I thought it was intentional to be honest, because it was only the elementals that were speaking in German, therefore I liked it. Hope they don't change it.

I noticed this and thought it was hilarious, although I hope we don't see a habit of this issue. Fortunately the text dialog was still in English.

Prior to the final Wyyrd tree quest, there's a quest where you summon one of the guardians at an altar "seeking the guardians". The audio for the conversation with that guardian is also in German.

It's certainly a bit weird.

I had it as well, but in the beta it played in English. Since I played the quest so many times in beta, I really did not even pay attention to what they were saying, since I already knew what was going on.

Yea, all of the Guardians' voice-acting is in German for the entire quest-line.

The thing that bugs me about it is that when I did the quest in beta, this problem didn't exist. It's normally not a big deal, but in the boss fight at the end, the guardians tell you what to do to not die and you can't understand them because they're speaking German. I had to create a new chat tab with just npc lines so that I could read what they were saying while desperately trying to not die.

I had not done that quest in Beta so I had no idea what was up with the Wyrd Tree boss. I figured they were probably giving hints.....but in German, was not so helpful. Finally I just dropped into a block hold after he dropped me until I saw the effect animation go off. That kept me alive enough to finsh.

Lol I didn't even realise that they tell you tactics which I suppose didn't really matter as they spoke German which I don't understand - I just saw the boss and zerged him with everything I had and he somehow went down.

Well, not needs to be done - it just makes it easier. The grab-buildup-uninterruptible damage cast is survivable, but it's just made shades easier when you can stand near a Guardian to avoid the damage entirely.

I was able to understand with my somewhat fail German that the spirits wanted you to come to them immediately and once I figured that out I was able to defeat the baddie. I did get a laugh out of the absurdity of the situation, but at least my rudimentary German allowed me to complete the final encounter :P

I wonder if they are working on it during the maintenance or if it was intended. lol

Honestly, I thought it was intentional. I really enjoyed the fact that as Earth Elementals they didn't speak "my language". It simply made sense to me that I wouldn't be able to understand them on an auditory level and would have to have it translated for me.

But then I got into tree, and into the battle, and they started shouting in German once more but without a translated option. That's when I knew it was a 'bug' and not intentional because if it had been intentional I would have assumed there would be a translation box or similar to let (us) know what the Elementals were shouting about. However, it was fairly simple to figure out that once they start shouting that you need to get to them so their "glowing" can insulate and protect you from the majority of damage while you're fighting.

If they keep the German (which I hope they do) the only suggestion I'd have, at this point, is to make a visual cue for the Elemental that starts shouting since the glow doesn't start until the tail end of their yell so (you're) left wasting precious seconds for that "glow" before you start running towards the Elemental that has the protection.

TL;DR - I enjoy the fact that they're speaking another language but would prefer either visual cues or a translation box/popup to let (us) know what they're saying during battle.

I almost died first attempt there on live because the guardian was yelling at me to defend the beaches of normandy or something but I couldnt see the light as it was behind me.

Yes I noticed that some of the wyrd themselves were speaking German as well. Makes it sort of odd. I could understand if the other factions spoke some other language at some points. Not because they do not know a language you would know but because they can. However all of the elves nearby were speaking in English.

I kinda liked it. I think it made them more interesting and at first I thought it was a made up language until I recognized a word or two. lol.