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Bet you didn't know this about the new LA!

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I seriously want to see that now.

Joke&Useless Runes and Sigils

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As a throwback to GW1’s Orge Slaying Knife,

Rune of Naga Slaying
+50% against Nagas

"Get in close!" except, uh, don't.

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I ignored their advice at used my rifle and probably did better that way.

Rate my Sylvari and I'll rate yours

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9/10 He seems like a fun guy.

My third Sylvari Character:
He’s meant to be an ingame cosplay of a character from something else, I’ll let you guess who and what of.

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Does this work?

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Scarlet Briar was a Sylvari Engineer.

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7/10 for both. The purple almost seems to glow, giving off a bit of an ethereal look.

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6/10 – I’m sure it’s good, but the pose and the lighting make it really hard to tell.

Feanwan again, this time in uniform:

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cute light armor ?

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Magician armour

Rate the Human's Face /10 above you

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Better picture of my Necromancer Iris Rurik.

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8/10 Great way to come up with a backstory without contradicting what’s already there.

Here’s one of my other two Sylavari: Colours are a bit off since I took this picture in the Mists.

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Rate my Sylvari and I'll rate yours

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7/10
Well made, though a bit flashy for my taste.

Here’s my Warrior Feanwan:

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Leveling blow out, why?

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I’ve been playing since launch and this the first I’ve heard of this feature.

Whats wrong with this sylvari?

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Nothing’s wrong. His armour just clashes.

Non-Single Gendered Outfits?

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Some outfits are split on Asura though. Off the top of my head, there’s the Fancy Winter outfit and the Ancestral Dragon thing.

Why do female Sylvari have boobs ?

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Sylvari can have sex and they will have sex with whoever they like, they are fully capable of doing so. But they don’t do it to create to new Sylvaris. They actually grow from the tree.

I find this hard to believe in.

Simply out of technical reasons – as in “How on Earth do they do it… ?”.

But also because it would be very strange for a species to have organs needed to have any form of sex while it is completely incapable of sexually reproducing.

This would very much change the way I look on Sylvari and they way the Sylvari community and relationships work :/

Presumably, they have human-like genitals, which lack reproductive function, but retain the same level of sensitivity.

Why do female Sylvari have boobs ?

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The only theory that could explain the shape of Sylavri females is that the Pale Tree is trying to make her children resemble humans as much as it is possible because she was planted by a human (Ronan – a member of the Shining Blades during the Krytan civil war around 250 years ago).

Based on my understanding of the lore, that’s exactly what it is. Without that, there’s no reason for Sylvari to not just be all “male”.

Dear Devs, how about infinite-transmutation?

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6 charges are guaranteed because of the cities.
Then you have potentially 23 more just from mapping all the zones since you likely have a 95-99% of getting a charge instead of a BLK.

This is per character.

That is not counting doing PvP reward tracks.

There’s also the potential to find charges in BLC’s.

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Screens of your Sylvari

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Just bought some new gear for Feanwan, (sadly) replacing her Tier 1 cultural.

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Raiment of the Topless Charr/Asura

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The original “Charr week” articles mentioned a design choice for the charr females. One of the designers refused to give them just one pair of breasts; it’d either be 6 teats, just like cats, or flat-chested as they are now. It’s clear which one won out. As for the scrap draped across the chest in the shape of a bra, it might just be part of the uniform, since all charr are raised in the military tradition.

The sylvari directly take their form from humans, and inherit their dichotomy. The gender of the sylvari has absolutely no affect on them, as demonstrated in their culture and their high concentration same-sex pairings. I don’t think one form of partnership is more common than the other, and if you truly examined a sylvari’s breast, you’d find it functionless, as full of muscly tissue as the triceps or the thigh.

As for the asura, I associate them as a goblinoid race. I haven’t done extensive research into this field of fantasy, but I don’t ever really seeing them classified as mammalian. It’s not discussed in the game, but I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if there is an asura hatchery somewhere in Rata Sum where asuran children are left until they are hatched and then sent to school. It could also explain why there never seems to be a parent-child bond between asura and progeny as we see in human or even norn culture.

There are Asura progeny in Metrica Province making “Your mom” jokes, which end with “Seriously though, your mom’s really smart.”

Raiment of the Topless Charr/Asura

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Sylvari are just like that because the tree created them to look human. Who knows, maybe they produce syrup.

Well, we know they bleed sap, so I don’t think they lactate syrup.

Raiment of the Topless Charr/Asura

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while Sylvari, who are grown from pods and emerge fully grown and have no need of milk – have got breasts.

Frankly, there’s no real reason for Sylvari to have two sexes like the other races do. They might as well be all “male”, like Sontarans.

Rate the sylvari name above yours!

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9/10 That is a great name.

Mine are once again Gellain, Feanwan, and Rian Sunspear.

Rate the sylvari name above yours!

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9/10
If you’re going to reference marijuana, this seems like a better way to do it.

Rate the Asura face above you

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8/10, and a bonus 1 for the “recipe”.

Here’s my other Asura:

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My Dream Patch Notes [Suggestion]

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  • All Outfit and Style purchases now come with one 1 free transmutation Stone per transaction on top of one time use item transmutation

Outfits are free to transmute already.

Rate the Asura Name Above You!

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9/10 Well thought out, fits the naming convention, and it sounds good overall.

Rate the Human's Face /10 above you

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8/10

The last of my three human characters:

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I don’t know if there was one of these before, but I got the idea from a similar thread in the human forum. As usual, it’s out of 10, and repeats are allowed, but using a different Asura character is preferred if you’re got more than one.

I’ll start us off:

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Rate the Human's Face /10 above you

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6/10. The eyes are a little off-putting, so you lost points there.

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Doctor Who?

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I’m really not seeing the Doctor Who connection, unless they slip the TARDIS into a map or something.

Kormir in the Temple of Ages...Seriously?

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Kormir wasn’t the patron diety of secrets when Orr sank.

True, but we’re not talking about Orr. We were referring to Queensdale in Kryta.

How would you rebuild Lion's Arch?

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1. Integrate Breachmaker Debris into new buildings.
2. Retain its current “multiple cores” arrangement, since it encourage players to disperse in the city and reduces lag.
3. While this incarnation of Lion’s Arch was built with defending against Risen ships in mind, these defences proved useless against an aerial attack. To this end, I would make a point of adding charr-made anti-air turrets and asura-made shield generators to strategic locations.

Kormir in the Temple of Ages...Seriously?

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In universe, it’s likely that they added a statue of her some time before the temple was destroyed. Out of universe, no idea.

What's Arenanet's take on Outfits

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I don’t see why they would, since outfits can already be worn over armour at all times.

PLS respect player's time: skip dialogue

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Without going back to cutscenes, how would you make it possible to skip dialogue again?

Rate the sylvari name above yours!

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7/10 Iris is a great name, but the last name’s a mouthful, and Sylvari don’t generally have them anyway.

A funny thing to think about

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In fairness, I’m pretty sure it was only Ascalonians who wore their enemies’ skins. No other human culture in Tyria seems to have done that.

What made you decide to play as a Charr?

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I simply made a point of playing at least one of every race and profession. Nothing else to it.

The rebuilding of Lion's Arch

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I’m not asking for the whole city to be fixed, but would the walkways be too much to ask? It’s kind of annoying to have to watch your step on them.

Rate the Norn Name Above You

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Embla Rimgalder – 9/10 Rangers do actually get some attacks that deal frost damage.
Disa Rúndottir 10/10 – Again, Guardians are considered casters anyway.

Again, mine are Idgrod Sthairdottir and Thor Bartilson

Cutest Asura Contest

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I realize the previous picture I posted of Nuuina may not have been that cute. Here’s a better one.

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Screenshot of your Asura Toon

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Nuuina again, shortly after she hit level 80.

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Rate the Asura Name Above You!

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8/10
Change the spelling and it could work.

Again, my asura’s name is Nuuina.

6th member of Living' World Story season?

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I’m under the impression that after everything with Scarlet in Season 1, they adopted a strict “No Sylvari” policy. I’m not saying I approve, mind you.

Charr vs Human vs Asura vs Norn

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My money’s on the Asura. They’ve got the Gates, the Waypoints, and what are more or less mechs. Their technology is cleaner and more advanced than anyone else’s.

If the races went to war with each other, the Asura would be able to instantaneously travel anywhere in Tyria, while everyone is limited to travelling by foot or primitive motor vehicle.

How You Would Ruin Things

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Ooh! I’d make Living Story a musical! Just imagine…

  • Kasmeer singing to Marjory, ‘I Put a Mez on You’.
  • Marjory doesn’t sing but she dances to music that sounds remarkably similar to the theme from the 60s TV show ‘Bewitched’.
  • Braham singing, ‘Norn to be Wild’.
  • Taimi singing ‘The Sound of Science’.
  • Rox, of course, would sing ‘Behind Charr Eyes’.

You can’t do that and not bring back voiced PC’s.

Level 6 dye reward

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When you reach level 6, you get to choose between one of three dyes as a reward, along with the tutorials and whatnot. Unfortunately, it’s always the same three dyes. By the time I had a second character reach level 6 since the NPE, I had already unlocked all three choices on my account. Would it be possible in a future update to tweak this reward so it offers a randomly generated choice of three dyes the player hasn’t already unlocked instead of a static three dyes?

19th Heart in Caledon Forest

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Is this one updated? I think they just add one right at the entrance.

http://gw2.mmorpg-life.com/caledon-forest-map-of-pois-waypoints-vistas-skills-and-more/3599/

I think there’s two new ones in Caledon, actually, plus one in Ashford.

Blonde Hair is WHITE in Selection Screen

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I’ve actually noticed this intermittently on a brown haired female human character too.

Pact Personal Story Not Advancing

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Oh, you FINISHED the fear storyline, sorry I missed that. That means you’re on Chapter 8, which unlocks at L80.

I just checked the wiki. With the fear missions missing, I should still be only halfway through Chapter 7, with how things have been rearranged, I already did Temple of the Forgotten God as Gellain, but I didn’t do it yet with Nuuina. My next mission should be Against the Corruption on both of them. In addition, I’ve seen that the next chapter appears once you’ve completed the preceding one, even if you can’t play it yet, but it’s not showing up in either of their story panels.