Guild Wars 2

The art team have done a fantastic job of crafting a world to adventure in with a particular aesthetic, it is as many have mentioned a great pleasure just to enjoy the visuals in the world.

Perhaps there was a choice made to keep a particular look outside which is why our town clothes can be fanciful, usable only in towns which can be also dressed up thematically for events and our adventuring kit is suitable for adventuring.

My curiosity is this – why are certain backpieces being designed to be at odds with the armour design in the game? The majority of them fit within the confines of the art direction for the open world on certain classes (books, quivers, fractal back piece) but then there is the christmas sack and now the quaggan which in my opinion whilst great pieces by themselves do not fit thematically into the open world armour design.

I can see at some point in the future when we finally confront other elder dragons the pact army marching towards hordes of dragon minions all in ascended armour, cutsey backpacks on probably was not concepted initially.

That said, why not go the whole way let us wear our townclothes out when adventuring it can’t get any more hilarious for the elder dragons perhaps we can make them laugh themselves out of Tyria, because it is a silly place.