Guild Wars 2

With elves being among the standard races in most fantasy games, it was definitely nice to have something that felt different.

I’ve had friends call them “tree elves” (lol) but after messing with customization and exploring the home world, I just really enjoy the overall art direction they went with making the race and their surroundings. It kind of reminds me Avatar, but I’m sure someone has said that before.

I decided to (upon request of a good rl friend) begin playing this game, and I figured I’d begin with what seemed to be one of the more unique races to the game (though, other than humans, this game offers much more unique options than fantasy oriented standard MMOs). I agree entirely, I like their environment and overall story arc more than I thought I would, which I came in with pretty high expectations anyway. Totally in agreement re: Avatar too, even the references to the pale tree and the look of the Grove seem to be very akin to the aesthetics of that film.

I really enjoy the Sylvari. Their design is beautiful, their culture is interesting, and their lore is poignant.

Also, creating them is really, really fun.

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I decided to (upon request of a good rl friend) begin playing this game, and I figured I’d begin with what seemed to be one of the more unique races to the game (though, other than humans, this game offers much more unique options than fantasy oriented standard MMOs). I agree entirely, I like their environment and overall story arc more than I thought I would, which I came in with pretty high expectations anyway. Totally in agreement re: Avatar too, even the references to the pale tree and the look of the Grove seem to be very akin to the aesthetics of that film.

Good it’s not just me that sees the similarities haha. It sounds harsh, but I really hate it when mmos give you races to play like elves, dwarves, etc. because it just feels unoriginal at this point. Warcraft and Skyrim are really the only games where I don’t mind elves and such.

Even though the races in general on this game feel more unique than standard mmos, the Sylvari I think are the most original and the most beautiful to look at both in character and environment design.

Sylvari were originally designed far closer to “forest elves” but that was changed before the game was launched. you can still see traces of the old design in the armour some of the Caledon sylvari wear, which is cloth/leather/metal but with obvious plant motiffs.

It would be nice to have those as options for those sylvari that want to “blend in” a bit more with the other races but still remain “cultural” in look. The real problem however is that most armour in the game (including armour from the “sylvari” dungeon, TA) sits far better on a human.

I love you too, Treebro. /fistbump

I knew the Sylvari were going to be my favorite race before the game even launched. I was a GW1 player and was really excited when I found out they were doing GW2 and watched it very closely. Fell in love when the announced the Sylvari and the trailer they had with Ree I was sold.