Guild Wars 2

My ranger, Aweryl.

First of all, I’m a woman and I have no trouble playing as male characters in the game. I like the idea of having characters unique from each other and I’m not the type of player that tries to create “myself” as a character and it’s not important for me to be able to “identify” with the character I play.
Second of all, I’ve been playing since 2014 and I’ve never had any players hit on my characters, even though some of them are females. Didn’t even know this was a thing.. At least not in Guild Wars.
Third of all, in Guild Wars, as with most MMORPGS and other computer games, the majority of players are men, so most female characters you see in the game are actually played by men.

And I think it’s very unnecessary to make claims about what kind of people chooses to play as certain characters. Your analysis only speaks for your personal thoughts and choices regarding characters, not anyone else’s.

It’s just a launcher. You look at it for maximum 20 secs before pressing “ready”. It can’t be that much of a bother.

… This was a topic around the release of Heart of Thorns as well. Why? They’re just releasing an expansion and you demand a GW3? I personally hope there’s a long time until the release of Guild Wars 3 (if there will ever be one). GW2 has a lot of potential and is constantly evolving.

Please, fix this!

Here’s mine. I love the new hairstyles and faces, this hair is my favourite though, it’s so beautiful! I wish they would add more shades of brown/black as skincolour though, there’s only two or three which are really dark.

I’m an introvert and I’m shy.
I usually solo or play with my boyfriend (who’s also an introvert.) Now I’m in a guild that’s quite small, but I’ve been in bigger guilds and find it somewhat intimidating (groups irl makes me nervous as well, socially and because there’s so many expectations on what you should do) When in a party/team, I can be social on chat if I’m in the mood, but I despise using Teamspeak..

Anyone know if there has been added new cats after the frozen ones?

Toasa.1236:

Lets be honest, the best Charakter Creation in the World has Black desert Online.

Can’t agree with that. I was expecting something spectacular but got very disappointed when trying it out. The varieties of faces you can create is extremely limited. It might seem good when you try it because it has so many options, but tbh all characters end up looking very similar to each other, even more so than in GW2, which, in my opinion, has a very good character creation.

And to OP: you can change the default faces quite much with the facial sliders. I agree that they could add a few more faces, but until that take your time when using the makeover-kits. Some faces can be made to look completely different from their default version.
Body sliders is a complete No-No for me. The existing options are good enough!

Baah I have so many favourites. Can’t choose just one or two. Or five. Or ten even. I love to mix and match colours for my character’s armor and I’d love to be able to save different colour schemes.

Here are some of my faves:
Celestial
Crushed Bone
Blood
Oxblood
Antique Gold
Gold
Silver
Cobalt
Carnage Orange
Hot Pink
Electro Pink
Electro Blue
Maroon
Regal
Enameled Longevity
Starry Night
Evening Wine
Shadow Abyss
Shadow Magenta
Shadow Turquoise

I’m pretty sure GW3 won’t happen any time soon and I’m very happy with that since I’d rather see them working on more expansions to this game (which they probably are.) GW2 has so much potential.
I get the impression that a lot of people that demand a GW3 hasn’t even played GW2 that long, which makes it even more absurd.

I love the cat ears! <3 But tbh, a tail too? That would be too much.

Well, no one is forcing you to buy them.

I’d love a shortbow specialization for mesmer, because dreamer would suit my character so well! Will probably never happen, but god how awesome it would’ve been!!!

Donari.5237:

A couple of cats plus 9 you mean?

9 new fantastic cats have appeared!

9 more! :o Do you know where they are?

I think “My Barbie” knows about the LFG function, where to find it and how to use it. The point is that its still hard to find people and it usually takes time. For example, when I’ve tried to find a group for Arah, waiting time has a few times passed 1h and this is also because when someone finally comes they leave after 5 min because no one wants to wait longer than that for the rest of the group.

I don’t mind ending up with “clueless” people, most people are open to learning and listens well.

And a function like the one op describes doesn’t have to be made instead of LFG but as an alternative to it.

No, I really like the fact that they’re only obtainable by playing GW1, among the various titles and pets. GW1 has so much interesting lore and I think everyone who plays and enjoys GW2 should try it out.

Agree with everything!
I’d love a glitter dye so much!

What? Ember Bay is fantastic! I really, reaaally hope the next map releases will be similar to it, with the daily hearts and an interesting plot. Because of EB I’ve started to enjoy playing GW2 again. <3 It has everything the other new/hot map hasn’t and it reminds me of the original maps which I like A LOT!

Thought of this too, but I like it the way it is.
I’ve characters with yellow, pink, celestial and blue hair – if their eyebrows were the same colour it would look weird.
And I don’t think there’s any face that doesn’t have eyebrows which looks good with (at least) most of the haircolours.

It happens a lot in Ember Bay. When I’m playing GW2 next to my boyfriend our characters start screaming exactly at the same time. :P It doesn’t seem to be related to what they’re doing, just comes randomly (even if we’re doing different things in Ember Bay.)

Anyone know if it’s only possible to see one kitten at a time? Because yesterday I could see the white kitten, but not the black one. Looked for it everywhere in my home instance, but no luck. :c Today though, I can find the black one but not the white. Is it some kind of night/day thing? Like when you feed them.

Off topic but just soooooo jelly of your amount of transmutation charges… :c

LaurenLizzy.8429:

Sorry to bump, curious if this is the style you mean? Saw it on GW2 style today and would love it, but it’s not available :*(

It’s available for norns and has been for quite some time.

You ruined my joke, Vayne. x’’(

So I was taking my ranger to Harathi Hinterlands to do the daily Kryta mining and discovered something very strange. I saw something lion-like in the distance, and decided to move my character a bit closer. Right I was! there was a LION. I got very chocked because I had no idea that Anet had introduced lions as new ranger pets. I tried googling it, but nothing came up. Is this a bug or glitch of some kind?

I know they had lions in GW1, but I’ve never heard or read anything about the idea of introducing them to GW2.

Misguided.5139:

I saw one of those today, an asuran with a spiky Mohawk.

You mean this one? https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:MaleAsuraExclusiveHair5Side.jpg
It’s not new.

Ananeos.4587:

Paralux.6714:

My mesmer, Enxari. I want her looks to be unique. Not to be typical “mesmer like”

shows character in all black
yes, very unique indeed…

It’s not all black actually. :P + I change the colours quite often. I mostly use 2-3 colours at a time. This particular one has 2.
And by unique what I meant was that I not use sorcerers, feathered, winged, apprentice or masquerade. Tbh that’s what most people use on their light armor female chars. With few variations.

(facepalm) What’s sad about small breasts?

I agree with you so much regarding charr customization. I would especially like some new horns to be introduced. There are only one or two nice horns for female charr. I don’t really see why not some of the male ones can be choices for females also(?)

I don’t agree with the “upright” stance on charr. It would take away the charm. They’re supposed to be beastlike “mutations”. I do not want too cute anime charrs with humanlike bodies aka girls with cat ears like in some asian MMOs (ok, I may be over-interpreting this, but I just don’t like the idea.)

I also don’t understand why some people want gender specific armor for them. The new outfits for female charr that were made into “female” ones because people complained about the lack of feminine armor for them look absolutely AWFUL. Charr looks best in neutral armor and the sad fact is that “manly” armor/outfits generally look more neutral (to me at least.) I mean, just look at the variations for the other races. Especially norn/human/sylvari. The female armor is as it seems in 80% the cases not made to look good but to SHOW more. Most ironic is the whispers light pants/skirt. Because they look exactly the same for male and female EXCEPT that the men get to have pants underneath the skirt while women are bare. Why not just include two choices instead?

For human female/norn female some long hair without any accessories would be nice. I love the curly long hair with bangs that’s available for human female. Some similar choice with more symmetrical bangs and no diadem would be an awesome add. Also some sort of curly hair ponytail option. Ohhh and a hairbun for humans. Preferably the bun would be placed on top of the head OR a ponytail where the “tail” is on top of the head. That’s cute.

Another thing that would be awesome is if hair were visible under helmets/hats.

- Sell different voice replacements i want atleast 5 different voices that i can replace my human male character with, yeah i know this doesn’t add much but it can give MUCH NEEDED MORE CUSTOMIZATION [quote from op]

This ^

- Also as mentioned, new horn choices for charr in Total Makeover Kit. I love playing as a female charr (I have three) but only one or two of those horns you can choose look as kitten as those which you can choose for male charr. :<

I love the concept of jumping puzzles! They are fun and it’s an easy way to get achievement points.

Yes, it’s terrible. And omnious. And devastating.

Though a lot of people die of starvation and such everyday and I don’t see any dedication thread to them by any players. I sense some double standards but do not wish to start any political discussion about. It’s just a reminder.
But then I also can understand why this forum may not be the place for this kind of topics.

Just want to say that this concept is wonderful! Keep up the kindness. <3 I will keep an eye on this thread and see if someone posts a wish I can fulfill.

I wouldn’t mind if fractal skins was availabe buy doing something else to get them. For example if they were also obtainable through WvW. I just don’t liek it being about spending gold.

PvP armor? You mean dungeon armor?

Ok, the fact that you can buy Shards of Glory and Memories of Battle on the TP is annoying already. I thought the thing about Precursor Crafting was that players instead of spending a lot of gold could just put a lot of effort in to the game and still being able to get a precursor. But not only does do you lose gold on finishing the precursor tiers (counting the costs of all materials needed atm it’s cheaper to jsut buy the precursor directly from TP.) it’s also still much easier for people who are willing to spend a lot of gold to get it much faster than people who actually wants to work for it. I can understand that some things which are needed for the precursor is on TP, like elonian leather for example, which is also something you need to craft other things. But to put shards of glory and memories on battle on TP is just totally unnecessary.

And now I’m even more annoyed since even the fractal ACHIEVEMENT chests can be sold/bought on/from the TP. I thought they wanted more people to do fractals, now you can get a skin without even having to enter the gate in LA. :S

And just a note, personally I think that it is much more encouraging to work for something I know everyone else that wants the same thing has to work for aswell, rather than knowing some people can just buy everything they need.

I think it’s idiotic that both WwW Memories of Battle and PvP Shards of Glory is sellable/buyable from the TP. I really think this need to be changed to make the precursor crafting more about the time and effort rather than having a lot of gold.

Err, don’t mind GW2 not having mounts at all. It would just be irritating and more messy since there are so many players.
One thing I found annoying with some NPCs though is that they have op skills, like Kashmeers ability to put portals ANYWHERE or how Countess Anise can make like 1000 clones. :P

Yeah, sure. You are right that Nightfury is obtainable by putting time and effort into the game. I don’t like people complaining either, though criticizing the cost of Nightfury is definitely not the most ridiculous thing people have criticized, and I can also understand why some people would. Even though, as you’ve written, the item is obtainable by not spending a single gold, some people have more money and therefore easily can get it buy just buying some gems and convert it to gold. I’m not saying a lot of people do this. I actually doubt it’s even 10% of all players who do this on a regular base. But no matter what it’s still a fact that it is possible and I think that is a problem.
I would have prefered if the things which you need for Nightfury wasn’t available through trading post AT ALL. Then it would have been all about the work. Even then of course some people would have been annoyed at the effort and discipline needed, but at least it would have been a 100% fair.

And another reason I found your complaint a bit off is that not everyone have an equal amount of time they want to put into playing the game. And even though it may not be a legitimate reason to change the effort needed to make Nightfury, it’s still a situation which I can understand make people criticize it.

Metabattle website have some good builds. I suggest you just try out different classes and decide which one you like best. In PvP all skills are unlocked even though your character are low lvl, so it’s a good place to test different builds, weapons and skills.

Mesmer is def not squishy. If you think so, you’re probably not playing it correctly. Ele and thief being squishy can I agree with though.

Dude, it’s been ONE day. :P

I want to know also! Can’t find any info on this. Is it through a vendor that you unlock in the guild hall or..? I really need to know because those light pants look awesome. >.>

I thought the idea about the hourglass body (why it is so popular worldwide) was that it’s considered very feminine because of the wide hips (which is a sign if fertility) together with a bigger bust along with the symmetry of the shoulders and hips. First celebs I come to think of is Monroe and Johansson. I’ve never considered the typical hourglass to be a athletic one with less wider hips ane more muscles (if that’s what you mean.) Maybe I’m being conservative, but I think that there’s a certain concept behind that figure, and that is that it’s not meant to be skinny/athletic. Not obese either, but with fat divided symmetrical throughout the body with less around the waist.

I agree that norn females have better choices in terms of both body and face. Human females are mostly (not all, but at least half of them) babyfaced, wheres the norn female faces looks more adult and also does the norn bodytypes come across as more realistic to me. Maybe Anet did this on purpose. O.o
I just prefer playing as human because a like their personal story better. I like that there’s a focus on social class.

… Which is how the hourglass figure was created. :P Through the use of corsets!
There is very few women in real life who have a body like that. And those who do are still not close to what is seen as the perfect hourglass figure.
Of course I see that there’s a problem with having these kind of choices even though this is just a game, but then we should be criticizing the fact that they even exist in the game instead of just trying to make Anet do new ones. But since there are already quite a few options to choose which is not hugely unrealistic I can deal with the fact that some are. Apart from other games GW2 is highly progressive in how they portray female characters, even though there are some things that could be changed to make it even better.

That would ruin the fun of making different characters, because the point of that is that they’re all unique and it would be so boring to create a character whom in some magical way already had explored the whole world of Tyria. Stop being so lazy.

Btw, there’s nothing wrong with the female human voice. I like it a lot. I just wish I choose to have Marjory’s voice on my char. It’s so calm and soothing.

First of all, there’s already a bodytype which is 100% hourglass-like. Hourglass means shoulders equally wide as the hips, big bust and curvy bodytype. Apart from the curvy hourglass bodytype, there’s a more skinny hourglass body to choose from. I’ll add pictures of these. Since when are less rounded hips more curvy? >.>

I really like the female bodies you can choose from when creating a character. Of course, as this is a game, they’re a little too perfect but I don’t expect the graphic designers to put those kind of details to the bodies and therefore I don’t mind. They are not all overly big busted (but you can choose from bodes with big bust), they have different waist sizes and are of different weights (it seems like.) There is even variations of the feet and hand sizes.

Pearshaped body means that the hips are wider than the shoulders. Some of the bodies you can choose for human female are pearshaped, but definitely not all of them. Some are more straight (square-shaped.) And then there’s the hourglasshaped. If you want an atlethic looking female sort-of-humanish character, just play as a short norn.