Follow. Not to say that there wouldn't be any extra work needed to get armor pieces to fit right, but it should actually be fairly analogous to taking an armor piece initially designed around humans, and applying it to sylvari, as an example. They dealt with that problem in GW1 - you're reliving past events and are treated as / voiced by the default race. Now then, let’s throw out the facts about the Tengu as of GW2: They have a zone already on the map. Oh man, I thought this was related to the new episode or something, didn't realize it was an old video. xD An Update on Mac Support for Guild Wars 2. They apparently have some ancient, lost knowledge of the Elder Dragons (an awareness of the cyclic nature of their awakening, for example), but it is not known how they acquired it. The females of their species have plainer plumage and are typically larger than males. And to be able to play as a Tengu, for example you have to have completed the core story with atleast one core race toon, otherwise the Tengu will be locked until you've done that. There were Tengu in the trailer... Gotta play it soon and check out if there's any Tengu-related news. ... Gw2 Tengu Weapon Etchings Achievement Youtube. (I'm pretty sure they'll be a playable race) 145.99.177.157 10:12, 27 May 2007 (CDT) I hope so! They founded four houses—North, South, East, and West—which were named after the winds and allowed the clans from many corners of the world to preserve their unique cultures while unifying as a whole. We must soon determine with whom we will fight and with whom we will ally. @Dragon.4782 said: Please be sure that some cool old races beyond just the Charr are playable in GW2. Tengu prefer raw meat for their diet, and although avian, they lost their ability to fly in the distant past. It did raise a question though. @Safandula.8723 said: Despite all the hassles to making a new race, I still feel like we will get Tengu as a playable race at some point (barring like some financial disaster where ANet just has to abruptly end GW2 or something). yellingskyscale. Afterwards, the tengu returned, with no apparent change in their attitude. Although Izu Steelshrike accompanied the Pact to the Heart of Maguuma, he pointed out that most tengu still preferred to sequester themselves behind the walls of the Dominion of Winds rather than assisting the Pact in the war against the Elder Dragons. [7] Out of fear of a repeated past, they constructed a great wall to encircle their city, and non-tengu were not permitted to enter. Maybe you guys have some good ideas to fill in there? Tengu prefer raw meat for their diet, and although avian, they lost their ability to fly in the distant past. Arenanet was talking about bringing the other continents (Cantha and Elona) into Guild Wars 2 at some point. They don't have ele's, (except for the 4 bosses), so maybe you can't be an ele as a tengu in gw2. Oh man, I thought this was related to the new episode or something, didn't realize it was an old video. The peace was commemorated as the Day of the Tengu, at least while the peace lasted. The Tengu would be a prefect race to add doing just that as for most of the original story they where behind there borders mostly. There's a strong possibility that the whole case of splitting the last chapter over 4 weaksauce parts with barely any content (if the first one is any guidance) is caused by them working on expansion, and no longer having the capability of working on two major projects (expansion and LS) at the same time. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, –2 Constitution. And i mean a full chapter, not one like the last. Also IMO, seeing how much effort they put in the design of this race compared to the quaggan and the others it seems really unlikely that they are not planning to add them as playable race. Please be in GW2 :P 132.203.83.38 16:19, 23 March 2007 (CDT) . As long as there’s a total rebalancing. They could take the Death Knight approach in WoW and create a race which has its own storyline and starts from a certain point. [9], The tengu are filled with bureaucracy and warrior trials. No voice lines either. After the Jade Wind necessitated further human settlement of Shing Jea Island, the Sensali tribe massacred an entire village and, according to rumour, ate the corpses. They made the argument of getting it with no special skins. Think through what it means to add Tengu as a playable race. Not long after, in 1080 AE, the Empire of the Dragon experienced a surge of nationalism in the wake of the return of Shiro Tagachi and his plague. That would have to be a veeery long last minute then. Oh, and Tengu are cool too.Miss Innocent 16:33, 27 May 2008 (UTC) Shong the Shadow: I agreed with U, I think tht tengu will bee nice playable race in GW 2; because they have many tribes and they are rly cool they could have many weapons, armors and other things. They may have been making armor for Tengu since launch. The GW2 Tengu Echo Weapons collection is a set of exotic craftable level 80 weapons you can unlock on the Drizzlewood Coast map.Many players are confused about how to get these weapons, because the process involves a series of actions that seem unrelated. This page was last edited on 13 February 2021, at 00:53. With that, you would have 95% of the voice lines you need for a new race without having to do any new recording (of course, you'd still need to get new recordings for that remaining 5%, but that should be fairly manageable). Now I would like to give an argument to stand on, so this criticism dont come off as being a hater or anything. [11], When they first built the Dominion of Winds, the tengu unified their clans into four houses—North, South, East, and West, one for each of the winds. Now the tricky part is when it comes to HoT and PoF story and implementing Tengu in it. With the houses, the tengu can be unified while preserving the cultures of the ancient clans. That way they wouldn't need to re-do the old armors for tengu and they would only need to adapt higher level ones. GW2 staff are already hard pressed to get content for the current non-human races. The Tengu Wars would rage for almost two centuries, and it was not until early in the reign of Emperor Kisu that it looked like peace may be a possibility. Notice, that it was pretty much this case with the first expansion. The local Quetzal tribe offered their assistance to the human and norn refugees and helped some of them escape although the charr forces managed to kill several refugees from all three races. In 1127 AE, Emperor Kisu's successor, Usoku, led a campaign to annex the vassal states of Kurzick and Luxon back into the empire with the Ministry of Purity's help, and began to drive out non-humans such as tengu and dredge. Officially, race is used in lore to describe a sentient species. Four second sinks are way too much on their own but then you have similar mobs with the same ability (that never ever seem to sink at the 3.9 or even 3 second mark so sinks wind up maximized on their part ensuring a kill). Lets hope they add tengu as a playable race. Dwarfs will have an improtant lore hold on the events that cause GW2. (Farwind 22:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC)) ANet's stated that there will/may be more races, but frankly, I don't see it happening because everything related to GW2 has included Chaar, Asura, Human, Sylvari, and Norn, and nothing more besides small backstory. HoT brought us a whole new class, elites, and gliding, PoF brought us several mounts and more elites, what big thing will EoD bring? To me looking at it from a monetary aspect, it seems worth the effort. GIF by rose-clementine. I believe a Tengu playable race would be a waste of resources. Untitled. Cool huw? is plausible. The first part tends to be descriptive (e.g. Maybe you guys have some good ideas to fill in there? GW2 staff are already hard pressed to get content for the current non-human races. Instead, the Tengus has started to explore Tyria by themselves and there is Tengu NPCs popping up allover Tyria, HoT and PoF. In terms of … So let's look at where the tengu stand in regards to them: Armor Well, the more a new race's rigging corresponds to an existing race, the easier it should be to get armor models to fit on that race. For Guild Wars 2 on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Tengu as a future playable race? Now the tricky part is when it comes to HoT and PoF story and implementing Tengu in it. I think that it would work, as in Factions, the Tengu are a race oppressed by human prejudices, which, combined with the all-human Canthan Empire, would make an interesting backstory. It can be inferred that there is at least some surviving element of superstition within tengu society, as young tengu are sometimes given charms to ward against harm. The tengu clans are proficient with various weapons although they have their preferences on which weapons to use. Togo and Talon Silverwing managed to fight their way out and Wona was put down, but the damage to human-Sensali relations was permanent. They are extremely wary of the races of Tyria, and do not allow outsiders into their territories. The sylvari Trahearne convinced his old tengu ally Izu Steelshrike to join forces with the Pact and provide weapons for the soldiers in the war against the Elder Dragons. [7] Some tengu, however, seem to believe in loyalty, honor, and fate. It was only well over half a year later when their dev numbers grew up to the level where they could start working on PoF without impacting LS releases. 1. Most tengu have short and sharp or Japanese-style forenames, and clan names that can be seen as consisting of two parts. Like you'd need at least one level 80 character to create a tengu and the tengu would be level 40 or 50 or so. For Guild Wars 2 on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Tengu as a future playable race?" [14][15][16] Against the might of the Canthan military, many tengu would eventually have no choice but to flee north, to Tyria. [1] They currently remain neutral in all conflicts. Next to their beak are two short fangs. [7] It is not known which houses correspond to which clans or tribes nor is it known which clans survived long enough to form the houses, although tengu from the Caromi tribe of Kryta are known to reside within the Dominion of Winds. Since the tengu already use the same rigging as the charr, making the armor models fit them should be easier than if they were working on a race that was completely different. Much as I would love playable Tengu (+9 character slots if you do it, ANet~), it'd be way too much revisory and continuing work to fit them in. I believe they could and should add Tengu. Dantert.1803. I'd play Tengu with "only" racial armor, no problem. - Page 2. Tengu prefer raw meat for their diet, and although avian, they lost their ability to fly in the distant past. Tengu are the best. [2] When the tengu reached land, they built the Dominion of Winds atop the island once known as Sanctum Cay to defend against Zhaitan's minions,[17] and unified their clans into the four modern houses, one for each of the winds. They had no hometown, starting areas, racial quests and cultural armor done, for example. The players who play as tengu will not accept that and will demand existing and future armor sets to be created for them. This way of implementing Tengu in the game makes sense to me, and I've seen other MMOs doing this exact same thing with new races before. War with their Angchu cousins was, for a time, narrowly averted through the shrewd efforts of Emperor Hanjai's personal ambassador and a wise, levelheaded Angchu chieftain in 880 AE. [20] In 1327 AE, when Scarlet's forces attacked Lion's Arch, the tengu stationed at the Shuttered Gate retreated to within its boundaries. [2] However, some tengu are known to live beyond the emperor's rule such as the Quetzal of Auric Basin and Drizzlewood Coast. Does that point to them being "cut out at last minute"? @Taylan.2187 said: Tengu . I think Tengu are the most likely race to be added by far. Further, other tengu—often alone—are seen across the world or within the orders, such as Fuji Shadowbane of the Vigil, Genzhou Talonrend, and Izu Steelshrike. Apparently led by Commander Razorwing and another nameless commander, the Quetzal kept to the canopy of Auric Basin, out of reach of the Mordrem, and were known to assault Pact survivors. Next to their beak are two short fangs. I love the idea of getting to be a tengu. Rageahol Member Uncommon Posts: 1,127. The Tengu Expansion Hunter S Insight A Guild Wars 2 Blog. Seems to suggest them as a playable race in future X-pacs. Tengu Revenant Ii By Desert Mirage Fur Affinity Dot Net. No more LW episodes, only Expansions and Side Stories, please! When it was added, they quickly started demanding for unique skins. The armour sets are designed for humans and they already don’t modify most of the armour properly for the Charr. This may be the good faith reason for the Tengu to open up to the other races, giving a in universe reason for a playable race. No, they weren't. [2], Despite their newfound unity, not all tengu entered the Dominion of Winds. A few tengu from the Dominion of Winds have set up trading posts outside their walls in order to trade with and observe the other races according to the wishes of the tengu emperor. “They” being them as a collective. New Race Page 2 Guild Wars 2 Forums. The way I see it, there are three major obstacles to making a new race: making armors fit, voice acting for the story, and new zones to go along with the race. Sylvari are the only playable race not to appear in the original game, though the Pale Treemade an appearance as a sapling. The females of their species have plainer plumage and are typically larger than males. You do make a strong point. (I'm pretty sure they'll be a playable race) 145.99.177.157 10:12, 27 May 2007 (CDT) I hope so! 154 notes. We can legitimately ask this kind of questions the day they will stop struggling keeping their promises, there are actually too much things "on the table" for something that fancy. The issue with a new race is less because of the origin story and more because they would have to refit every armor set in the entire game to work on that race. Well an expansion has to bring... expansion-level new content. Because I imagine they are doing something big if the last episode of Icebrood Saga is mostly (if not entirely) taking place in older maps. Next to their beak are two short fangs. Talon Silverwing dialogue in the Far Shiverpeaks, An Empire Divided: A Selected History of Mysterious Cantha for the Traveling Scholar, [Data Mining] Removed-, unused- and forgotten models from way before release, https://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?title=Tengu&oldid=2229000, Prior to release, the tengu were a strong candidate for one of the. They will never add a new race bababa!” I don’t care! The Tengu are, obviously, the biggest known race that people feel will be the next available one for play. Both. The guards believed Grayfeather and the Sensali to be working together and killed him. They could still augment current VA's or even have recurring VA's (Like Liam O'Brian for instance who comes by somewhat frequently at Anet to do voice recordings for toons) voice tengu lines and have them do their own campaign that ties directly into the End of Dragons. There does not seem to be any single consistent naming scheme for tengu; however, there are several common conventions. After the defeat of Zhaitan, Izu mentioned that the death of an Elder Dragon might spark renewed tengu interest into joining the other races in their fight against the dragons. Some of the families that had emigrated to Kryta from Cantha became "lapsed tengu" who would forget Old Canthan in the following centuries. And when you're doing the content in core Tyria with your Tengu, you will not be able to do the core story since it already "happened" with your other toon, so it will be more about exploring and doing the other contents that exists in core tyria. It was a descendant of Talon Silverwing that led the charge through Zhaitan's Risen forces while the clans set their differences aside to survive through the calamity. @Dragon.4782 said: The Emperor's half-brother and Master of Shing Jea Monastery, Togo, was called to the estate of War Minister Wona for a peace summit with the leaders of the Angchu and Sensali, among them Talon Silverwing, Gull Hookbeak, and Swift Honorclaw. The whole point of a social game is to play with the people you want to play with, not be forced to play with the people you don't. You are, however, able to recruit an Asuran, a Centaur, a Dwarf, a Norn, and a Charr hero to accompany you in your adventures. [22] The tengu historian Goro Cleverclaws was eventually convinced to seek refuge in the Eye of the North where he helped translate his tribe's historical weapon carvings. Raziel spiritflayer07:26, 19 December 2009 (UTC) 1. #gw2 #Guild Wars 2 #guilwars2 #gw2 tengu #Ro's content #I titled this 'Hayato Has Never Been In A Real Battle' #i love the Tengu esp Hayato lmao #queued. New Zones I figure that a new race would require the addition of two or three new zones (not counting the level 80 content making up the rest of the expansion): a new city, a new tier one zone (the equivalent of Queensdale or Ashford), and potentially a new tier two zone (like Kessex or Brisban) to serve as the newbie experience of the race, after which they could reasonably be folded in to the existing zones for the rest of the leveling experience. The Dominion presently houses tengu clans from many corners of the world, including Cantha, Elona and Central Tyrian regions such as Kryta and potentially the Shiverpeak Mountains. During the battle, any creature that attempted to approach the gate was met with a storm of arrows, regardless of allegiance. crest, talon, claw). 17 notes. They could provide a newer expansion race if the regular gw2 only focuses on kryta and eotn for instance then there should be elona and cantha add ons or editions which could perhaps includ the centaurs and tengu … Later that year, a group of Angchu led by Soar Honorclaw joined forces with the Hero of Nightfall and various human factions to assassinate Reiko to end the Ministry's tyranny; however, the minister's death would only give the persecuted groups a temporary reprieve. [6], The tengu's fight through the Risen armies of Orr necessitated the different clans' cooperation with one another. The conflict soon spilled over onto Shing Jea Island, and peace with the Angchu finally broke down when Ministry guards witnessed Ryun Grayfeather of the Angchu defending Tsumei Village against Sensali raiders. in Guild Wars 2 Discussion. I have to admit, the fact that the Icebrood content is going to be so thin for the next several months actually has me a bit optimistic on this front, as I could see them doing something like putting the Living World team on making the tengu content, while the main expansion team is working on the Cantha zones. Guild Wars 2 S Next Episode Brings A Massive Map Wide Meta Event. By 1325 AE, as small groups of the Elder Dragon Primordus's Destroyers had begun surfacing on the inside of the Dominion of Winds, some of the tengu made tentative ventures into establishing contact with the outside world. You will join one of the orders of Tyria, and eventually become the commander of the Pact , following the same path as the other playable races. THIS!!!! bright, gold, true), and the second part often refers to an element of avian anatomy (e.g. Tengu are a bipedal humanoid race with usually slim, partially hunched, bodies. No. I hop ANet don't create things expansion by expansion. I was thinking about new races the GW2 team could probably add to the game, and i just decided to make a forum on itI'd like to see the developers add This wouldn't work for a new race with a distinct accent (like the largos) or an unusual speech pattern (like the quaggans), but for a race like the tengu, it should work fine. Some tengu also seem to believe in prophecies to some extent as the Angchu had tales of the day when their clans would be free and make peace with humans while tengu lands would be revealed by a heavenly star and rise. It takes them a long time to trust other races due to their history, and they require a lot of discussion among their high masters before they can commit to any kind of treaty with the other races. The females of their species have plainer plumage and are typically larger than males. Although many individual tengu believed in building a peace with the other races, they had to argue their case before the leaders of the Dominion who remained distrustful of the races due to the human betrayals in the past.[10]. The tengu are highly protective of their culture, and it is thought that this is a large contributory factor to their isolationism. They have to have a new personal story (even if it's shorter) that takes place after Icebrood Saga and leads into the expansion, because it doesn't make sense otherwise. Oh, that was definitely the case. Humans were the only playable race in the original Guild Wars. [13] Later, in 1071 AE, a formal peace with the Angchu was finally reached, bringing an official end to the Tengu Wars. In Guild Wars, humans are the only playable race, and as such, you cannot adjust this during character creation. For Guild Wars 2 on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Tengu as a playable race appreciation topic! The attitude of modern tengu towards spirituality is unknown; however, the Canthan tengu of old believed in an afterlife, which they called the Sky Above the Sky. /Archive. The Canthan Passageway Guild Wars 2 Forums. Voices The other potential really big issue for a new race, as the story has a lot of voice acting to it. There's two ways you could potentially work around this: First, as some people here have said, you could essentially have it that the tengu start at the current stage of the story, and don't experience any of the story prior to EoD.
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