Other games have Dwarves or Gnomes for their token cutesy miniature race, but filling this role for Guild Wars 2 are the Asura. Last week, ArenaNet devoted a whole week to these spunky munchkins, expounding on everything from their history to architectural influences. Today, Designers Jon Peters, Jeff Grubb, and Ree Soesbee delivered an extra dose of Asura by giving us the lowdown on the Inquest and battle suit Golems.
First, Grubb and Soesbee told PC Gamer that the Inquest wanted to be the culture that invented the device that would take down the elder dragons, and its members are willing to do whatever it takes to come out on top. Grubb explained, "Most Asuras will not experiment on sentients. That's one of those things that's just not a good thing. The Inquest don't have that limitation. They are more willing to not just manipulate, but to harm others because they've made the judgment that they're superior and therefore have the right to do what they will without worrying about you."
Jon Peters was a little less verbose regarding the Asura's battle suit skills, mostly because these abilities are still in development. However, we learned that although the battle suit is designed for a single operator, when a battle suit is called, any race can pilot it. And when asked if these mechs could be used in PvP, Peters replied, "In World vs World vs World PvP, absolutely yes! In competitive PvP the battle suit will get banned from tournaments."
We hope you caught all of ArenaNet's Asura-related activities last week. If not, we have everything you need to know right here, including a wrap-up in today's Flameseeker Chronicles.
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Sep 19th 2011 9:25PM Fabius Bile said
I hate midget races and cant stand the Asuras, but damn, that tidbit about battle suits open for all races to pick up and use was awesome....
Posted: Sep 19th 2011 11:44PM drunkingamebar said
@Fabius Bile I have no problems with the shorties, it's the annoying people that play them that bothers me. Short races draw out the weirdo's, like Wal-Mart does at midnight.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2011 9:47AM (Unverified) said
@drunkingamebar really? I generally find more mature people playing then than the all the "cool races".
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Posted: Sep 19th 2011 9:55PM jakofascalon said
LOL, ya, the Asura are meh, but I was wondering how they were going to do the golem thing. Good to know they are not just limiting it to Asura only and that they are allowing all races to partake. Char Golemancer FTW!
Posted: Sep 19th 2011 10:42PM jealouspirate said
@jakofascalon
To clarify, the Asura have an "elite" racial skill on a long cooldown that allows them to deploy a battlesuit temporarily usable by all races. It's not that all races will always have access to these things, just whenever an Asura player drops one.
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To clarify, the Asura have an "elite" racial skill on a long cooldown that allows them to deploy a battlesuit temporarily usable by all races. It's not that all races will always have access to these things, just whenever an Asura player drops one.
Posted: Sep 19th 2011 10:23PM jealouspirate said
So much love for the Asura. At this point I can't even imagine ever rolling a character that's not Asura. Why settle for less?
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 3:22AM DancingCow said
@jealouspirate
Asura are super cool, but I still love the Sylvari more :)
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Asura are super cool, but I still love the Sylvari more :)
Posted: Sep 19th 2011 11:41PM (Unverified) said
Where is the link to the original article?
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 12:51AM DevilSei said
So, an Asura can deploy a battle suit usable by everyone? What happens if a Norn tries to get into it though? I mean they must be about the same height when you think of it!
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 2:54AM drunkingamebar said
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 11:10AM Dunraven said
Just not a fan of the Azura as I hate techno magic, that is going to be the biggest hurdle for me to get over....as much as I tried to ignore it in RIFT I just couldn't.... luckily LOTRO and AOC still offers the type of setting I like.
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 1:48PM (Unverified) said
Battlemechs... that just sold me on Asura
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