Guild Wars 2

Is this a bug?
When I switch to Flamethrower, Bomb Kit, Elixer Gun, Tool kit, and Gernade kit, it used to come with it’s own backpack skin whenever you switched weapon kits.

Now this doesn’t? Is it a bug?

The hobo pack as it was called got removed with the specializations update.

No it is not a bug. There have been complaints since dawn of time that those hobosacks covered a large part of character aesthetics and were removed in the specialisation patch to give engineer players a chance to enjoy those.

I see… Well I enjoyed the weapon kit backpacks!
I hope they return as backpack skins… =( Those were fun…

This is why I say there should be a Class Section in the Settings menu for options for people to choose to use or not use Engineer Back Pack skin, and other options for classes specific to that class.

i am so f-ed up after return from years of AFK and found what i considered the SIGNATURE of an engineer was removed

It’s all good. Gives us a reason to use the Universal Multitool Pack and the newer Divinity’s Reach Rucksack to showboat. Or if you want to go full hobo, you got the Zephyr Rucksack.

Proves that ANet can’t win. Bring about a change long requested and some people remember how much they loved it the old way.

Proves that different people want different things, really. You can’t please all the people all the time.

Lots of people wanted this change because they wanted to show off their backpacks, including gem store backpacks, and the kits hid that. Others wanted it because in PvP and WvW you couldn’t tell if the enemy engineer had a bomb or grenade kit equipped (because you couldn’t see their backpack) so they changed them to hand held bundles. Some people didn’t like the look of those either.

I still miss the hobo packs.

Never used any other back item so kits hiding them was no issue for me.

I wish there was a toggle to get them back with the kits.

It wasn’t so much the removal of the backpacks that was bad but rather the introduction of the oversized two handed bomb (bomb kit) and the onion man (grenade kit). Those two completely ruined the kits for me, and I haven’t played engi much since.

Lahmia.2193:

It wasn’t so much the removal of the backpacks that was bad but rather the introduction of the oversized two handed bomb (bomb kit) and the onion man (grenade kit). Those two completely ruined the kits for me, and I haven’t played engi much since.

Me too, specially the bomb kit. Its soooooo ugly and dumb looking now holding what looks like a pie? Such a shame too I used to love it. :/