Guild Wars 2

Alright, just wanted to give my two cents on if a new race is given to us with HoT which race I would like for it to be. Not a lot of people probably remember, but there is a very secretive race in the GW2 universe. The Largos (I will put a link somewhere in here).

The largos are an enigmatic aquatic race from the depths of the Unending Ocean and the arctic oceans to the far north. They are silent, determined, and calculating killers. Few have ever seen them and lived to report it. (copied and pasted directly from http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Largos )

Don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is an awesome looking race and I like the concept.

I don’t claim to be a lore expert, but I’m unaware of any connection between Largos and the direction HoT is going.

1) As Sagramor said, there is no link between the Largos and HoT.

2) Anet has already confirmed there won’t be a race with this expanson. Here is their stance on adding races:

Shacknews: You’ve added a new profession, however you did hold off on adding a new race. What led to this decision?

Johanson: For this one, we looked at what we would get out of adding a new race and what benefit it actually brings to the players from a gameplay standpoint. It’s very limited in Guild Wars 2. A new race adds a racial skill or two and a little bit of story, but it doesn’t give that much meaningful gameplay in the grand scheme of things. The race is more context for the early story that you experience. So we wanted to focus things that would provide a lot more gameplay and address parts of Guild Wars 2 that we felt like we really wanted to be able to make a better experience and grow. So right now, we didn’t feel that a new race was a key need for the game, whereas the other things that we’re adding really provide fundamental building blocks for the future.

3) See this thread on the viability of the Largos as a future race: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/lore/Viability-of-largos-as-a-playable-race/first#post4882310

If anything, they’ll become a key race role in whatever expansion related to Bubbles. But don’t expect any relation to the non-water jungle with Mordremoth, as there is none.

they have already repeatedly stated that there will be no new races added with HoT

Didn’t the Devs also say there would be no underwater play in these new maps? Largos would be a bit out of their element there, no?

I would think that a desert area expansion would be the most unlikely time to add a deep ocean race.

Those poor Largos would be fighting over every puddle of water we pass by.

Desperate Largos, with no water within miles, to mordrem: “Spit on me. I double dog dare you”

They already confirmed no new race this time around I think you’re a bit way way late.
I also have a bad feeling about the jungle, Anet having done away with water for the remainder of the planet, I fear the only water we’ll swin in, inside the jungle will be knee deep. The only water we saw so far in the videos is waterfalls and creeks ankle high. How lame would it be for a jungle to need no water. We all saw what happened with the lake on the map before Silverwastes and after, they decided it was less work to turn it into a pond, where even birds don’t want to land on.

yeah, I figured as much, but I just wanted to get the idea out there.

Butch.4957:

yeah, I figured as much, but I just wanted to get the idea out there.

I think the community would love to see more of the largos but we will most likely have to wait until bubbles comes around. The little we know about them says they’ve been pushed out of their homes because of bubbles. When the bubbles xpac comes then ask for them

The first new race that they should (and probably will) add is definitely the Tengu. Since they were actually going to be a playable race early in game development, and because they are awesome.

ImTasty.2163:

I think the community would love to see more of the largos

…no, i’d rather not. The less of them in the game, the better.