I still don't think Asuran would be lore friendly because they're all capable of making or purchasing their own golem. Which would be more efficient than spending similar hours on domesticating a pet ally just to have it die from old age or combat. A single golem could be designed to do what multiple pets can do. So imo a genius race wouldnt waste their time on an inefficient pet. Also, bows are super primitive and Asuran love being the pinalce of technology. Charr are probably the second least friend. Again, they invented firearms, it would be out if the norm for a charr to use a bow. Once rangers can use rifles, they'll be tied with sylvari. Imo, a charr that uses a bow would have to either be older than firearms, not wanting to relearn marksmanship on a rifle. Or they grew up far away from charr civilization. Imo, sylvari are third. Because having a sylvari dog doesn't make you in-touch with other animals. Sylvan hounds are born behaving for sylvari, takes no effort to domesticate them. Nightmare sylvari have to actually domesticatee them to be nightmare hounds. Most pale reavers use rifles. The first born sylvari are around 20 years old. Most archers have been practicing archery their entire lives. A human/charr/norn archer over 30 years old would have an entire life of archery practice leading up to the first events at the tutorial. A sylvari is literally born when you create it. And a master at archery a level 80, probably a month or two ingame days. Humans are second, because unless you're in one of the military factions, you'd have to be rich or lucky to have a firearm. Bows are more available and most humans would need to hunt for their food. There's even an event in queensdale where you hunt boars. So like I mentioned above, a lot of humans probably grow up learning basic archery to hunt. Humans domesticated krytan hounds to help with hunting. So they have know how to train animals. And taming an animal is easier if you already have a tame one. I don't count sylvan hounds as animals, they're sylvari. I don't believe, imo, other hounds would recognize them as a dog. Finally, Norn would be number one. Norn are a very prideful race and would most likely frown at the use of a less skilled weapon like a rifle. And norn are literally outside all the time. Wayfarer foothills is filled with norn that have befriended animals. Imo, Norn don't tame their pet companions, they befriend them. They also have a deep spiritual connection with animals as deities to help guard them from the mists. Anyone that's played norn story would know all about that so I won't go into details. But like the humans, Norn have hunted for their entire lives. There's a hunt for a big antelope thing in wayfarer foothills. Dolyak hunts, hunts for a legendary yeti. Norn are definitely the most lore friendly. Good discussion topic.
