Originally posted by negativf4kk

Was funny to watch WvWvW. Asura reminded me of Stich from Disney cartoon. When i thought about that Char started to look like Scooby-Doo. LOL

asura do remind me a lot of stitch as well

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hehe you can always make one race and mix and match in different ways like you could play an asura and go to another area to level like the silven or char area and still use the personal storey initiation points in what ever city or "appropriate" leveling area your in.

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some quick questions about these little guys. do all the cute animations slow down actual dps and casting or attacking like in so many other games? like in wow, do short people have more problems seeing long distances and over things? can they jump as high and clear obsticles like other races. when it comes to dungeons and evoiding combat and such this is very importantant in most games later on. what are the downsides to playing short aliens in gw2? hehe

Originally posted by Skuall

i loved the race however , i dont enjoy the gear wirth them :( , found a cool looking staff ... with some lighting effect....was barely noticeable :( , A-Net needs to do what WoW did with goblins/gnomes oversized weapons lol.

um...no- please dont mention GW2in same sentence as wow- no need for this trash comparison.

no need togo backwards with design. Anet knows what they are doin.

Asura were/are my favorite by far. I was going to roll a human at launch, but now I think I am going to have to roll an Asura.

Asura's are butt ugly. Personal opinion of course but during chaacter creation I could not make an Asura I didn't think was creepy/ugly/gimpy looking no matter how much I played around with sliders and customization options.

Sylvari on the other hand can look pretty cool.

I, like you, went in having hated all small races (except WoW goblins). But Asura really made a huuuge impression on me. The wonderfully crafted animations and their arrogance has ensured that my main will be an asura guardian. Well done ANet!

Btw, all talk about hitboxes. The smallest asura char will have the exact size on their hitbox as the largest Norn. So you can potentially click select an asura without actually clicking it, but rathe clicking in the vicinity.

I never got to try the Azura during this last Beta, but I'm definitly sure that when the head start comes along, I'll make one. I think t would be cool to be an azuran engineer, since they're inventors, and you would be with a golemn companion, very helpful. But for actual class, Engineer is one of my favourites so far.

I mirror Mike's (previous) sentiments about the Asura, I just couldn't see playing one... but ANet did the unthinkable and made me want to roll one at launch.  Their animations are awesome and the voice acting and city structure of Rata Sum are extremely well done and draw you in much more than say, the Norn.  

Bravo.

I usually don't like playing the default midget race in fantasy games, however I found playing a Asura necromancer to be a lot of fun. The technology their society has created is everywhere and most importantly you get to immerse yourself in it, and actually use it.

I want to play one now (I didn't before) but they are ugly as hell!