Races may be the worse thing that ever happened to Guildwars.

I just realized....WoW has forums. And GW has forums. Coincidence? I think not.

Yea, cosmetic races would really be good, as well as more cosmetic customization in general...

I always prefer gameplay updates to cosmetic updates, but one of the best things I think that GW could do is make armor custimization on the scale of guild cape customization, just in the sense of changing bases and such, heck Anet could even hold design contest ideas here on guru for an artwork prize, and the players could in sense design their own armor! I would love it if Anet did something like that..very cool i think .

Watch your own tongue and learn not to speak for others based on your own bias. Use the search function and find the suggestions for races both past and present.

Now that you are done maybe you like to go back and play CS and leave us alone.

Sigh, another the sky is falling because of different playable species (maybe) in at least a couple of years thread.

Who tell u that if GW has playable race it will makes game imba? Can you explain me how are my Zhed Shadowhoof and Acolyte Sousuke difference? Is Zhed Shadowhoof(centaur ) better than Acolyte Sousuke(human)?

The only difference is that Zhed doesnt spread disease to humans. He's a clean horse. Other than that there is no difference. And it's a simple enough tweak to make disease affect people on the same team in a different way. Or heck, there might not even have the disease condition in GW2.

According to Zhed he is.

I find I can relate Guild Wars more to Diablo than WoW.

I'd welcome races. Char War FTW.

Has anyone ever played Never Winter Nights or Diablo if so compare Guild Wars to those games because it isn't a MMO it's a CO so stop saying WOW and WOW is just another form of EQ and all other like games it isn't new lol (EQ I hated that game liked DAoC though)

edit Sorry Bryant was heated on the first page didn't see you there giving you your props!!

Hellz yea, boi!

I wanna go reinstall NWN now, thanks for remindin' me!

Guild Wars =/= WoW because of the instanced gameplay.

Guild Wars = Diablo because you can meet up with various people for something you want to do, like an outpost could equal a chat room.

...Ya know? Or am I just too imaginative?

As much as I dont like the idea, I cant see why not as long as there are no inherent bonuses to the different races. Just another skin, nothing more. I, for one, will never not play Human though

LoL u got the point here.

I had an idea. What if races were merely cosmetic, but had an effect on the story? Maybe there could be different missions and/or quests depending on the race.

Charr sez rawr

But in all seriousness without the requirement of being flamed with "Go play WoW nub" I never actually think of my character of being human and actually more elf like.

The only I feel is shame when I read comments of people thinking all good things could be copied only from WoW; That comments must come from a very young people, that's the only way possible. (i.e. Some people don't know Michael Jackson is (was) black; because are too young for remember that days)

RPGs are VERY VERY old my friends, older than you could even imagine (including playable races)

Yeah, it hasn't come out yet. It might not even come out. But if it will, we can't say it will ruin the game until it comes out.

I'm pretty sure it's all been said in one form or another, but:
- Pretty much every online RPG I can think of has had a selection of races to pick from. This is not an argument in favor of races, but it does prove that ANet is not "copying WoW". Blizzard did not, in fact, invent the MMORPG.

- We don't even know if ANet intends to add playable races. Therefore, freak out less please.

- Even if they DO add playable races, they may not be anything more than a cosmetic change. No worries.

- Lastly, even if the races do have different abilities, it's entirely possible that they could be balanced. We get 150 new skills every chapter, surely balancing a handful of races couldn't be any harder.

You have no idea if they're planning it, let alone how it would work. IMO, races would add much-needed variety to character appearance.

What happened to the mods? This is easily lockable.

LOL...how very true.