Guild Wars 2

Simple thought: It would be great if the god themed backpacks had associated gliders that look just like the backpack, but with fanciful magic wings attached.

Balthazar: Wings of metal with fiery trails
Dwayna: Wings of free floating feathers (like the female phoenix legs) with golden glowing trails.
Grenth: Wings of bone and darkness with icy trails
Lyssa: Purple illusory wings (one may look like it’s mid shatter, mesmer style) with illusory butterfly trails.
Melandru: Wings of branches, covered with moss, with a pollen trail.

etc.

these would hopefully be unlocked upon unlocking the associated backpack skin.

These would be unlocked after you purchased them from the gem store

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

Melandru recipe is now in the game via special pact dealers if you found them and if your lucky enough the find the one with the recipe

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

I’m talking about gliders themed after those backpacks, not the backpacks themselves.

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

PopeUrban.2578:

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

Or perhaps they could be collections? they could require the backpack, the gift of gliding, etc.

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

Or perhaps they could be collections? they could require the backpack, the gift of gliding, etc.

It would be cool, but anet pretty much already cast a die on gliders. Like outfits, all gliders skins come from the gem store in one way or the other. This is why I highly doubt the items I listed will get a glider conversion, as they were content rewards rather than gem store purchases.

But hey, they could suprise us. After all they did put an outfit on halloween vendors, which is breaking with the normal model for outfits.

That said I highly doubt they would ever use a gem store item like the god packs as part of a collection. Collections are entirely made up of objects found ingame because they award achievement points and are usually intended as a sort of content.

PopeUrban.2578:

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

Or perhaps they could be collections? they could require the backpack, the gift of gliding, etc.

It would be cool, but anet pretty much already cast a die on gliders. Like outfits, all gliders skins come from the gem store in one way or the other. This is why I highly doubt the items I listed will get a glider conversion, as they were content rewards rather than gem store purchases.

But hey, they could suprise us. After all they did put an outfit on halloween vendors, which is breaking with the normal model for outfits.

That said I highly doubt they would ever use a gem store item like the god packs as part of a collection. Collections are entirely made up of objects found ingame because they award achievement points and are usually intended as a sort of content.

No, not the god weapon/armor packs, i’m talking about the current backpacks, which are certainly attainable in game (in fact that’s the only way to get them).

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

Or perhaps they could be collections? they could require the backpack, the gift of gliding, etc.

It would be cool, but anet pretty much already cast a die on gliders. Like outfits, all gliders skins come from the gem store in one way or the other. This is why I highly doubt the items I listed will get a glider conversion, as they were content rewards rather than gem store purchases.

But hey, they could suprise us. After all they did put an outfit on halloween vendors, which is breaking with the normal model for outfits.

That said I highly doubt they would ever use a gem store item like the god packs as part of a collection. Collections are entirely made up of objects found ingame because they award achievement points and are usually intended as a sort of content.

No, not the god weapon/armor packs, i’m talking about the current backpacks, which are certainly attainable in game (in fact that’s the only way to get them).

I could see them making them gliders with a collection in that case for half, but it doesn’t seem worth the effort for the items that are no longer obtainable. People would complain like crazy that they made these new glider skin collections that they can’t do.

I’m torn on this. On one hand I like that certain skins are “retired” and no longer obtainable as they were linked to time limited events. On the other hand I’d like to see some of those with a glider conversion.

Maybe grant the unobtainable ones for free (so if you have a jetpack you get the free glider like with the wings) and the ones you can still get as collections?

PopeUrban.2578:

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

Tao.5096:

We already have some God themed backpacks:
- Shadow of Grenth http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Grenth
- Light of Dwayna http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Light_of_Dwayna
- Chaos of Lyssa http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chaos_of_Lyssa

certainly, we miss Balthazar, Kormir and Melandru.

There is a balthazar packpack. It is acquired from an sPvP track.

A melandru pack was added as part of supply line mastery vendors.

But yeah, expect to pay gets for matching wings, since unlike the matched gliders we have now they’d actually be entirely new models in stead of some slight alterations of the existing backpack models.

Other, easier glider skins from existing packs:

Wings of the sunless
Holographic dragon wings
Decorative molten jetpack
Invisible glider? (I’d really like this one)

Or perhaps they could be collections? they could require the backpack, the gift of gliding, etc.

It would be cool, but anet pretty much already cast a die on gliders. Like outfits, all gliders skins come from the gem store in one way or the other. This is why I highly doubt the items I listed will get a glider conversion, as they were content rewards rather than gem store purchases.

But hey, they could suprise us. After all they did put an outfit on halloween vendors, which is breaking with the normal model for outfits.

That said I highly doubt they would ever use a gem store item like the god packs as part of a collection. Collections are entirely made up of objects found ingame because they award achievement points and are usually intended as a sort of content.

No, not the god weapon/armor packs, i’m talking about the current backpacks, which are certainly attainable in game (in fact that’s the only way to get them).

I could see them making them gliders with a collection in that case for half, but it doesn’t seem worth the effort for the items that are no longer obtainable. People would complain like crazy that they made these new glider skin collections that they can’t do.

I’m torn on this. On one hand I like that certain skins are “retired” and no longer obtainable as they were linked to time limited events. On the other hand I’d like to see some of those with a glider conversion.

Maybe grant the unobtainable ones for free (so if you have a jetpack you get the free glider like with the wings) and the ones you can still get as collections?

Those backpacks are still obtainable, I crafted one a few weeks ago.

You can still get the jetpack? I thought that was only ever avaliable during the LS1 dungeon. Did they add it to that fractal as well or something?

PopeUrban.2578:

You can still get the jetpack? I thought that was only ever avaliable during the LS1 dungeon. Did they add it to that fractal as well or something?

I am specifically talking about the god themed backpacks.

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

You can still get the jetpack? I thought that was only ever avaliable during the LS1 dungeon. Did they add it to that fractal as well or something?

I am specifically talking about the god themed backpacks.

Right. Point is, it would be weird to do collection upgrades for gem store items, and weird to do them for items no longer obtainable, but totally cool to do collection upgrades for stuff you can acquire through normal play.

However, wing skins seem to be to anet like outfits. Almost a completely gem store based system. IDK if they’d want to break that paradigm from either a financial or design standpoint.

PopeUrban.2578:

Ricky.4261:

PopeUrban.2578:

You can still get the jetpack? I thought that was only ever avaliable during the LS1 dungeon. Did they add it to that fractal as well or something?

I am specifically talking about the god themed backpacks.

Right. Point is, it would be weird to do collection upgrades for gem store items, and weird to do them for items no longer obtainable, but totally cool to do collection upgrades for stuff you can acquire through normal play.

However, wing skins seem to be to anet like outfits. Almost a completely gem store based system. IDK if they’d want to break that paradigm from either a financial or design standpoint.

I have no idea what gem store items you are referring to, and what unobtainable items you are referring to. I am suggesting that we have collections that unlock glider skins, themed after the god backpacks. The god backpacks are still obtainable, and they are not gem store items.