we will get just new professions and more zones. I cant recall wheter there were other “Races” lived in Elona (apart from humans). I am however, interested in how AN will introduce this to us, or even if there is any Elona left (it is possible Kalka went to Elona and decided that Elona would not be a fortunate as Tyria (continent) was/is.

Elonians are essentially human.. so nope, no chance….