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NoXiFy

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:21 - 1

Now I know that this has been mentioned about three-thousand times before... but just to bring it back into the light. Where are are good friends the Sylvari? The GW2 beta is due sometime this year... and we never even got to see one in GW1! I just think its crazy that we got to see the other races we can be (Asuran's look to be great for casters, maybe monks. We know TOO much about how the Norn will make the came easy as pie gogo ursan go. Than, we have humans... which I think we all know a little about

. Than we have the hood ole Charr which are gonna be seen as much as pve mesmers if they dont balance Norn.)

I just think it's crazy that we have learned NOTHING about the Sylvari yet, seeing as how it will be a caster class... it's gonna be a major choice for GW2 Monks, the asura, the human, or the Sylvari!

I don't know about anyone else... but I have a feeling Anet might trash the Sylvari and go with the Dwarves, like many of us wanted to play in GW2. Well, that's my two cents. Comment.

drago34

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:25 - 2

Didn't you get to catch a glimpse at them at the end of EotN? Or am I mistaken =S

Nevin

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:29 - 3

No glimpse at the end, unless you're talking about the chode tree that ventari planted.

xshadowwolfx

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Mo/

27 Apr 2008 at 20:29 - 4

Eh not really, you never see a Syvari in game ever!

Kyomi Tachibana

Wilds Pathfinder

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Where iz teh Bonuz [WitB]

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:30 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by drago34

Didn't you get to catch a glimpse at them at the end of EotN? Or am I mistaken =S

I don't know what everyone else saw but all I saw was a tree growing, I hardly call that a glimpse of a race.

Unless I missed something, which wouldn't surprise me.

Big G

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The Order Of Bloodsoaked Rose

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:31 - 6

Sorry for breaking your image, but according to Gw2 lore, after almost all of the dwarves turned into a stone, the remaining ''normal dwarves'' left to live in exile. They are rarely or almost never seen by anyone after that. That's what Guild wars lore told us, so most likely we cannot play with dwarves.

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:32 - 7

Might it be that the Sear is actually a Sylvari?

Would make for a rather unappealing class to look at but that wont stop everyone from playing

Seariously, if the Sylvari are meant to be elves then we know what they will look like. The stereo typical thin human with long pointed ears.

Big G

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:33 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyomi Tachibana

I don't know what everyone else saw but all I saw was a tree growing, I hardly call that a glimpse of a race.

Unless I missed something, which wouldn't surprise me.

No, you didn't miss anything. The tree growing showed us the birth of first sylvari, too bad that the cutscene ended before we really saw one

drago34

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:35 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevin

No glimpse at the end, unless you're talking about the chode tree that ventari planted.

True, for some reason I was thinking of the pollen-ish looking things. My bad, carry on without my stupidity.

Mr. Undisclosed

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:43 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crom The Pale

Might it be that the Sear is actually a Sylvari?

Would make for a rather unappealing class to look at but that wont stop everyone from playing

Seariously, if the Sylvari are meant to be elves then we know what they will look like. The stereo typical thin human with long pointed ears.

How could they be sear when they were born in GW:EN?

masterjer1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Domain Of Anguish

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:45 - 11

Do you seriously believe that they will reuse all of the GW1 skills? I highly doubt that Ursan Blessings will be dominating the state of the game in pve as it is now. It is also possible that the different races will not share all professions or that the races will be primarily a given profession. That would be boring. I think that ANet has given it more thought to it than to rehash the same old game.

NoXiFy

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The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/Me

27 Apr 2008 at 20:53 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterjer1

Do you seriously believe that they will reuse all of the GW1 skills? I highly doubt that Ursan Blessings will be dominating the state of the game in pve as it is now. It is also possible that the different races will not share all professions or that the races will be primarily a given profession. That would be boring. I think that ANet has given it more thought to it than to rehash the same old game.

=/ i hope so to... but look at the facts. GW:EN... 40 reskinned armors and some silly weapons. =(

[DE]

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Scars Meadows

27 Apr 2008 at 20:54 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crom The Pale

Might it be that the Sear is actually a Sylvari?

Would make for a rather unappealing class to look at but that wont stop everyone from playing

Seariously, if the Sylvari are meant to be elves then we know what they will look like. The stereo typical thin human with long pointed ears.

We already know what they look like. There's concept art of Sylvarians posted somewhere around here.

drago34

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27 Apr 2008 at 20:54 - 14

You never know, we are talking about anet they could surprise everyone with gw2.

Axel Zinfandel

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LaZy

P/W

27 Apr 2008 at 21:09 - 15

Umm, the fact that the Sylvari are indeed in GW2 and are playable has already been confirmed, hasn't it?

Arduin

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27 Apr 2008 at 21:11 - 16

I aint seeing no pointy ears. But he/she/it/them is wielding some kind of device...be it a flute or a blowpipe or something.

Kerwyn Nasilan

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WHERE DO YOU THINK

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27 Apr 2008 at 21:17 - 17

Yeah I hope races dont give any kind of bonuses to be honest, because I am going to remake my main (a warrior) a human for sure and if that makes me less efective compared to a Norn or Charr I will be pretty annoyed.

Der Engel Soldat

Ascalonian Squire

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W/Mo

27 Apr 2008 at 21:18 - 18

I hope the classes arnt to one race... like Ele-Asura... I hope you can pick. Although there are going to be too many choices for me between Norn.. Charr and Asura

BlackSephir

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A/N

27 Apr 2008 at 21:23 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axel Zinfandel

Umm, the fact that the Sylvari are indeed in GW2 and are playable has already been confirmed, hasn't it?

Unfortunately.

Breakfast Mc Rit

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2008

[Sin]

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27 Apr 2008 at 21:31 - 20

Yeah, I believe we pretty much saw the end of the Dwarves with the conclusion to EotN. Most turned to stone and went goofy. I wonder what happened to the Stone Summit, though...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der Engel Soldat

I hope the classes arnt to one race... like Ele-Asura... I hope you can pick. Although there are going to be too many choices for me between Norn.. Charr and Asura

You can see an Asuran warrior (Mamp) in Rata Sum. I think the chance that races are little more than skins with a few racial abilities is in a higher favor than not.

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

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27 Apr 2008 at 23:28 - 21

I hope there is class and character balance such that its actually possible to be any of the full mix of possibilities. Yes, there will be the very common combinations. I just hope they arent the only ones we see.

Myself, I'll be picking what I like, and wont be going by what looks best on paper stat/race-wise. Sylvari look like my kind of character too, from the little I've seen of them.

Konig Des Todes

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Citadel of the Decayed

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28 Apr 2008 at 00:17 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoXiFy

Now I know that this has been mentioned about three-thousand times before... but just to bring it back into the light. Where are are good friends the Sylvari? The GW2 beta is due sometime this year... and we never even got to see one in GW1! I just think its crazy that we got to see the other races we can be (Asuran's look to be great for casters, maybe monks. We know TOO much about how the Norn will make the came easy as pie gogo ursan go. Than, we have humans... which I think we all know a little about

. Than we have the hood ole Charr which are gonna be seen as much as pve mesmers if they dont balance Norn.)

I just think it's crazy that we have learned NOTHING about the Sylvari yet, seeing as how it will be a caster class... it's gonna be a major choice for GW2 Monks, the asura, the human, or the Sylvari!

I don't know about anyone else... but I have a feeling Anet might trash the Sylvari and go with the Dwarves, like many of us wanted to play in GW2. Well, that's my two cents. Comment.

Dwarves are gone, few remain, and they are all very very rare. Sylvari will be in GW2, all we find out about the Sylvari in EN is how they are born, we never see one.

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We know TOO much about how the Norn will make the came easy as pie gogo ursan go.

You dolt, Norn don't use the blessing skills. That is a fact. There is a reason why Ursan is called Ursan BLESSING, it is a blessing from the bear spirit. Norn 'Become the bear' *turn into a werebear as seen whenever they fight. And they can supposedly turn into a werewolf as well *and probably other were-things*.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Der Engel Soldat

I hope the classes arnt to one race... like Ele-Asura... I hope you can pick. Although there are going to be too many choices for me between Norn.. Charr and Asura

As pointed out, you can find a Warrior Asuran. You can also find a Necromancer Norn. And Charr use all 10 professions in EN. So I doubt that there will be race-specific professions. What is possible are Race-specific skills and/or attributes. Such as more health for Norn and more energy for Asura *my guesses through the title buffs*. And race-specific attributes/skills won't surprise me because I have noted that some non-human NPCs run faster then our characters without speed buffs, so that right there is a possible buff for races.

wraithe

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

N/Me

28 Apr 2008 at 00:28 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoXiFy

I don't know about anyone else... but I have a feeling Anet might trash the Sylvari and go with the Dwarves, like many of us wanted to play in GW2. Well, that's my two cents. Comment.

Not sure about trashing Sylvari...its on the official GWWiki site..http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Race not much info, but you never know.

removing sylvari after hyping them up would be lame.

Hyper Cutter

Desert Nomad

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Knights of the White Eye [HINA]

28 Apr 2008 at 01:48 - 24

You know what I'd like to see playable? Tengu.

Kyomi Tachibana

Wilds Pathfinder

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Where iz teh Bonuz [WitB]

P/W

28 Apr 2008 at 02:22 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyper Cutter

You know what I'd like to see playable? Tengu.

QFT, seriously. I want to be a Tengu. :'(

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

28 Apr 2008 at 02:26 - 26

ummm...
doesnt teh ending of eotn reveal that teh sylvari r soon to be born...
i.e. they dun exist in teh time of gw1 yet

(gw2 takes place many years after gw1)

edit: teh wiki article also leads me to belive that they r not born in teh time of gw1 yet
quote: "This seedling plays a key role in the birth of the Sylvari."
source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Sylvari

Winterclaw

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28 Apr 2008 at 02:27 - 27

Tengu would be cool. So would Naga.

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

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Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

28 Apr 2008 at 02:32 - 28

Anet would never let people play a dwarf. That would be like them letting people play an elf. It's so insanely vanilla-blah-tired RPG schlock that they wouldn't go that route.

El Presidente

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28 Apr 2008 at 02:36 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by cebalrai

Anet would never let people play a dwarf. That would be like them letting people play an elf. It's so insanely vanilla-blah-tired RPG schlock that they wouldn't go that route.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Sylvari

Looks like an elf (or pixie) to me...so, why not be able to play a dwarf then?

Thizzle

Banned

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28 Apr 2008 at 02:37 - 30

I want to play as an asuran!

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

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Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

28 Apr 2008 at 02:43 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Presidente

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Sylvari

Looks like an elf (or pixie) to me...so, why not be able to play a dwarf then?

Looks like a human girl. No pointy ears, slanted eyes, or other elven-stereotype features. The description sounds much more like a dryad or nymph than an elf...

But regardless, why do people want to play the same old worn-out races that they've played in literally every RPG for the past 20 years? Isn't it time to consider something new(ish)?

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

28 Apr 2008 at 03:31 - 32

Sylvari will be in GW2

Don't worry.

P.s GW2 Races

Dwarves
Human
Charr
Sylvari
Asuran
Norn

TaCktiX

Krytan Explorer

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The Order of Chaos Reborn [ToC]

28 Apr 2008 at 03:52 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoXiFy

=/ i hope so to... but look at the facts. GW:EN... 40 reskinned armors and some silly weapons. =(

Because they rushed the dang thing out the door so they could work full-time on Guild Wars 2. GW:EN is saddening. So much potential, rushed. People think that ANet intentionally recycled content because they're a bunch of lazy bums, but they ran out of time. The section the Preview Weekend had was the part they managed to completely polish. The rest is where you see recycling when they rushed to hit the deadline.

That said, I have faith that ANet will blow our ever-loving socks off with Guild Wars 2, because they've been so dang busy working on the thing without telling us squat that anything GW is half-hearted. When it comes to people with a passion (if you read any interviews, ANet has plenty of it), half-heartedness in one arena means the full enchilada is going toward something else.

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The Sylvari I think are the least nailed-down race of all of them, hence the lack of information about them. Any day now we should get some mass information reveal, and then we'll know "all", relatively speaking.

Toxage

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28 Apr 2008 at 04:21 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by cebalrai

Anet would never let people play a dwarf. That would be like them letting people play an elf. It's so insanely vanilla-blah-tired RPG schlock that they wouldn't go that route.

Funny, cause they already have. Sylvari are already in GW2 along with dwarves.

<.< >.>

Winterclaw

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28 Apr 2008 at 04:23 - 35

Are those 6 the only ones? I heard there might be more somewhere.

Toxage

Krytan Explorer

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28 Apr 2008 at 04:25 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winterclaw

Are those 6 the only ones? I heard there might be more somewhere.

I haven't played any other races than the ones mentioned above. GW2 is still has a long way to go in development so if anything changes I'll be sure to post it here and update the wiki.

Zsig

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

28 Apr 2008 at 04:53 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxage

I haven't played any other races than the ones mentioned above. GW2 is still has a long way to go in development so if anything changes I'll be sure to post it here and update the wiki.

Sorry if i'm being naïve or something, but are you playing GW2 already? Because as far as i can remember in GW1 we can only play (as main characters) humans. Are you saying that you played others?How? (Heroes doesn't count)

Also, there are no Dwarves in GW2, at least not playable ones. Nothing on the wikis or anywhere else says otherwise, in the end they could change i suppose, but as it stands now they aren't announced as playable races.

Btw, some old info that might be forgotten by many people....The best things in life are free

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik Flannum

Right now we've got five races announced, and we're not saying exactly how many, but that's not the total amount that we'll have, we're going to have more in the future.

From that, we can either interpret that other races are going to be added in later expansions, or that there are more than just the anounced races, OR even both.
Also

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik Flannum

We want races to really have a pretty big impact on the way characters play. For example, the Norns, who are the big, burly, half-giant Viking guys from up in the North, all have the ability to shape-shift into a were-bear form; giving them more health and making them stronger, that sort of thing.

So a Norn warrior is going to have this were-bear ability, while a Human warrior will have a completely different ability just as significant - though we're still throwing around exactly what it will be.

So people who like playing as warriors are going to get a lot of variety out of choosing whether they want to be a Norn, an Asura, or Human warrior - as those are all going to feel very different.

What i understand from there is that each race will have abilities of their own, and not just cosmetics.

And finally

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azazel the Assassin

And they can supposedly turn into a werewolf as well *and probably other were-things*.

Not that i'm saying you're wrong or anything, but where did you get that from? Cuz as much as it seems they borrow qualities from other Totemic Spirits, it seems that the Bear is their only and real "Father", and thus they can assume their form, their strength. I wouldn't be surprised if they get stuff like Hawk Eyes , Owl's Wisdom, Wolf's Scent, Raven's ability related to death, and so on, but i think shape-shifting is limited to bear form only. Again, I'm not saying you're wrong as we can't know anything for sure, until we see it.

Articus Red

Academy Page

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E/Me

28 Apr 2008 at 05:05 - 38

lol im not trying to bash gw2 in saying they copied WoW cause my personal game of choice is GW over WoW. But whenever I see norn's using bear forms it reminds me of druids in WoW

Zsig

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

28 Apr 2008 at 05:20 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Articus Red

But whenever I see norn's using bear forms it reminds me of druids in WoW

Really? To me it kinda reminds of Beorn in The Hobbit (basicly a huge guy that could become a huge bear), which came like several years earlier... which in turn was prolly copied from some other source, which in turn was copied from.... .... ....

Meat Axe

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28 Apr 2008 at 05:23 - 40

Quote:

Originally Posted by cebalrai

Looks like a human girl. No pointy ears, slanted eyes, or other elven-stereotype features. The description sounds much more like a dryad or nymph than an elf...

But regardless, why do people want to play the same old worn-out races that they've played in literally every RPG for the past 20 years? Isn't it time to consider something new(ish)?

Exactly my thinking. I think it's nice that someone is finally deviating from the dwarf/elf/orc stereotypes that we see in every other fantasy RPG, and giving us some creative new creatures (some might argue differently, and might compare the GW races to other, already established beasts, but that's to be expected. Everything nowadays is based off something else, so similarities are obviously going to occur. The GW races do differ in some ways, though, which is nice).

I was hoping the Sylvari would look more like the Dervish's Avatar of Melandru, or better yet, something like this:

But I guess I can live with the whole Nymph/Dryad look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zsig

Really? To me it kinda reminds of Beorn in The Hobbit (basicly a huge guy that could become a huge bear), which came like several years earlier... which in turn was prolly copied from some other source, which in turn was copied from.... .... ....

Yeah, it is tiring that everyone seems to think that WoW introduced all these new concepts, like shapeshifting and mounts and persistant worlds. There's no point arguing, however. People will always compare things with what they are familiar with.