Curse

Lonesamurai · Nov 30, 2007, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

Yeah, that's true. But being pessimistic all the time is no fun.

Honestly, I don't expect more... but I can still hope. I want Tengu!

They're featured in the BMP, so why not?

I'd like tengu aswell to be honest, but being a member of the press and not working for the NY times, I have to go witht he details I got and the press releases that have been released to stay neutral in my opinions

LuckyStripe · Nov 30, 2007, 05:43 AM // 05:43

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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

Racial discrimination is bad.

oh and /singed

legion_rat · Nov 30, 2007, 01:00 PM // 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

I'd like tengu aswell to be honest, but being a member of the press and not working for the NY times, I have to go witht he details I got and the press releases that have been released to stay neutral in my opinions

ouch

I would rather have tengu than asura. hmmm chicken or bunny. They taste the same on the grill.

~the rat~

wilson · Nov 30, 2007, 01:30 PM // 13:30

/signed

Let's save what is left of guildwars..

Qdq Swi · Nov 30, 2007, 01:56 PM // 13:56

Races = equal
Level cap = low

I so dont want GW2 to be the F2P version of WoW >_>.

The reason why high level caps are so bad.. is because they are sooo boring... In GW getting to lvl 20 can be loborious... but imagine having to get to a much higher level.

Ive played wow as a druid.. and it took a whole week to get to JUST level 10... I like GW cus its more fast-paced.. you dont spend hours killing crap to advance a level. Thats the way it should be played..

Taurucis · Nov 30, 2007, 02:23 PM // 14:23

/signed on this, if there was one thing I hate it's the deal about binding races/genders to classes. Anyone who thinks that men should be warriors and women should be mages, I like to punch them in the face. Also Guild Wars already has class discrimination, we don't need race discrimination either. Imagine "GLF 2 more, no warriors, no rangers, no more asura" filling up the chat? And let's say you wanted to play a Norn Monk but couldn't? Imagine how that would alienate the playerbase. I personally know of many WoW forum petitions saying "Remove the race/class limits" and people whining about that.

(A little off topic: The Night Elf racial is actually one of the most powerful IMO. It's like stealth.. for everyone, making it incredibly powerful in PvP... but the Blood Elf racials are really nice for PvE, you won't imagine how easy Mana Tap makes pulling on a paladin. And I hate gnomes.)

Judging from Anet's *ahem* history, of balancing skills and such, I don't think races should be given game-deciding bonuses and penalties. Races should determine where you start, your avatar, and perhaps small stat boots, but nothing overly important.

BlackSephir · Nov 30, 2007, 02:49 PM // 14:49

/signed so hard... I don't want to make Sylvari or Asura because they're better at certain things than humans.
And big NOU for "gear makes character"

HDuarte · Nov 30, 2007, 04:22 PM // 16:22

/signed.

It was one, of the many things, that let me to only play a month of WoW

Made In Ascalon · Nov 30, 2007, 09:04 PM // 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qdq Swi

Races = equal
Level cap = low

I so dont want GW2 to be the F2P version of WoW >_>.

The reason why high level caps are so bad.. is because they are sooo boring... In GW getting to lvl 20 can be loborious... but imagine having to get to a much higher level.

Ive played wow as a druid.. and it took a whole week to get to JUST level 10... I like GW cus its more fast-paced.. you dont spend hours killing crap to advance a level. Thats the way it should be played..

It took me two hours to get to level 10. Albeit, those hours were incredibly painful and boring.

Opinion: GW better not copy ANYTHING from World of Warcraft. That game is completely irreparable shit. Hi level cap that takes at least a month of hardcore dedication to get to the max level, and then another month of grinding just to get gear for competing against others that would smoke you otherwise.

Racial bonuses, although interesting, are not fair. Orc warriors get almost 50% inherent stun resistance. Tauren get a free stun, blood elves get a free silence. Alliance races absolutely blow for racials in comparison, except for maybe gnome warriors and dwarves.

No racial bonuses, please. And if race-specific classes are put in, I'm just not going to buy the game.

Phoenix Tears · Dec 01, 2007, 11:38 AM // 11:38

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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

nope, just 5 playable races...

Human
Charr
Sylvari
Norn
Asura

No more have been mentioned or confirmed apart from confirming that Dwarves ARE NOT playable as they are nearly an extinct race

you are WRONG ... Anet has mentioned, that these races which will come with the Release of GW2 will NOT BE the only new races...
Anet IS planning on implementing MORE playable races after the release of GW2, say with the next Add on for example after release...

The only thing Anet hasnt stated is only, what they want to implement ...thats why people are rumoring, that it could be eventually other races of GW, like Tengus, Centaurs or Krait or whatever else.

Anet as NEVER stated, that they won't implement more races as those they will give us with the GW2 release.

odly · Dec 01, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35

Seeing the responses I get on this I sure hope Anet takes note of this.

What about it Gaile ? Can we get a /noted please ?

Onarik Amrak · Dec 02, 2007, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Gaile never responds to Sardelac.

Lil Ferk · Dec 02, 2007, 04:53 AM // 04:53

This is crazy. No matter what happens i'm always a human. It's just me.

I don't care if they will be below average I'm human therefore i play human.(but, i'm loving those sylvari designs) i wouldnt want to be a half naked giant that can be a harry bear with no clothes on then when u turn back u magically have clothes or an arrogant Asura.

I will be the natural human that has a lust for power always winning in the long run.

Biostem · Dec 02, 2007, 05:08 AM // 05:08

I'm just afraid of the whole "lol ur not a norn wa/mo u suk" type stuff.

I also dislike how many MMOs/RPGs like to group all races together as having the same racial abilities. Not all humans are the same, and neither should all norn/asura/charr/monkies.

A better option would be to have race-specific armor and perhaps a new attribute only for members of a certain race. So perhaps charr would have some sort of "feline" attribute that deals w/ agility or something - but you'd have to invest points in it just like any other attribute. That would give a tangible effect to being a certain race, but one that you could only get by giving points up that could be devoted elsewhere.

Rabid Fury · Dec 02, 2007, 04:34 PM // 16:34

/not signed

I think it would be nice for there to be at least some sort of difference in between the races in GW at least different base stats. By the way WoW is possibly the WORST example for this if anybody's played WoW you know that you are not constantly seeing the same Race/Class relationships so saying it happens there is a straight up lie. And they're not gamebreaking there either ( though they have pretty bad class imbalances).

Zinger314 · Dec 02, 2007, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Made In Ascalon

It took me two hours to get to level 10. Albeit, those hours were incredibly painful and boring.

Opinion: GW better not copy ANYTHING from World of Warcraft. That game is completely irreparable shit. Hi level cap that takes at least a month of hardcore dedication to get to the max level, and then another month of grinding just to get gear for competing against others that would smoke you otherwise.

Racial bonuses, although interesting, are not fair. Orc warriors get almost 50% inherent stun resistance. Tauren get a free stun, blood elves get a free silence. Alliance races absolutely blow for racials in comparison, except for maybe gnome warriors and dwarves.

No racial bonuses, please. And if race-specific classes are put in, I'm just not going to buy the game.

It's odd that you know all about racial traits, yet you have only played to level 10...

You are wrong about racials in WoW in every conceivable way. Of course, if I tell you why, you'll probably think I'm lying, but PM me if you are curious, as I've actually played WoW.

In WoW, you will NEVER be included or excluded from a group or party due to race (since patch 2.3)

In GW, I could see there being no racial traits, since players are of lower quality and might be that elitist.