Guild Wars 2

So I just purchased wings from the TP to put on my engineer, as they match her colour scheme. I was super excited until I discovered the following:

1 – Dragon Wings DO NOT work with shields when you are not in combat stance. They just vanish. Whilst this is understandable for other back items, the wings are holographic and it would not bother me for them to protrude through the shield.

2 – Dragon Wings GLITCH with engineer kits! You can get them showing up again by unticking/reticking to display back item, but it’s a massive pain in the rear. As a flamethrower build engineer, this is extremely disappointing.

Essentially I have wasted 14 gold buying wings for nothing, because you can only see them when I’m in combat stance and not using my primary weapon, my flamethrower. And the real kick in the crotch is that I can’t give the wings to my other characters because they are now soulbound.

BACK ITEMS SHOULD BE ACCOUNT BOUND BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRANSMUTE THEM TO WHITE/BLUE TO MAKE THEM THAT WAY. This makes limited time skins like these wings a huge gamble, especially when they do no display properly (It has been pointed out that if you fork out for a Charr/Quaggan backpack set that it comes with a white back piece to use… still rather unfair though to fork out for another skin just to save this one when I have it on the character I want to use it on anyway).

This has ruined the Dragon Bash event for me…

back items have always worked like this on engineers havent them?

For some of them yes, it makes sense. Wings are a little different to say a Guild Backpack/Charr/Quaggan Backpack though. And they do work with kits, just not properly. If they were fixed to work with kits at least, I would forgo my shield so they’re not wasted.

Obsidian.6248:

BACK ITEMS SHOULD BE ACCOUNT BOUND BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRANSMUTE THEM TO WHITE/BLUE TO MAKE THEM THAT WAY. This makes limited time skins like these wings a huge gamble, especially when they do no display properly

Actually, you can transmute them to make them account bound. the various quaggan and charr back covers come with a white non-attribute brace. I believe you can buy some at the TP if you don’t want to give more gems to ANet. Just make sure you buy one that has not already been opened (I think the “cover” has the back brace and the “skin” does not – but I’m not 100% sure on the naming and cant log on right now to check)

Lamont.5973:

Actually, you can transmute them to make them account bound. the various quaggan and charr back covers come with a white non-attribute brace. I believe you can buy some at the TP if you don’t want to give more gems to ANet. Just make sure you buy one that has not already been opened (I think the “cover” has the back brace and the “skin” does not – but I’m not 100% sure on the naming and cant log on right now to check)

Yes, someone else has suggested this to me, but I don’t think it’s fair I should have to fork out for another back piece skin when I don’t need it and I just want to use the wings on my engineer

OMG Thank you!! I had been wanting to move my Mad Memories to another character because the one who had it go the dragon wings. Took me two fine transmutation crystals, but it was worth it! I didn’t want to lose that back skin.

Agreed OP. this is the reason why my engineer doesn’t have a vanity back piece. When I got the sclerite back piece I tried it on my engineer and it would appear and disappear as I used and stopped using kits. Until they make it an option to not show the engineer kit backpacks, she won’t have a vanity back piece.

Obsidian.6248:

So I just purchased wings from the TP to put on my engineer, as they match her colour scheme. I was super excited until I discovered the following:

1 – Dragon Wings DO NOT work with shields when you are not in combat stance. They just vanish. Whilst this is understandable for other back items, the wings are holographic and it would not bother me for them to protrude through the shield.

2 – Dragon Wings GLITCH with engineer kits! You can get them showing up again by unticking/reticking to display back item, but it’s a massive pain in the rear. As a flamethrower build engineer, this is extremely disappointing.

Essentially I have wasted 14 gold buying wings for nothing, because you can only see them when I’m in combat stance and not using my primary weapon, my flamethrower. And the real kick in the crotch is that I can’t give the wings to my other characters because they are now soulbound.

BACK ITEMS SHOULD BE ACCOUNT BOUND BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRANSMUTE THEM TO WHITE/BLUE TO MAKE THEM THAT WAY. This makes limited time skins like these wings a huge gamble, especially when they do no display properly (It has been pointed out that if you fork out for a Charr/Quaggan backpack set that it comes with a white back piece to use… still rather unfair though to fork out for another skin just to save this one when I have it on the character I want to use it on anyway).

This has ruined the Dragon Bash event for me…

C’mon, you make it sound like it’s game over and it’s all to poopville.
The GLITCH you are talking about is clearly a glitch and will be handled sooner or later and the shield problem is a very know issue and I assume they are working on a fix as we speek, though we will never know when this will be done.

Use your wings or don’t but since these are gliches and bugs and not wai then it is sure to be fixed in the future.
Atleast you have got your wings, since I will never get 10.000 candy and I am so unlucky I bet I won’t even get to equip those wings this year, bah… This Dragon Bash event is ruined for me, I only got to enjoy Dragon Ball, try Moa Race and have the pleasure of hoping I will get a ticket or wings, I saw a fireworks show and got a neat helmet or rather 3 of them and today there will be a story to enjoy, but.. I won’t get these wings My whole darn Dragon Bash Experience is ruined!!!