Guild Wars 2

I know there is a back slot that does not have many items to put in so I really hope they add cloaks/capes to the game. I have always enjoyed how they look and how they change the silhoutte of your character in other games. They would look great along with the awesome armors available in gw2. Being able to put guild emblems on them would make it even better!

As if this game doesn’t already have enough terrible clipping issues with armor.

Buy a guild backpack or make an engineer

I forgot to mention that obviously this should be an item you can toggle on/off.

Yes Please!

Cloaks are badly needed. If you don’t like them, then you will be able to turn yours off.

Signed. I miss my Guild Cloak. It was my favorite NON-intrusive guild equipment in all my days. I mean, I can turn it off, and it does not neccarly “become” my armor.

I support the idea.
Is it ‘easy’ to write code that makes parts of an object not render when “clipping” through another object?

“I support the idea.
Is it ‘easy’ to write code that makes parts of an object not render when “clipping” through another object?”

Say that to most charr helmets.

Beaster.4531:

Buy a guild backpack or make an engineer

Have you seen those backpacks? I’d rather not thank you. I’m suppose to be a warrior, in heavy armor using a shield, i do not want a big bulky ugly looking backpack on my back clipping with my weapons. This game encourages guilds more then GW1 did, so what do Anet do? remove the best way to repersent your guild. People see your cloaks in GW1 and think “oh that looks good” now we have tiny little logos on ugly weapons/armor and backpacks.
they managed to make cloaks in GW1 without clipping issues and i’m sure if they can make a backpack not clip they can work a way out to do a cloak instead

I think I remember reading somewhere that cloaks were originally in the game and were removed due to clipping issues. I am also a big fan of the cloaks.

Well if that’s the case I hope it’s something they are able to work out and get back into the game.

/signed.

Would love to have cloaks, looks lame having no cloak after playing guild wars 1 for so long and having epic looking guild cloaks.

Signet of Forums.4397:

As if this game doesn’t already have enough terrible clipping issues with armor.

Don’t wear the capes/cloaks then.

+1
ive got little additional solution
if anet hv a prob with making it suitable with all races
maybe anet can make the cloaks devide by racial
(ex: due to charr is a hunchback it kinda unsuitable if they wear long cloak it’ll be curved and of course the anet will hv problem to redesign it again)

Yes please. It just aggravates me when I play a fantasy game with no cloaks in it

I so want a cape! I’d personally pay for it, like you pay for guild emblems on things. Not a gold, but I would pay. <3

My Character Really Needs A Cloak!

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We’d end up with just another game where 99% of the population at every event screams for everyone to please turn off capes to help with lag/rendering.

I badly want capes as well! It doesn’t feel as heroic to have a character with
out it. Nor it gives that “Fantasy” feeling I expect to get when playing a game like this! I’m sure that clipping issues wouldn’t be that bad, besides who is too picky to accept some little glitch can as well avoid to wear one, in case!
I would pay a cloak with any kind of currency, please ANet, please, please, please add capes for our characters!

YES please.

Thank you!

This game definitely needs cloaks! I honestly don’t mind clipping issues, I want my character to look completely awesome! And cloaks give such a feeling when wearing them!
I too would pay any kind of currency if they added them!
Arena Net, please consider adding them!

We all need cloaks! What is a RPG without cloaks ?

If there are going to be cloaks or capes, better make them other than the old back-width piece of tin foil. Either make it really, really wide, so that it goes around shoulders (as real cloaks do, unless they are of a specific type that is smaller), or perhaps a single shoulder cape (think of something like Ezio from Assassins Creed 2, or Lightning from FF13. Both have single shoulder capes, though different.). Or how about waist capes? Nah, some heavy armors already include these…

i’m in. woop woop

A cloack will look heroic, and awesome indeed. And i agree with the people saying it is the best way of representing your guild. I’m in.

I, sign this with pleasure. As a medieval-fantastic role-player, cloaks are just the skin element I need the most to complete my set. Please, considere it now.. A single skin at least to give the choice would be so great..

i blame the charr for not having capes

People say that there are clipping issues and animation complications with adding capes into the game. I’m not for or against capes/cloaks but I will share my knowledge with you.

ArenaNet creates the foundations to their game in Autodesk Maya. Models, animations, textures and effects are originated here. It’s my belief that ArenaNet’s issue with capes aren’t clipping errors and animating, but the game engine itself. Here’s why:

Autodesk Maya 2013 makes it insanely easy to add “collision” to objects that interact with nCloths. All ArenaNet would have to do to make capes is create a basic textured rectangle, apply an nCloth effect (which makes it move with your movements, acting like real cloth just like certain cultural butt-capes) and the apply collision checkboxes to every armor in the game. The complications come in when they port the model into the game world, in which other complications arise. Will collision effect other aspects of the game? Will capes collide with other players’ armor while you’re standing half-clipped inside of them?

Unless they redesign the engine to accommodate the collision of every armor in the game, capes won’t happen.

i still don’t get it why is ok to have each other collide in the same spot forming ugly mutants at every single waypoint or the fact that i can run through mobs and players, and i should quit the game for a clipping cape

Doesn’t matter, we want cloaks !

If clipping issues on races like the charr are the issue, why not make race-specific back items? Humans could get cloaks, norn could get furs or hides draped over their shoulders, etc.

darkace.8925:

If clipping issues on races like the charr are the issue, why not make race-specific back items? Humans could get cloaks, norn could get furs or hides draped over their shoulders, etc.

That seems like a nice idea. And nobody can say it’s discrimination because it’s race-specific so if they want a cape, they have to make a human.

Sarak.7195:

Yes Please!

Cloaks are badly needed. If you don’t like them, then you will be able to turn yours off.

I lol’d.