Guild Wars 2

Now that we are seeing a lot of weapons that look different stowed and wielded — most recently the Dreamthistles and Marjory and Kasmeer’s weapons — what about adding sheathes to stowed swords, daggers, etc? Axes could have unsnappable strap loops or even blade covers. Pistols could have holsters. And so forth.

I would so love my rapiers to have proper hangars … (hangers? whatever the 17th c. term is for the set of straps that let the sheathe hang at the proper angle off the hip).

Hmm.. I think there is a lot of potential in this idea. Let me extrapolate;

New Gear slot; “Weapon Stowage”

• Includes checkbox for those who prefer the traditional “weapons hangin out” look
• Shows up in the Character Equipment interface next to the Weapon Set 1 & Weapon Set 2 locations
• Unlock the Weapon Stowage for each of your weapons by reaching a certain achievement. At, say, 500 kills with a type of weapon, you unlock the stowage for that type of weapon.
• You are provided a very basic holder to start with
• You can purchase “stowage” skins from the Gem Shop. Basic holder only has one dye-able setting, gem shop skins have 4.
• Weapon Stowage can manifest in one of two ways; as a special stat bonus for the weapon type, or no bonus at all, purely cosmetic.
• Special stat bonus could replace the current implementations of our “god class traits”, the ones that usually include 20% CDR. “I am this proficient with this weapon, and therefore have earned the right to reduce CDR on skills inherently.”
• The traits above are removed from the actual trait pool as a result, and replaced with other trait options.
• The interface allows you to choose the skin you want to apply to your stowage in the same way you choose healing/utility/elites that you have unlocked, via a little arrow.
• Consuming a Gem Shop skin unlocks the holster for your entire account.

EDIT: Missed some stuff.

LoreChief, that’s a great expansion on my vague idea. (If only Stowage didn’t keep making me think of “mawwiage” from The Princess Bride, it’s a perfectly good word).

I’d have some issue with the 500 kills minimum for some weapons. Like, say, Torch or Focus. It’s bloody hard to get kills with those! I’d want the devs to look at the stats on kill rates on weapons when setting any requirements for stowage option unlocks.

I’d also tweak the skin selection; the stats choice ui is a bit annoying to work with due to the small space. Instead I’d do the same as when you want to swap out something in an item slot, where a right click gets you a dropdown of everything you’re carrying that can fit in that slot.

Still, I like where you’re going with this!

What about allowing ALL weapons equipped to be shown on the character? It’s what DAOC had. Looked amazing when dual wielding weapons twice (two on back, two on hips).