Guild Wars 2

More of a Curiosity Question, But I thought I would throw it out there for both Developers and Users to Discuss/Comment on…

One thing that I think may add a great deal to this game would be the ability for users to create Armour/Clothing/Weapons (possibly even some game modifications) that could be submitted to the development team for approval and addition to the game on approval, perhaps even make it a Contest for the best of each category to be featured/added on a weekly/monthly etc basis.

the idea is to give users more of a constructive input into the game in ways that everyone will benefit and at the same time bars anything that could have a negative impact on the game from being used, and at the same time Encourage any Aspiring New Developers.

What do you think?

Reasons why not:
The staff have better things to do with their time than sift through submissions. For example – creating their own armour sets to go in game, fixing issues, etc.
You can’t ensure quality in things people submit. Even if they are reviewed by staff the chance of users actually putting everything in all the right places, coding, modelling correctly etc is slim to none. It’s not feasible.

However:
I would love to see the return of the design a weapon contests that were held occasionally in GW1. Some of the games best looking weapons were created based on winning submissions by users. It’s always cool to see what people come up with.
I’m so happy to be able to use the Wayward Wand in GW2 simply because I know that it was designed by a user for GW1 which makes it just that bit more special and cool.