A lot of times it just seems like the official forums are where all the angry peasants and hobos gather up to yell at Lord Arenanet from outside the castle.
I think the reason that Arenanet seems like they aren’t very responsive is because a lot of times, people don’t know what it takes to fix something, they just want it fixed NOW. And sometimes, they aren’t willing to jump into the cesspool of negativity by replying. So here is me answering some of your most asked questions.
1) Why does my charr’s tail still clip through my armor? Its been 2 years?
Well, they COULD just get rid of tails all together when they are covered like hair and helmets, but that would please some people and kitten off a whole lot, so they chose not to do that. The other fix would be for them to go through every armor set in the game that clips with a tail (so most of them), and redesign each one so that the tail is not clipping. But that would take a ton of time and resources and at the end of the day, is that where you want those resources to go? I have a charr character, and I don’t even know whether my tail clips through my armor or not. It probably does. But it for sure did at one point or another and it hasn’t bothered me, not once. Why is it hard to believe that your character just cut a small hole in the armor and popped his tail through?
2) I still cant wear shoulder pads because they float! ITS BEEN 2 YEARS!
I attached a picture that a person who asked this exact question posted with his complaint. Guys. You can’t take the bulkiest shoulder pads in the game and pop it on the most tightly fit armor in the game and be like “it doesn’t look right, Anet is ridiculous!”. your ridiculous! What!? Those armor pieces don’t go together. The reason that some shoulder pads float is because they set it to a position that matches the armor set it goes with. Every single shoulder piece in the game floats, but ones like in the picture float more and smaller ones float less. If they made them all look attached to an armorless body, then when you equipped the chest piece you would take to the forums and be like “UMMMMMMM… why does my chest piece clip through my armor?”
3) Legendary scavenger hunt?
no
4) Why is all the armor so skimpy on female characters but not on male characters?
Not all the armor is skimpy. Some of it is, but that is kinda what they were going for. But a lot of times, if it is showing a crazy amount of skin, it does on the male version too, but you accept that more. Somebody said the raiment of the lich wasn’t skimpy on males but it was on females. It has nipple piercings. There is only so much you can do to make male armor skimpy, and let me tell you, I don’t want any armor showing a tuft of my character’s pubic hair.
5) Why can’t I make my character obese?
Well, because you are running around the world on foot fighting monsters with martial weapons. Even if you use magic, you are still getting tons of exercise. Have you ever tried chopping a tree? Its hard work. My guardian chopped 200 of them in a row. Then slayed a dragon.
6) Shadow of the Dragon is way too hard
no. it isn’t.
