Guild Wars 2

Well, at least those who haven’t yet made one. Given the not so subtle dev suggestion that we better roll one to play the expansion, and with HoT being Sylvari-content heavy in general, are you going to?

I am, but not because of the dev, or because I don’t have one (have two). I think the night glow will look very cool for a Revenant.

Nope. I have one sylvari already, and that’s really the only one I have the urge to play. I have looks for two Revenants already worked out, both humans.

I am going to bring back my very first character from the Beta. I’ve missed her.

No. I don’t personally like them. I’d sooner make an Asura. I just don’t like the look or feel of them. If anything, I’ll be glad when the game moves away from them. They have to be the centre of everything since launch. It will be nice to see them take a back seat once we move on to the next dragon.

I have four sylvari, all 80’s, three of them with a lot of RP already invested and one fully caught up on LS. So I won’t roll one especially for HoT ….

… unless I go with a Sylvari Revenant. I have a tentative RP design for him/her, though I’m waiting for a little more info on the lore of how Revenants come to Tyria. It could be “there is no lore, they’ve been here all along /RETCON” and I’ll be cool with that, but I want the official line before I design something that turns out to be non-canon.

Since Anet didn’t see fit to give us a new race and I do wanna play the revenant as a Sylvari. How more controversiall can you get?

what was the dev suggestion?

Zackie.8923:

what was the dev suggestion?

More telling than Colin’s suggestion is this excerpt from the News Blog:

Scott and Bobby recommend a playthrough of the story as a sylvari to experience the full psychological horror of Mordremoth’s power. The Elder Dragon can implant thoughts in its creations—thoughts they may even believe to be their own—and only a combination of immense willpower and the protection of the Pale Tree can prevent Mordremoth from taking control. Sylvari receive calls to action in the form of the Wyld Hunt—or the Dark Hunt, for Nightmare Courtiers—and these compulsions act as an access point for Mordremoth’s influence.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/points-of-interest-episode-18-summary/

Good luck.

no 15 charssss——————

nope human’s are the only race i’ll play, everything else looks so stupid, especially charr and asura, dumbest looking races ive ever seen in a game

I leveled one of each race a long time ago, just in case something like what’s gonna happen to the HoT story was done by a.net. Sadly I deleted my sylvari necro some time go. Which means I had to level a new sylvari ranger to have it ready for HoT.

Now I don’t have enough ToK’s for my Revenant :S hope I can gather enough of them (which is more than likely) before HoT releases.

No, sylvari are too ugly.

my actual main is a sylvari, so a clear “yes” for me

Still deciding. I have other Sylvari chars that can do the storyline for the quote by Colin and since my Revenant won’t have any traits on day one even if she is level 80, it will be a while before she gets to the new area.

maybe we will be getting pvp action vs our sylvari mates in pve areas when they inadvertently get converted to modremoth side

Nope, can’t stand the run animation or voice acting.

I already did. Sylvari female warrior works nice with Braham’s spiked shoulder fur.

Just hope that Primordius expansion won’t do similar things with rats, because I’d miss out on some story forever.

I am, but it had nothing to the story. I happen to be missing a heavy class sylvari.

I’m making one only for the personal story achieves and to have a ranger. Nothing else. Don’t really like them much. I might make her a villain in RP and use for PVP/WVW only.

I will never play Sylvari because I don’t like Trahearne.

I had1 sylvari to 80 already (necro, long before HoT was announced) and I just started a second (ranger). So….kinda?

I need to finish the story on my necro, and I plan on paying a bit more attention to it on my ranger.

As long as the only difference is story, nope I don’t really care. Even though I have a couple of sylvari I love, I’m trying really hard to just main and focus on one character.

Charr only for me, thanks. I’d love to have sylvari players around that I can speak to and interact with, but I’m Iron Legion for life.

Well I do own a Sylvari Necromancer amidst my other 80s… I would like to encounter the trials and tribulations of a dark-empowered Sylvari battling off a darker tempting force in the back of its mind, attempting to use its Necromantic powers for good despite being manipulated. Sides, as if voices of the dead aren’t enough – you got one more to add to the crew!

Palador.2170:

Nope. I have one sylvari already, and that’s really the only one I have the urge to play.

Same sentiments. I made one, just to do the achieves for the story (and to have a thief, so I could have at least one of each profession and race). If I didn’t keep it around, I might have just to see what was so special about having a sylvari. They’re my least favorite race, at least since their redesign. Theres just something about them that I don’t like and can’t get used to.

I don’t understand the sylvari hate here o_O I mean lots of ppl are saying they don’t like them… i think their design is really creative and awesome.

Back on topic: i probably won’t make a new sylvari in HoT, i’ll play with my 2 existing sylvaris (a necro and a thief) and for a Revenant i am torn between human and charr. Every armor looks good on humans, but i love charr so much. Maybe i’ll make both and decide later which one to keep.

Same here … all the Sylvari hate. I’ve got a spot reserved but still unsure of the race I will be using … most likely a Sylvari.

I have decided that my new toon will be a male Sylvari because of the association with the Modrem (I find irony amusing) that has been disclosed but also because of an often forgotten part of the Sylvari story where a character by the name Malyck is sought out by the Nightmare Court as some kind of harbinger. He was not born of The Pale Tree nor did he have a “dream” or “nightmare”. As a Sylvari he would have to be born of a tree, however it’s inconclusive who or where that tree is. My gut feeling tells me that The Pale Tree knows more but hasn’t disclosed it for reasons unkown. The last thing we know of Malyck is this:

… Malyck determines to head west, into Magus Falls, to find his people and tell them of the Grove, and to return with an army with which to fight the Elder Dragons.

I really enjoyed the personal story but all the Pact dribble was and is painful and Traherne was a huge part of that. I know I shouldn’t assume more Sylvari story would be much of the same but that whole run was really teenage and sparkly and I’m going to need a better experience before I try anything Sylvari again, hopefully the expansion brings that, I do like some of their hair styles. I don’t really care though, I’ll most likely keep playing my human thief as always.

I have a sylvari on all my accounts. It’s just the best race. I don’t forsee making another sylvari but then again I will have an extra character slot since I already bought a slot for a Revenant so I could reserve the name.

Yes, this will be my first Sylvari and it will be a Revenant. I have mostly human, with one Norn and one Asura. I have a Charr but rarely play it. So I thought what the heck, I’ll make a Sylvari for HoT. This decision was made before any Anet encouragement, but now I am glad I made the decision as it looks like the story is going to be interesting to play as a Sylvari.

Now I need them to add another new profession and a reason to play Charr

I’m gonna shred a level 21 salad Guardian I have been ignoring and refill the slot with a Sylvari Revenant since they get a racially thematic Legend to channel. I’m also making a Charr revenant, as I just don’t have enough Charr.

I expect the Charr to hit 80 first though.

My current main’s a sylvari, and I have two others in the wings. I probly won’t roll another, I have enough as it is xD

I’ll read up on any story changes though. Should be interesting.

Sometimes I feel like it’s wrong for so many of my characters to be sylvari. Then I make a non-sylvari character and end up rerolling it as a sylvari anyway.

I’d be making a charr revenant. Not cause of Rytlock but because I already have a Sylvari heavy and an asura heavy and a human heavy and a norn heavy. So charr heavy is really the only heavy I don’t have.

shinreigari.7318:

I don’t understand the sylvari hate here o_O I mean lots of ppl are saying they don’t like them… i think their design is really creative and awesome.

For some people, sylvari hit the uncanny valley. For others, they’re just sick of them after the story has pushed them into the spotlight for so long.

For me, it’s mostly the uncanny valley. My one sylvari has his head exposed, but the rest of him is covered in armor. His face is fairly human, so it’s not that bad for me.

yes i think i will make sylvari revenant.

off-topic, typically:
but something bothers me. other races have thinner variety of skin colors – they could be more contrastic. because sylvari are so special in skin color (not being racist, thats just how it is), its disturbing.
other races should have possibility for more variety of colors, not just different shades of single color.

Pockethole.5031:

yes i think i will make sylvari revenant.

off-topic, typically:
but something bothers me. other races have thinner variety of skin colors – they could be more contrastic. because sylvari are so special in skin color (not being racist, thats just how it is), its disturbing.
other races should have possibility for more variety of colors, not just different shades of single color.

What other skin colors for the humans and Asura, for example, are you suggesting? Normal human skin color is a shades of white to black, same for Norns. Asura seem to be grays and browns/black. Surely you aren’t suggesting Sylvari like skin colors for the other races?

I, uh…I just have an afixation with Sylvari. They are SUPER colorful, and their ignorance can be cute. Still hate Trahearne, though.

I had a spot open for a heavy Sylvari (and now I look for a one-name name GAH). How’s this – She’s dark black, has oak-y hair, and glows PURPLE. Oh, and armor will be yellow-glowy if I can help it.

Eh, I might roll one if the game mechanics played a stronger role in the connection between Sylvari and Mordremoth.

Like, having the Sylvari’s appearance actually change based on the actions I take in the storyline. (Like getting that Vampire/Dark Evil look in Fable). Or, have my sylvari randomly say things like he’s nuts/crazy/being possessed.

Otherwise, I don’t think I’ll be rolling a Sylvari – probably never. But that’s just me.

BrotherBelial.3094:

No. I don’t personally like them. I’d sooner make an Asura. I just don’t like the look or feel of them. If anything, I’ll be glad when the game moves away from them. They have to be the centre of everything since launch. It will be nice to see them take a back seat once we move on to the next dragon.

Since when were Sylvari in the spotlight? The last time anyone gave a serious look at the Sylvari, Modremoths weeds were popping up all over Tyria. For whatever foreshadowing that existed in-game before Modremoth awakened, it was ignored by all but the most intrigued.

Leonhardt.8164:

nope human’s are the only race i’ll play, everything else looks so stupid, especially charr and asura, dumbest looking races ive ever seen in a game

Humans and by far are the dumbest looking race in video game history. Complete with their useless upright legs ‘n posture. Pompous aren’t they?

Definitely rolling a Sylvari Revenant.

On release I plan to be making 5 more toons. One revenant of each race. So yes, definitely.

Sylvari were good in the first part of the PS, but they got worse in the later parts of the PS, and the more they have them in the LS the more I feel like deleting the Sylvari I have left.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Zackie.8923:

what was the dev suggestion?

More telling than Colin’s suggestion is this excerpt from the News Blog:

Scott and Bobby recommend a playthrough of the story as a sylvari to experience the full psychological horror of Mordremoth’s power. The Elder Dragon can implant thoughts in its creations—thoughts they may even believe to be their own—and only a combination of immense willpower and the protection of the Pale Tree can prevent Mordremoth from taking control. Sylvari receive calls to action in the form of the Wyld Hunt—or the Dark Hunt, for Nightmare Courtiers—and these compulsions act as an access point for Mordremoth’s influence.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/points-of-interest-episode-18-summary/

Good luck.

Oh nooooooo there goes another $10 for character slots. I NEED TO EXPERIENCE THIS.

My Revenant will definitely be a Sylvari. I have 12 level 80 characters in total at the moment, of which 2 are Sylvari, 3 Norn, 3 Charr, 3 Humans en 1 Asura (I really don’t like Asura and only created mine for the Personal Story). Humans are too generic and there are waaaaaay too many in the game for my taste. The only reason I have 3 is for the purpose of certain looks I wanted, and unless I desperately want to wear cultural medium armor I will not be creating another Human character again. Charr, Norn and Sylvari are my favourite races and since I have only 2 of the last, HoT would be the perfect time to create a third Sylvari. In fact, I have already made her, just to “reserve” the name I’ve come up with, and I’ll be recreating her when HoT is released. Back in the day when I used to have a main character it was a Sylvari Ranger. I’ve also used to “main” a Sylvari Necromancer, and since I’m not in the habit of deleting characters I still have and play them (well, not the Ranger; I rerolled her into a Norn Ranger but that’s the only exception and it was 2 years ago). So yes, Sylvari Revenant all the way.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Pockethole.5031:

yes i think i will make sylvari revenant.

off-topic, typically:
but something bothers me. other races have thinner variety of skin colors – they could be more contrastic. because sylvari are so special in skin color (not being racist, thats just how it is), its disturbing.
other races should have possibility for more variety of colors, not just different shades of single color.

What other skin colors for the humans and Asura, for example, are you suggesting? Normal human skin color is a shades of white to black, same for Norns. Asura seem to be grays and browns/black. Surely you aren’t suggesting Sylvari like skin colors for the other races?

Kind of yes. Stronger colours. I will start from asura since its easier.

*Asura
neo colored skins. akin to electro dyes but have more color. green, blue, purple
also asuras should have choice for earrings.

*Charr
continue with savagish wild theme. dark blue, gray blue, dark green, gray green, red, more variables of brown!
and male charrs should have bigger paws, like one female model has.

*Humans
they are so fancypants dolly, i can think of only… pink, yellow, orange. warm skin colour.

*Norn
gray, gray blue, gray purple, white, turqoise (same color as tattoo), red (as if touched by auroras)
also should have choices for scars around body.

My Ele is a Sylvari and it’s my main so yeah, I will be. I may switch back to my Ranger(Norn) who was my original main, if they fix pets…

Yeah, I’ll be on a sylvari.

I already have one character for every profession in the game: 2 charrs, 2 asura, 2 sylvari, 1 norn lady and 1 human guy (soo boring). The model I dislike most are male norn (boring like a human, just bigger…), so next time its the turn for the lady human. I have already deesigned her. Just need a name…

Yes a silvary engineer is in the planning for me in the near future :-)