SoulGuardian.6203 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) Very curious about this. Which race do you resonate more with Culture wise? Each Race have their own cultural beliefs, and so their entire Lifestyle and Social interactions are based on their cultural belifs. In your own personal opinion, which do you prefer? Please explain in more details. Edited January 24, 2023 by SoulGuardian.6203 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jukhy.2431 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Good question but hard to answer. Still love the charr since I started with one but most of my toons are asura now. I did chuckle at "Sylvari and the Tablet", and since I don't have one (just desktop and laptop) I voted for the asura. Solid reasoning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aodlop.1907 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Human. Because I'm a human in real life. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya.9075 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Asura. Because I’m a rat in real life 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic.1897 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Probably Asura. Science > Religion, I work with technology and am short-ish. I also dislike whats mainstream in our society today (Tiktok, Drake, etc) which kinda fits finding Humans annoying but that one is admittedly a stretch lol 6 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezbefriends.7516 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) Norn, for being artsy. Edited January 14, 2023 by lezbefriends.7516 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungozen.2379 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) I appreciate the Sylvari lore, story and where they came from, how that is told via the Nightmare Court and Mordremoth arcs. I also appreciate that they are the youngest race and as such, have a sense of discovery and newness when showing up around Tyria. Edited January 14, 2023 by Mungo Zen.9364 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom.8029 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Sylvari, because I was born from a tree and skipped childhood. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfshade.9251 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Charr. I like militaristic societies where strength and tactics stand above worship of gods. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeria.1653 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 None of them. I could say humans because they are humans hehe but the whole context where they are is different of course, it's a fantasy/fictional world after all (and btw it's ok, personally (I stress, personally) I don't want a perfect copy of our world/society). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chyro.1462 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Sylvari. Their innocent (and a bit naive) way of experiencing the world, exploring and learning resonates a lot with me. Also the guidance given to them by Ventari's tablet while not absolute truths, are very aligned with my own views of how someone should behave and interact with their environment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) Charr forever, since they're just an amasing design and Ascalon is just so many memories. Asura are cute and their lands are pretty, and I like how the story is something out of a children's cartoon at times. Sylvari have a good aesthetic, and the best city, but they take themselves too seriously. Humans are boring since every game has done them and they're nothing special here either. Norn are awful even though I like their lands, since I'm not into hunting, drinking and fighting "culture". Edited January 14, 2023 by Mariyuuna.6508 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephalem.8921 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Asura because they are scientists and not religious. The worst: Charr. Imperialistic and militaristic dictatorship with military leaders at the top. Everything is structured in a way to create soldiers for the war machinery. Basically wh40k or the 3rd reich in a fantasy setting. Neither are likeable. Humans did nothing wrong wearing them as coats. 2 1 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Can't really answer this one as well as I would like. As an agnostic the Charr view of religion appeals but the rest of their society is abhorrent... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Kodan, because I am immensely wise and above all, incredibly humble 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Dredge its a curse from being brought up in sweden. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neighto.7386 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Skritt in everlasting pursuit of shinies! but sadly that's not an option lol 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowWisp.6497 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I resonate with Asura because Smol 💗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberzombie.7348 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Asura because I can be bit of a manic when it comes to experimentation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelW.2685 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) Slyvari easily, not even a question for me. Play Charr exclusively, and while their background lore is interesting with the whole dieselpunk militarism stuff, I prefer Slyvari lore cause it feels more natural and less "aggressive." Charr are this hyper militaristic society where the military is above all, not militaristic as in they go out waging wars, but just how it functions on a general level y'know? It's not quite SO bad where it's from the moment your born you go off to start training ,but rather from a young age you get sent to the Fahrah to go train to become a soldier. Only in recent lore is it starting to bite them in the kitten with the Charr Civil War. (how kitten-poorly IBS was handled notwithstanding) The Sylvari on the other hand feel very "human," (yes I know lol) as in they lead more natural lives, sure, they're born of the Pale Tree, but they don't owe her anything, some cut themselves off from her in fact, with the Charr, most of them are gonna end up as a cog in the military, barring those you see in Lions Arch and adventuring. Slyvari are free spirited, they can do what they what and go where they want, learn what they want, Ventari encouraged (Encouraged, not forced) them to go out and explore the world and live lives of virtue, but it doesn't feel forced like it does with the Charr, it feel's like the perfect race for a MMORPG. Slyvari are literally born adventures, and from a lore perspective, I think they're the best. Edited January 14, 2023 by SamuelW.2685 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronospere.8143 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 I have to admit that they all have something I feel connected to. The freedom of the Norn, the disciple and respect within the charr, the science of the asura. Sylvari's appreciation for nature. The humans have nothing to offer imo, maybe because its too regular? Maybe because humans are a bit off all of them? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telgum.6071 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Ventari teachings telling you how to approach life and people be like "Sylvari cool because nature and lookings". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik.3401 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/14/2023 at 11:41 AM, Aodlop.1907 said: Human. Because I'm a human in real life. Nowadays many kids would cancel you for it 😂 the mob dominates this game too so careful. Humans too here for obvious reasons 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 All of the societies we have in the game has parts that i strongly resonate against. And while all of them also have parts i can resonate with, i don't feel like there's a society where ratio of one to the other would make me feel comfortable in it. If we're talking about liking a specific society, that might have been Norn - but only the GW1 version. The gw2 one however concentrated more on goofiness and making them more of a joke race (big drunkards and braggards that usually can't really live up to their bravado), while losing a lot of their original "dangerous savage brutality" vibes. If gw1 Norns were grizzly bears, the GW2 ones are more like plush teddy bears. And we also have Braham as a newest iconic norn,to make it even worse. Not really a fan of this. The most interesting society would have been the Sylvari, but, again, that potential has been squandered by Anet. Them being completely inhuman in origin and only pretending otherwise has been completely skipped over. Them being a very new race has been shown in some attempts at presenting them as naive (but even this is often forgotten when it's inconvenient), but goes completely out of the window when their relations with other races are mentioned (in many situations they are being treated by others as a long-established race with deep background, worthy of respect, or, at worst, as a race on the same level as everyone else. They are never presented as newly appeared upstarts that others have to try to start treating seriously, as it should have been). And there's the whole Dream vs Nightmare issue, and the extremely toxic relation between Pale Tree and the rest of the race, where Mother has best intentions, and "knows best", but her actual child-rearing capabilities are absolutely abyssmal, and if you go against her wishes, you end up being cast out, forgotten and marked for execution with no chance given for coming back (the official stance towards Nightmare court). Not to mention little things like sylvan pups seemingly being born from the same Tree, which brings with it some very uncomfortable connotations. All of this can be seen only through glimpses and indirect inference, because the devs decided to massively downplay all the uncomfortable sides of those, and present the race only in positive lights, painting all the creepiness over with bright paints. So, another opportunity to show something interesting lost to devs being afraid of introducing some darker themes and presenting something someone might have seen as controversial. This also applies to a much lesser degree towards Asuras, but then this race has been created with the intention of being a joke from the get go (the whole Zinn trial in gw1...). Although, again, like with Norns, the GW1 representation was much more serious than GW2 one. And that's even when we consider who was voicing Vekk. (yeah, i seem to have went on a tangential rant, please excuse me) 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSD.4673 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Sylvari's the only one that isn't a total copy paste of US pop culture, and even then they're basically elves. It's like asking which preseident you think is most like you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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