Talk:Playable races

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Lets hope they add tengu as a playable race. (Farwind 22:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC))

ANet's stated that there will/may be more races, but frankly, I don't see it happening because everything related to GW2 has included Chaar, Asura, Human, Sylvari, and Norn, and nothing more besides small backstory. Calor (t) 22:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I more wish for Forgotten as a playable race. --MageMontu 22:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I think that if they were going to add races by those most requested Tengu would be the next race announced. Forgotten I've seen a few times - but the armour options seem a little limited for a snake race though. May be they'd be good if you like waistcoats? ;) --Aspectacle 23:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

More might come out with expansions and such. now that i think about it, Something with wings like the skree would also be a cool race, considering the z axis Farwind 23:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Chances are that when something comes out concerning Cantha, they'll probably add tengu and the Wardens as playable race, as well as losing the races that are not present in that contenent. There is probably a high chance of being able to play as the Dredge in the section located in tyria. Farwind 01:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Never know, if they come out with expansions, they could always add more playable races like the Dredge and Tengu for Cantha, Forgotten and Undead in Elona. Kai Nui 20:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

i'd vote for the wardens every day of the year +1 --Cursed Angel 02:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

For Elona I'd have to vote for the forgotten and the Skree. They might add more than two per continent, considering the low chance of Other races being present such as the norn and charr in elona. Might not even seperate the continents the same way. Might be able to walk between them through underground tunnels or something. Farwind 01:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I can't believe you guys forgot about the Mursaat!! By far the bestest. (imo) Klassy 05:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

the mursaat will have a interesting future as already pointed out. I'm not going to guess what their future is, I'm just going to wait and see what future holds, and enjoy it when it arrives. Farwind 03:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I think more of the centaur race with the Elona expansion. --MageMontu 09:17, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Centaur and Tengu playable races would win... -- Armond Warblade 08:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Centuars are not my Favorite but many people like them. I'm still casting my vote heavily for the Skree harpies. They're going to need an additional race for Elona beyond the other obvious ones and the thought of being able to play a creature that can fly (particularly with the newly added z-axis) sounds way cool. Farwind 23:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Heket anyone?

Most likey. What we need is a casual page, a list of all the creatures that have enough intelligence to be considered a possibility for being playable, where we can vote. Farwind 01:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I think it'd be cool to have all those races, but other than races like Mursaat, Forgotten and Tengu have no real reason why they should be playable, Heket and Skree haven't really got a back story that's set in the lore of GW, it'd be like adding them in just for shits and giggles. Plus, it'd get pretty cluttered, I'd rather have a better character creation system and just human than the same system they had in Gw and 8+ races. But...Asuran Warrior seems too cool to be true :D 24.7.141.45 03:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 Move to Playable races 2 Can all races play any proffesion 3 Counted as a stub? 4 Racial Benefits 5 Elonian Races

[edit] Move to Playable races

because a race can be a race without being playable (i.e. the Tengu are a race, but they may not be a playable race)-- Brains12 • Talk • 17:36, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Agree. Lord Belar 17:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can all races play any proffesion

can you have a dervish charr and a paragon slyvari? or will you only be able to play certain profs on certain races--The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Words can heal (talk) .

We don't know any of the professions yet, so we don't know if there will even be Dervishes and Paragons available. We also don't know anything about whether each race can play all professions. Stay tuned ;) -- pling | ggggg 15:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Considering the fact that there were asuran warriors in GW, I doubt there will be any restrictions. Farwind 01:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, now that I think about it, It may be restricted to campaigns like in GW. Theres no charr in Elona, so if theres a continent specific class,assuming there are classes, then it will probably only be availible to races from that area. Though they may create a simple way around this.Farwind 06:40, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

There may not have been Charr in Elona, but there were certainly Charr Paragons. There were also quite a few Norn Paragons as well, and Anton, an Ascalonian his entire life, is an Assassin. I think, if anything, the intermingling of culture would have introduced these professions to many other races before the events of GW2, so I wouldn't be surprised if every race could play every class. It wouldn't be Anet's style to restrict a player from something based on a choice such as race. --Cjad the Nord 21:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah i agree i think its going to be all races can play all classes but i think there will be new classes besides the core classes....maybe no more dervs or paras, but i think there will still be ritualists--FrekyElf 18:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Hm......well i think for different races there will be new proffesions, like for instance, i was reading in the forums that the golemancer may be a new proffesion for the asura race but thats just a rumor. and i agree with the charr in elona thing, anet has already said they will make atleast 5 expansions/campaigns for GW2, so maby for an elona one there will be a new centaur race avalible, kinda like the way the paragon and derv proffesions were avalible wen NF came out--Aquatis Magicion 21:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Counted as a stub?

In my opinion this could still count as a stub. --Hellbringer(T/C) 19:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Meh, it's all we really know so far, so it's pretty much "complete". -- pling | ggggg 21:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually there might be new information that we don't know and is still out there. --Hellbringer(T/C) 23:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I highly doubt this. Drago 01:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Ehh could be so. But I guess we can't say if it is or not. --Hellbringer(T/C) 01:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm actually sure we have all the info, what we may not have is the speculation. Drago 01:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The only playable race atm in GW1 is human, but we don't know if they will actually add more to it (highly unlikely, but still). Should an article on gww be a stub just because they may add new things later? No. Document what we know, but don't stub things just because what we know may change. - anja 11:18, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Racial Benefits

Do we have any idea how impacting the racial benefits will be? Like, if Charr will be better warriors than Humans, or Asura better mages than Norn? I hope it doesn't work that way, that's for sure. It sort of removes a huge part of the character customization, if you're forced to play a certain race in order to reach the peak of your profession... -- Verhaze 17:18, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd prefer to have each race completely equal. Boring? You get a different storyline (I think... don't quote me on that tho!), different looks and if you want you can play completely different, too. --84.24.206.123 19:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I completely agree on that the races should be equal. When the game developers make the choice for you it just sucks. Like in Nightfall when you had to bring certain heroes to certain missions. I mean, sure it wasnt as bad as making some races superior to others concerning professions would be, but I still hated it. My Koss has always sucked, and being forced to bring a lvl 10 Koss to a higher end mission just gets pretty annoying pretty fast...... -- Verhaze 20:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

I think Anet will do one of thes two things, 1. They will give race attributes and profession attributes where you have race skills and profession skills. or 2. They will have a core set of professions that are all equal, but they will give each race a profession that is unique for only them. --Shadowphoenix 17:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

if they go by how the races look and their history or something i can't be charr mesmer or have to be asura for it, and if so, then i'm out. --Cursed Angel 19:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

"Races will not only define the appearance of the character but also their abilities. The Norn, for example, are able to transform into bear-form with totally new properties and abilities." This makes it sounds like we will just have Race-specific skills, which I don't really mind. As long as those skills are balanced against eachother. I'm gonna play a Human Elementalist (Or GW2 equivalent), whether Asura Elementalists are "better" or not. >> --72.95.106.226 02:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Well all of you guy's ideas r good but i think your race will definatly affect ur proffesion. i dont think at all that every race will have every GW1 known proffesion avalible to that race. i think that GW2 will have different professions for different races, and if there is a proffesion that is avalible to more than 1 race, that race will give different abilities to the profesion such as the norn and bear form, if the asura can be warriors they will have also an advantage such as bear form so it will even out in the end. anyone following me?--Aquatis Magicion 21:31, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Use more dots. Sentences over 20 words are hard to read. Your last sentence is >50 words.

Brain aside; Yes, I follow you. But I don't think it's fair to take away Warrior from Asuran, par example. For one, because there will be, at max, 10 professions, most probably less. That has been confirmed. By restricting the profession to a race, you get a Generic-MMO-feel: Look at the race, and you know what it is. Besides, some people like challenges, such as making a Warrior in Prophecies and using only Ele skills to kill. In GW2, there'd be challenges like taking everything down with a Norn Mesmer (which would be a worse Mesmer than an Asuran, in my view of the game-direction). --- -- talkpage 08:49, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

lol, well i was just reading a interview with anet. the said that they r still not sure wat professions they r going to take out, or that they r gonna keep. but they announced that there will definitely be new professions. they also said that there will be benefits to each race's profession, they gave an example that the norn have the ability of bear form(like i previously suggested)that will increase there attack speed, health, and armor. they said the said they are going to have something like that for the humans, asura, charr, and sylvari but there not sure yet. maby for the asura there special power will b the ability to create golems in battle, who knows.--Aquatis Magicion 12:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Most likely, but please use a colon when you're replying to someone's post...when you don't it looks like you started a new discussion within the topic within this talk page.-- Shew 18:29, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I would not be suprised to see Asura getting some sort of energy management abilities. Norn have already been hinted to have a bear form which will probably coinside with higher damage. Don't have any idea about the other three. Either charr or Sylvani could possibly have a bonus to elements (Charr because of their worship of fire, sylvani because of the affinity with nature). just based on fantasy sterotypes, humans will either be extremely balanced (assuming the other races have some drawbacks), or have some sort of faster skill or casting speed (obviously very minor considering GW's skill balance).71.84.240.55 22:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Most likely. To me you said exactly what I was thinking =] -- WoB 23:11, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I think the Sylvari may have some special bonus that relates to healing...and I agree with your human bonus characteristic.

[edit] Elonian Races

If ANet introduces races with each continent, I'd love to play as a harpy. (Well, the humanoid ones.) What playable Elonian races do you guys think would be cool?-- Shew 01:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Well...uh...wait a sec...harpies are only females, aren't they...--Shew 01:42, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

depends on the game, I think male harpy's are just rare in GW? how would they reproduce if only female? 76.188.100.220 19:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Asexual reproduction. 91.117.187.8 09:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)