Whichever race you like most aesthetically. Racials you never use and personal story is a one time thing so those should not hold too much weight in my opinion.
Charrs the best race, despite all the problems they have.
If you use a rifle your coat flies up like your Marilyn Monroe. And the hobo-bags look extra stupid on charr because of the hunched over stance the charr have.
But like I said, best race despite all the problems.
As others said, you probably won’t be using your Racial skills much so you’ll have to decide on looks alone.
However, Charr racials might come in handy: Shrapnel Mine fits the Engineer theme and helps dealing with tougher mobs while leveling, and the toolbelt Booby Trap is extra Bleed DPS that can help if you decide to go that route; Hidden Pistol is somewhat awkward to use due to the delay, but Hidden Pistols (toolbelt) is always fun to use and deals respectable damage.
On the other hand, if you go Sylvari you can gain access to Healing Seed and Leafy Bandage (but Engineer heals are better overall, I’d say); and Grasping Vines for a long immobilize also comes with Vine Shield, giving you two extra seconds of block.
I don’t think any of either races’ elites are worth taking over Supply Crate or Elixir X; at most they’ll be situational like Mortar.
I ran around with the Sylvari mastiff for a while, as he “fire and forget”.
Also, the idea of a walking weed with a flamethrower had some appeal. But these days it is more fire bombs, as the flamethrower is less reliable imo.
Btw, ANet have made racials less effective by design. This to discourage favoring certain races, and to avoid us relying on them in builds before going SPVP (never mind that PVE and SPVP plays like night and day because of the more responsive opponents in SPVP, making builds largely nontransferable).
I never understood why they designed racials to be weaker overall,why have them in the game in the first place if they are less appealing that regular moves???
I never understood why they designed racials to be weaker overall,why have them in the game in the first place if they are less appealing that regular moves???
Whichever race you like most aesthetically. Racials you never use and personal story is a one time thing so those should not hold too much weight in my opinion.
CHARR IS LEGION, AND IRON LEGION WANTS YOU!
What? Where is the Asura love? You DO know we are geniuses, right?
Pros:
Geniuses
Our hobosack actually looks cool on our backs because of its scaling
All other races are Bookahs
Geniuses
Easier to move and fight in WvW due to diminutive stature.
Easier to see mob and boss fight animations due to diminutive stature
Animations are hilarious
Geniuses
Power Suit – When roaming the world in solo PVE, you have boss mode every 4 minutes. It should come with the Guile theme.
Our medium leather doesn’t make us look like BDSM party leftovers.
Tier 2 cultural is freaking Iron Man. (also an engineer, sadly not Asuran)
Geniuses
Cons
None.
None at all.
thanks based asura, i wouldve rolled asura but all the engi turrets are so generic and i wanted to shoot freakin “laser beams” as an asura so instead, rolled the MASTERRACE that truly makes the most sense!
I never understood why they designed racials to be weaker overall,why have them in the game in the first place if they are less appealing that regular moves???
Because e-sport…
i still pick my races based on their abilities, along with lore though. thats why i don’t ever roll puny fearful runaway humans. the only human i have is a thief, perfect for running away! ESPORTS IS THE FUTURE
Sylvari cultural armor is done in ‘tailcoat’ format instead of trenchcoat, plus it tends to blend in almost seamlessly. T2 seems to work well, not overly shiny/flashy and not insanely expensive.
The Asuran look above is a good change, yes, but almost losing the coat completely is better (to me anyway).
(Will grab a pic when I get home from work.)
“The Meta Game does not stop at the game. Ever.” — Me
I like to view MMOs through the lazy eye of a Systems Admin, and the critical eye of a
Project Manager. You’ve been warned. ;-)
Between those two I would choose Charr becasuse it makes sense, especially if you decide to be part of the iron legion. And the charzooka is awesome.
But If you were to choose any other race I would choose Asura. They are small, the animations are hillarious indeed and the gundan, I mean power suit, it’s just perfect
In my mind, I had a lot of problems compromising the idea of an Engineer with the innate natural qualities of Sylvari. That is, until I met a Sylvari standing on the parapet in one of the Charr fortresses (perhaps in the Blazeridge Steppes?) who explained the contradiction by saying that machines essentially work like a force of nature, or something to that effect.
I wish I remember more about the NPC and the exact dialogue she had, but I really loved that little bit of the game lore.
