Why the elves are ugly and eat people?

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[DOZAH]

they could have named 'new york' more appropriately as 'new libya'.

[Lightning]

Originally posted by ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙):

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Cause ES series.

[DOZAH]

you serve? your way? hello him? hall of you, yeah? he man, you well? ode hymn?

are these the day of teas you recognize?

[DOZAH]

do you think to name the flesh?

[TheLightningYu | Mike]

Originally posted by souleater:

There is race that is far more overused than traditional elves, humans. Humans are same in every game, but no one seem to be bored playing with them. This is fantasy game, so humans could have two heads, eight arms and four legs, that would make them more interesting, right?.

The difference between this and your stereotypical Elves, that Human Race is an actual IRL Race, where people can actual identify themselfs, while Elves and such are fictional Races. Obviously Humans won't be Boring and Lame as other generic Races, when they stick to what Human have been since over Thousands of Years. Can't compare that.

Also idk where your Problem lies. Lot of people said they like Elves, you know that as well; why argue over this any further. In my Opinion they (atleast Female) are real beautys, simple not overly perfect as classical Elves. And their Skin let's you remind perfectly why this Elves are such an Naturebased Race. Reminds me also a bit on sylvari from Gulid Wars 2.

The only thing which me still bugs me, which simply could be fixed if they would explain ingame via lore, is why the Elves so drastically changed within its universe. If you look at DD and Dragon Commander, the Elves are your everyday perfect beautys, so i don't understand why they look so different.

[DOZAH]

the power of the mind can bend a spoon if it uses itself to hatch an egg.

[souleater]

Originally posted by TheLightningYu:

Originally posted by souleater:

There is race that is far more overused than traditional elves, humans. Humans are same in every game, but no one seem to be bored playing with them. This is fantasy game, so humans could have two heads, eight arms and four legs, that would make them more interesting, right?.

The difference between this and your stereotypical Elves, that Human Race is an actual IRL Race, where people can actual identify themselfs, while Elves and such are fictional Races. Obviously Humans won't be Boring and Lame as other generic Races, when they stick to what Human have been since over Thousands of Years. Can't compare that.

Also idk where your Problem lies. Lot of people said they like Elves, you know that as well; why argue over this any further. In my Opinion they (atleast Female) are real beautys, simple not overly perfect as classical Elves. And their Skin let's you remind perfectly why this Elves are such an Naturebased Race. Reminds me also a bit on sylvari from Gulid Wars 2.

The only thing which me still bugs me, which simply could be fixed if they would explain ingame via lore, is why the Elves so drastically changed within its universe. If you look at DD and Dragon Commander, the Elves are your everyday perfect beautys, so i don't understand why they look so different.

Sorry, poor example. My image of elves is from other fantasy games or Lord of the Rings etc., when I have seen elves like that in pop culture my whole life my image of elves is equally set as my image of how humans should look.

I think Guild Wars 2 did smart move and renamed elves as sylvari, they should have done that here too (not name them sylvari, I mean something other than elves, even some elf subspecies name would have been fine, like blood elves or something). I like how sylvari look and they are closer to my image of elves than actual elves here.

Then about elf cannibalism, I think elves would be actually more interesting if they look beautiful because its conflicting, now elves look the part, I could easily believe these creatures eat people.

In core my biggest issue is this, elves don't look anything like in cover art or in previous games. As I said I was going to play with elf (as I often do in fantasy games, its my favourite race after all). Well, maybe my core issue might also be that traditional elves are my favourite species in games.

Why do I still argue? To be honest in true internet fashion I got slightly offended when someone called my favourite race boring...

[NixBoxDone]

They love other people so much, they just HAVE to have part of them inside.

[Syrris]

These elves are nature-lovers too. It's just that they identify with pitcher plants and venus flytraps rather than daisies.

(It is also possible, as was pointed out by someone on Larian's forums, that the elves of the D:OS2 era are the unintended consequence of convincing Princess Lohanna to become a meat-eater in Dragon Commander...)

Dwarves are closer to standard, but not entirely - the typical fantasy dwarf isn't known for cunning or stealthiness, and there've been a few other societal differences highlighted in previous games.

[chebur2012]

The creators never heard of Tolkien

[ArkhanTheBlack]

Good that I read that. Definitely killed my interest in the game. I'm actually so sick of the ugly little elven gnomes shown in most western RPG's like Dragon Age, D&D RPG's, Pillars, etc. But this is even worse, now they are even degenerated, cannibalistic abominations. And it's not just a sub-faction like dark elves, it's ALL of them!

With the exception of some MMORPG's, the 'Tolkien' elves pretty much don't exist in western RPG's. The Elder Scrolls probably come closest, though even those look a bit weird.

I was already turned off by the info that the skeleton apparently is 'first choice' for human girls. There's just too much gross stuff in this game.

It's always the same in western RPG's, other races are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to be able to glorify humans as much as possible.

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Originally posted by ArkhanTheBlack:

Good that I read that. Definitely killed my interest in the game. I'm actually so sick of the ugly little elven gnomes shown in most western RPG's like Dragon Age, D&D RPG's, Pillars, etc. But this is even worse, now they are even degenerated, cannibalistic abominations. And it's not just a sub-faction like dark elves, it's ALL of them!

With the exception of some MMORPG's, the 'Tolkien' elves pretty much don't exist in western RPG's. The Elder Scrolls probably come closest, though even those look a bit weird.

I was already turned off by the info that the skeleton apparently is 'first choice' for human girls. There's just too much gross stuff in this game.

It's always the same in western RPG's, other races are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to be able to glorify humans as much as possible.

I'm sorry to hear that. TBH the game is really very good and I would still highly recommend playing it.... It's just a shame they made the elves look like monstrous abominations. Not sure how the designers could have thought it was a good idea.

[Kittenpox]

Originally posted by ArkhanTheBlack:

Good that I read that. Definitely killed my interest in the game.

Your loss. :-)

[Khryst]

I wouldn't say the elves are ugly, but it does show the whole connection to elves and trees in their look especially with the livewood connection they have. As for the cannibalism, I think it's an interesting twist on the "passing of knowledge and memories from elders" that many elf stories seem to have about thier long line of knowledge and memories, as they literally gain it from consuming the flesh of their dead.

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

Originally posted by ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙):

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YES FINALLY SOMEONONE UNDERSTANDS

THIS SHOULD BE A WAIFU SIMULATOR WITH ONLY DEEDLITS EVERYWHERE

PREFERABLY NAKED TO INDULGE MY EVERY WHIM

IGNORE THE HEAVY BREATHING AND STICKY KEYS IT'S MORE IMMERSIVE THAT WAY

and you wonder why larian never posts here willingly.