this weeks topic. Should Guildwars have playable dwarfs?
Yes Yes I know.....they (anet) will not say there are playable dwarfs yet to avoid the WOW vs GW flack. But i for one would like to play as one. Anyone with me?
Weekly poll topic
Jeremy Untouchable
I pwnd U
I think there should be. The dwarves are pretty awesome.
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[M]agna_[C]arta
Uhm, Uhm, Not sure......
Can you add "Not sure"?
Pros:
-More Selection for Players..
-More Race Traits..
-Would be odd if their were Dwarves but not-playable..
Cons:
-Too much Races..
-Female-Dwarves, Xo!..
-WoW Copycat..
Can you add "Not sure"?
Pros:
-More Selection for Players..
-More Race Traits..
-Would be odd if their were Dwarves but not-playable..
Cons:
-Too much Races..
-Female-Dwarves, Xo!..
-WoW Copycat..
wetsparks
Yes we all know that WoW created dwarves as a race and that they were the first to make them playable in a game. Enough of that BS already. Dwarves would be cool to play because it would give variety to the game. It is kinda lame that everyone looks the same. If you were around back then remember what it was like before Factions came out. There were the 15k armor that the rich people had and there was the 1.5 that everyone else had and the only thing that made you look different was hairstyle and color.
Anything that will make the population in GW less repetitive is a good thing i.m.o.
Anything that will make the population in GW less repetitive is a good thing i.m.o.
Puebert
Sure, even though I wouldn't be one.
Bryant Again
Dwarves are the one cliche that you can follow in the development of your RPGs that no one will hate you for.
Also, keep in mind that Dwarves have been in RPGs since Baldur's Gate, so it's harder to call it a WoW rip-off.
Also, keep in mind that Dwarves have been in RPGs since Baldur's Gate, so it's harder to call it a WoW rip-off.
Does-it-Matter
And they've been in fiction prior to any of the video games.
It's funny to watch everyone go "That's a WoW rip off" when even WoW got it from somewhere. Just because the game is popular, anything it has is "somehow" likened only to it.
It's funny to watch everyone go "That's a WoW rip off" when even WoW got it from somewhere. Just because the game is popular, anything it has is "somehow" likened only to it.
Tazaki
I would love to see dwarves as a playable race. Always loved the short stubborn guys. If they really wanted to say it was a rip off of something, wouldnt it be more appropriate to say its a D&D rip off? D&D predates WoW by a long shot, and even WoW would be classified as its ripoff too then.
But, yes, dwarves as playable would be great.
But, yes, dwarves as playable would be great.
Halmyr
Always fun to hae both old and new race's mix up
that being said
Release you inner dwarve and go grab a dwarven ale
that being said
Release you inner dwarve and go grab a dwarven ale
Bryant Again
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Release you inner dwarve and go grab a dwarven ale
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Tazaki
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
Or an axe. Ya'know, whatever floats ya boat.
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Bryant Again
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Dwarves have 2 hands, why not an axe in one and an ale in the other?
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Neo Nugget
woo stone summit! Dwarves are awesome
Zinger314
ArenaNet said they weren't adding Dwarves as a playable character in GWEN or GW2. Then why make this topic?
A typical "weekly poll" topic usually consists of "how often do you play Guild Wars?" or "What are you most excited about in GWEN?" The OP poll is the equivalent of dividing by 0: It can't happen.
Shouldn't be in the off-topic section in that case? (which would make sense, since the OP is apparently an off-topic mod.)
A typical "weekly poll" topic usually consists of "how often do you play Guild Wars?" or "What are you most excited about in GWEN?" The OP poll is the equivalent of dividing by 0: It can't happen.
Shouldn't be in the off-topic section in that case? (which would make sense, since the OP is apparently an off-topic mod.)
fenix
Some good grammar would have been nice on this poll, but you can't ask for everything. I think adding Dwarves would turn GW into every other MMO ever made. So, no. Dwarves would be dumb.
??Ripskin
No. End of discussions. If everyone wants dwarfs then put down Guildwars and go buy the crappiest of crappy games.
Jeremy Untouchable
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ArenaNet said they weren't adding Dwarves as a playable character in GWEN or GW2. Then why make this topic?
A typical "weekly poll" topic usually consists of "how often do you play Guild Wars?" or "What are you most excited about in GWEN?" The OP poll is the equivalent of dividing by 0: It can't happen. Shouldn't be in the off-topic section in that case? (which would make sense, since the OP is apparently an off-topic mod.) |
Anet said there would be more playable rases anounced later, i believe most people would want to play as dwarfs. this poll should highlight that nicely
ohyo
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ArenaNet said they weren't adding Dwarves as a playable character in GWEN or GW2.
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"ArenaNet is keeping the total number of playable races under wraps for now"
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EotN's story is based around the conflicts each race has with the Great Destroyer. The storyline of EotN will also impact the way we think about the world in GW2. At least we know the Asura and Dwarves have to deal with him. The fact that the dwarves are pivotal to the storyline may be a great factor in them being a playable race; but may also be the same great factor that makes them unplayable.
That said, I can see me going through GW2 'along side' the dwarves in whatever efforts they made (similar to Prophecies); but I can also see those efforts being a big chunk of GW2 making a whole area big enough to make them a 'playable race' (for a 'race starting point' or whatever if they bother).
Why have dwarves? We have the Asura, marking a diminutive race; and the Norn, marking a stalwart warrior race. Keep in mind; each race has a 'characteristic and catch-phrase'. If Asura are "inventive and condescending" and Norn are "Individualistic, stubborn and unrefined," then dwarves would make a decent balance between them and the other races with something like "Determined, Resourceful"
Norse mythology and Tolkien really set some boundaries, so I think ANet's doing a great job stepping outside the box just enough to keep us coming back for more. I don't want a Norse, Tolkien or WoW Dwarf, I want ANet's dwarves just how they are; playing as one would be even more tantalizing.
Superdarth
Definetly, every fantasy world has Dwarves, there is no shame in adding them.That and i just love the short, stout jolly little Dwarves with a permanent supply of beer.
Darksun
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Also, keep in mind that Dwarves have been in RPGs since Baldur's Gate, so it's harder to call it a WoW rip-off.
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arcanemacabre
Eh, I wouldn't play one, personally, but I don't have a problem with others playing one. Got no major beefs with Dwarves.
Oh and Zinger, you need a vacation.
Oh and Zinger, you need a vacation.
Aphrodate
There are lots of stuff that's the same or almost the same in GW as in WoW, for example some of the spells, but to stay on the topic. If Dwarfs are added to the game they must add Elves and Gnomes and and and... So that will change the whole GW, and don't want that to happen. There is a reason I play GW and not WoW or any other MMO....and it's because GW is different!!
Please don't make it the same!!
Please don't make it the same!!
Ehecatzin FlyingCrab
well..I personally would like Anet to focus on the new "original" races, but dwarves are already an important part of the gw lore, so I dont think they will ignore them as a playable race...plus the shiverpeaks need competition...
jungle---------sylvari/asuras...nature vs technology
shiverpeaks----norn/dwarves ..gigants vs well drwarves
ascalon area---humans/charr...mankind vs beasts
Im sure dwarves will be playable
well...after thinking about it I want dwarves ^^ deldrimor dwarves want nice armor too!
jungle---------sylvari/asuras...nature vs technology
shiverpeaks----norn/dwarves ..gigants vs well drwarves
ascalon area---humans/charr...mankind vs beasts
Im sure dwarves will be playable
well...after thinking about it I want dwarves ^^ deldrimor dwarves want nice armor too!
JoeKnowMo
Only if they were called "little people."
william1975
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If Dwarfs are added to the game they must add Elves and Gnomes and and and... So that will change the whole GW, and don't want that to happen.
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I'm not sure if you noticed but Dwarves are already in the game, quite a lot, in the Shiverpeaks, and we have had elves too, Right arund Christmas, you could even turn yourself into one, and now there is a mini-pet. Haven't seen a Gnome yet, but who's to say.
I would Like Dwarves in the game as playable charcters, My first RPG was Dragonlance, which I played on my Amstrad back in the 80's, loved dwarves.
Variety is good, and as long as the graphics are better than the cartoonish WoW I'll like it
This is a fantasy world and as long as it stays that way I'll be happy, I'll worry when we get the Martians invading,
Onarik Amrak
Dwarves are ok, but if you had to make a choice between... say Tengu and Dwarves, I'd pick the Tengu!
Milennin
Would be cool if there was a Dwarven Hero or Henchmen in Eye of the North.8)
Avarre
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Shouldn't be in the off-topic section in that case? (which would make sense, since the OP is apparently an off-topic mod.)
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Personally, I'm against it. Even if the races are aesthetic, I prefer the base premise of human guilds fighting each other, and excessive decoration just seems to distract from the core of the game to me.
Westofeden
I would say yes but the no answer was funny.
No,short bearded folk are evil!
No,short bearded folk are evil!
Thomas.knbk
Playable dwarfs...
that would be..... pointless?
that would be..... pointless?
Robin_Anadri
Augh!
Somebody had to link it.
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Yes we all know that WoW created dwarves as a race and that they were the first to make them playable in a game...
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Selket
"Sorry jeremy untouchable is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her."
No fair.
Anyways, no. Worst idea ever.
No fair.
Anyways, no. Worst idea ever.
Bryant Again
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Playable dwarfs...
that would be..... pointless? |
Komes I
I'd hate to play with dwarfs or someone that plays with them... I hate asura too but hey if my dreams come true, NOONE will play asura and we will all be asura free!
Superdarth
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Originally Posted by Aphrodate
There are lots of stuff that's the same or almost the same in GW as in WoW, for example some of the spells, but to stay on the topic. If Dwarfs are added to the game they must add Elves and Gnomes and and and... So that will change the whole GW, and don't want that to happen. There is a reason I play GW and not WoW or any other MMO....and it's because GW is different!!
Please don't make it the same!! |
And if Dwarves are added to the game they dont HAVE to add Elves, Gnomes and stuff. That said i am afraid they will do it anyway: Sylvaari or whatever that race is called will likely take the place the Elves hold in other MMO's, while Asura will likely fill the Gnomes role despite diffrences in appearance.
They dont have to, but im afraid that A-net might be making a big mistake and doing it anyway.But its to early to truly be able to predict that now.
Divine Freak
I think dwarves would be a fun addition, I've always liked the short angry folk that drink too much and carry around big hammers 
I like the idea of playable races other than humans in the GW world, but I think it would be best if they stuck to the races that they already have introduced. I already don't care for the look of the Asura, little too much on the 'cute' side for my taste.
I like the idea of playable races other than humans in the GW world, but I think it would be best if they stuck to the races that they already have introduced. I already don't care for the look of the Asura, little too much on the 'cute' side for my taste.
Helcaraxe
Dwarves are a standard in RPGs since the dawn of time... I can't imagine anyone would be upset about the addition of them.
And if we are afraid of copying other games... what the hell do you think the Sylvari are other than elves? I mean... The Sylvan Forests are the home of the elves... in a fantasy book I love "In Sylvan Shadows" is a chapter entirely about elves...
And the Asurans - supposed to be short, extremely intelligent, and have a new kind of magic (technology anyone)... what are these other than a glorified Gnome race?
Honestly... I don't think there would be any hurt in adding Dwarves as a playable race, the standard RPG races return in EVERY fantasy game from the start of D&D to the end of virtual reality about 10 years from now...
And if we are afraid of copying other games... what the hell do you think the Sylvari are other than elves? I mean... The Sylvan Forests are the home of the elves... in a fantasy book I love "In Sylvan Shadows" is a chapter entirely about elves...
And the Asurans - supposed to be short, extremely intelligent, and have a new kind of magic (technology anyone)... what are these other than a glorified Gnome race?
Honestly... I don't think there would be any hurt in adding Dwarves as a playable race, the standard RPG races return in EVERY fantasy game from the start of D&D to the end of virtual reality about 10 years from now...
Helcaraxe
Dwarves are a standard in RPGs since the dawn of time... I can't imagine anyone would be upset about the addition of them.
And if we are afraid of copying other games... what the hell do you think the Sylvari are other than elves? I mean... The Sylvan Forests are the home of the elves... in a fantasy book I love "In Sylvan Shadows" is a chapter entirely about elves...
And the Asurans - supposed to be short, extremely intelligent, and have a new kind of magic (technology anyone)... what are these other than a glorified Gnome race?
Honestly... I don't think there would be any hurt in adding Dwarves as a playable race, the standard RPG races return in EVERY fantasy game from the start of D&D to the end of virtual reality about 10 years from now...
And if we are afraid of copying other games... what the hell do you think the Sylvari are other than elves? I mean... The Sylvan Forests are the home of the elves... in a fantasy book I love "In Sylvan Shadows" is a chapter entirely about elves...
And the Asurans - supposed to be short, extremely intelligent, and have a new kind of magic (technology anyone)... what are these other than a glorified Gnome race?
Honestly... I don't think there would be any hurt in adding Dwarves as a playable race, the standard RPG races return in EVERY fantasy game from the start of D&D to the end of virtual reality about 10 years from now...
Jeremy Untouchable
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I would say yes but the no answer was funny.
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Aphrodate
[QUOTE=william1975]I'm not sure if you noticed but Dwarves are already in the game, quite a lot, in the Shiverpeaks, and we have had elves too, Right arund Christmas, you could even turn yourself into one, and now there is a mini-pet. Haven't seen a Gnome yet, but who's to say.
I meant as playable charcters. I know there are dwarves in the game as NPC's....I'm not from Mars...LOL!!!
I meant as playable charcters. I know there are dwarves in the game as NPC's....I'm not from Mars...LOL!!!