More Races...

My idea is all about how to implement more races to chose from.

This would also bring more PvP into the PvE side of the game. This is still an idea and is in no way perfect.

Basically, you have two servers, Classic PvE and PvP/PvE. The races available would perhaps be Centaurs, Grawl, Charr etc.

All those are already in the game you might say, but that's the point. The missions could work like this: On the PvP/PvE server, the Great Northern Wall mission would be available for both the Charr race and the Humans race. The charr's job would be to hinder the humans in their mission and the human's job would be to escape the charr.

In the Fort Ranik mission of course, there would be more than one group of charr sharing the one mission instance, but they may be hindered in where they can move throughout the mission. At least until the humans have passed through their area.

There could also be ethnic groups, such as for the dwarf race, you could be either loyal to the summit or to the other dwarves. You could be White Mantle or Krytan. All these possibilities, but using character models that are already in the game and keeping the idea of mission-based gameplay.

This is a very rough idea, I know, but what are your opinions?

Races are almost impossible to implement, given how the game works. Don't count on it...

I remember in a FSF a while back they said they'll probably implement it in a future chapter. The gameplay mechanics are already here. It'd just involve a few new skills and items.

EDIT: http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77120 Check out the "FACTS" section. I'll take it with a few buckets of salt, but it's still looking better all the time.

I don't think GW has a future in large scale PvP race race war. It's interesting yes but it will never happen. And I am never wrong. Except that one time...

I never said "Large Scale" as in WoW-style war. I just mean introducing more races while keeping the mission-based structure. Even if it was just aesthetic and all the races were allied, it'd be good. I just get sick of starting in ascalon. :P