Guild Wars 2

TheSwede.9512:

All races have the exact same hitbox, they just have different visual sizes. In Competative PvP you can also set all enemy models to use a human default model, for easy recognition.

As for why you would go Norn over Human? Depends on what you’re after and how much you care about flair such as “Lore” and “Fantasy”.

Male Norn are big and lumbering, so they -feel- slower than other races while running about even if they aren’t. I’m personally not a big fan of their Sword Animations, but their Axe Animations are better than Human ones. Female Norn aren’t very different from humans (Save for the fact that their running animations as well as GS/Staff animations are more powerful) and feel less sluggish than male Norn as a result.

Lorewise, I guess it’s if you wanna play a Viking-inspired berserker/raider/warrior archetype (in which case, Norn is your go-to) or a budding Adventurer/Knight archetype (In which case, Humans work better).

There’s also the part about the voice, since each race only has one VA. Humans will sound like a 20-something, young and rogue-ish adventurer both as male or female, while Norn will have much deeper voice befitting their size. (Though the Female Norn isn’t to many people’s liking due to a lack of investment, she sounds very bored and sheepish a lot of the time.)

Aside from that, there’re Cultural Armors that only the race can wear. Humans get different sets of Chainmail and Plate Armors more befitting knights, while Norn get furs and metals in a mix that looks straight out of the Viking Age.

I’ve done some research and i have not seen this changing all enemies to a certain race setting so far and I hope it is real.

You can set enemies to human? Case closed I’m going Norn!

What about pvp advantage? And should I make a separate OP magic, ranged, midget asura that can hide better in pvp? This community sure praises the unfairness alot

I want Norn just because of their height but I’ve heard that Norn animations are weird.
The story is also boring and it makes you a bigger target which is why some people prefers asura warriors for the animations and hitbox advantage in pvp. Im leaning towards the human but can anyone tell me why I should go Norn other than the size?

So Norn warrior it is, thanks Orange!

What is the best race and class for it? I was thinking warrior and norn since warrior is much more melee based than guardian and norn to look more human but does charr have any bonuses that supports heavy or melee better than norn?

Is there any difference what so ever when you wear armor in PVP? There are people who do builds with different armor and stuff just please tell me what you know because I really need help in PVP.

Should I use it now or should I just wait until I am level 80?