I don't care if people say that it's doable or not, WoW (GW2's greatest opponent since 12+ years) already have 23 playable races and keep adding new races at a steady pace… while we're still stuck with our 5 basic races since 7+ years. Anet had tons of opportunities to add new races, and many different ways to get these in in an economical way by copying what other games did. WoW's races are actually variations around the same theme, using new skins on older races' bones and introducing these in the current story (skipping the oldest stories, leveling maps and beginner quests' voice actings).... nothing very complex or expensive. Like in WoW, every races are already present in-game... so, some animations, voices, emotes, skins, cultural clothings (etc) already exist in-game. Tengus, grawls and probably skritts already using Charrs bones (a Charr armour could potentially perfectly fit on a tengu, mergoyle, skale or skritt without having to modify it much)... to get branded and undead, they'd just have to add already existing skin filter/alphas to already playable races etc. We don't ask to play as unicorns or jackrabbits, so there's surely a way to do something. There's already enough classes... please add new races!!!