Guild Wars 2

Doesn’t that kinda just complete the whole look to a character? You have to admit they look pretty awesome, and with the GW2 graphics they would totally look amazing. Doesn’t Rytlock in the art pictures have a red one? but actual in game Rytlock doesn’t?

I would love to have a cloak at low level. They seem to be aimed at high level chars only, though.

+1 to that, GW1 had them and they looked awesome. I always look to see if there are cloaks in every MMORPG i play.

A lot of people are against them for whatever reasons though so prepare to be flamed for this thread matey.

danbuter.2314:

I would love to have a cloak at low level. They seem to be aimed at high level chars only, though.

My highest right now is 17 charr warrior….. So you are telling me they have cloaks at the high levels? because I can deal with that. I just have not seen them period.

In my experience, City of Heroes is the only game that’s really gotten the cloak/cape look right. I’ve love to see them in GW2 if they could get them right, however.

It’s been suggested several times before. The usual answer is that they tried, but there were serious clipping problems, and they’ve had to scrap that idea for now. (And given some of the clipping problems that they allowed to go live, it must have been downright awful.)

They’ve not said “never” to the idea, but right now there’s other things they’re working on first. Making capes and cloaks work would take time that could be used to make a lot of other things instead.

There are quite a good amount of backpieces in the game but they don’t display anything at all, I sure would love to see some of those on my char’s back! =0

As far as I remember there was something on the wiki about cloaks in the accessories section even before the BWEs. I guess they decided not to implement those after all.

I just think it kinda completes the character.

They would block my glorious and good looking back views of my character. (like backpacks god kitten

I’m fine with it as long as there’s an option to turn it off. Unless they want ascended cloaks too…

Palador.2170:

It’s been suggested several times before. The usual answer is that they tried, but there were serious clipping problems, and they’ve had to scrap that idea for now. (And given some of the clipping problems that they allowed to go live, it must have been downright awful.)

They’ve not said “never” to the idea, but right now there’s other things they’re working on first. Making capes and cloaks work would take time that could be used to make a lot of other things instead.

Yep I have to agree with you id rather let them wait with this and get the clipping issues sorted out than releasing cloaks now. If you look at something like norgu’s armor on a char ele it clips extremely badly how that got passed q&a i dont know

I’d love to have cloaks too, but until they introduce a system where you can opt for physics-simulated weapon scabbards, etc. I think it would just look like crap.

I’m talking about my warrior’s axes poking through his plate skirt.

+1
I hope they haven’t stopped looking into the clipping problem

capes seem kind of weird given that most of the medium/light outfits i’ve encountered are either robes or trench coats,

capes and robes/trench coats just don’t work well together in my opinion

but i can imagine them looking amazing on heavy armor and non-robe/trench coat medium/light armors

Sargonnas.4168:

danbuter.2314:

I would love to have a cloak at low level. They seem to be aimed at high level chars only, though.

My highest right now is 17 charr warrior….. So you are telling me they have cloaks at the high levels? because I can deal with that. I just have not seen them period.

Please elaborate. Because what i read is that your highest character is a level 17 warrior. If this is indeed true then based on what experience making comments about so many aspects (guardians, group formations, mounts, armor, classes :O, skills farming and the list goes on and on)? I got 3 80s (ranger, warrior and thief) and i feel i am still learning and you seem to know so much with a char that now is 17 level while 22 days ago was 15. How you do it really?

ATM the game does not have any kind of capes they were cancelled before launch due to clipping issues i think but i agree capes would be awesome and it would be nice to have the ability to choose and change between different capes when you feel like it.
I found i nice thread where they had a cool idea for different cape designs http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/41852-wings-and-capes/page__st__90

I’d have to agree it was probably canned due to clipping issues. As is, we have plenty of those on eq/armour now. Charr are particularily prone to this issue, as are Asura and certain weapons. As smexxy as a cape/cloak could be, it’d most likely only happen after
gear-clipping became a thing of the past.

Although in gw2 wiki it says its not yet implemented due to clipping issues so perhaps they will add capes at some point of the games life cycle

they should be implemented as back items, but then again theres only 1 big problem, that needs to get solved first, what i personally think is the one big reason, why we haven’t capes in the game from the begin on…

CLIPPING ERRORS WITH CHARR and cape physics with Charr, while running, as they are the only playable race, which have basically a complete different running modell, as they are the only race, that runs on all 4, while the other humanous races run on only their 2 legs, where capes and cloaks would be a problem for humans, sylvari and norn, as also most likely not for Asuras, as they would just have smaller capes/cloaks fittign to their body size…

Even if they don’t get used again as a kind of guild cape, like in GW1, they should exist as back item for everyone, who would like to wear these kinds of thigns on their characters. ANd this please in different versions, short capes/cloaks, as ALSO TOO please long capes and cloaks, which reach the ground nearly, because longer capes7cloaks do look more majestic/epic on certain professions…

Just look at this:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/2/26/Golden_armor_male_concept_art.jpg

What do we see there ? A Cape and it does make the whole design alot more awesome ^^

What I’d also love to see as kind of back item are scarfs, so super nice looking long scarfs, that also look like tiny capes hanging down your back and flying in the wind, when you move fast with your character…

http://blog.sanriotown.com/yingdong:hellokitty.com/files/2007/05/rikku5.jpg
http://www.zerochan.net/89095#full

Especially this stuff id find so awesome for my thief character.

+1 to capes man. Made the entire GW guild system that much more awesome to be able to show it off.