Guild Wars 2

DresdenAllblack.1249:

Agree with the last post. The Charr are fantastic.
And all of their story lines eclipse the other races in depth and drama.
So the OP would rather be a frog than a tiger?

Yes, I would much rather be a frog than whatever the Charr are supposed to be.

Diovid.9506:

Tobacco.6815:

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So, basically you judge the Charr purely based on their looks, got it. To you all big animal races are the same. As if WoW Tauren and GW2 Charr are anything alike.

Well, I have only been playing this game for a week, so there is not much else for me to go on besides looks. lmao I am not a master of GW2 lore yet. Going off of looks is what I imagine most new players do when selecting which race to play. I don’t think anyone studied the lore of each race in-depth before choosing which race to play.

Sorry, you must have misread what I typed. I never suggested all large animal races look alike. Some are much cooler and unique than others. The Charr look extremely generic and especially stupid in armor. I’m sorry if my opinion offends you. I can tell you must play Charr.

I think the Charr look dumb. They are a just a lazy mix of random animals. They look exactly like Booster from Jingle All The Way, that really lame side-kick to Turbo Man. It’s like GW2 knew they had to have an animal species of some type so they just said “Idk how about a lion with like horns and raptor claws?” And that is what they went with.

I actually think the Norn are unique to fantasy mmos. Every fantasy mmo has a default human race and over-sized race. Never have I seen the over-sized race be human. I think it is sweet. Typically, it is the animal race that is the largest, not a type of human. It was actually pretty weird seeing an mmo with two types of humans to choose from. I have an extremely large Norn warrior and I love running around with a human character the size of the Hulk with viking hair and tattoos. Humans are typically the most boring race in any fantasy mmo and they found an awesome way to mix it up. You said it yourself, they are like big dwarves. What other game has something like that? None, that I am aware of. But every mmo, just about, has something like the Charr.

Man, that is a real bummer. I think the other races are great, except for the Charr. I really think playing as a frog-person would have made up for the unimaginative, generic Charr race. lol Maybe in the future…

I am new to GW2 and don’t know much about the upcoming expansion. Are there any plans to add a new playable race? I watched the videos GW2 posted on their Heart of Thorns website, but they seemed to be keeping a bunch of stuff secret. Personally, I would love to be able to play as a Hylek. Whenever I am running around questing I find myself stopping and staring at the Hylek npcs and their various armors and animations. They are hands down the coolest race in GW2 and in any mmo I have seen. I keep thinking about the possible racial skills, dances, and emotes they could have. Their little villages are sweet looking and their major city would be even cooler. I would gladly pay $100 to play as one.