Guild Wars 2

hey, I’m just wondering if Guild Capes are ever going to be implemented into GW2?

I’ve heard a lot of love for them from players of GW1, and i really wanna see them implemented into this game as well, as I know of quite a few people who would jump at the possibility of getting them.

Thanks for taking the time to read this

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/List-of-Common-Controversial-Forum-Topics/first#capes

Lishtenbird.2814:

13. (GUILD) CAPES / WINGS / SCHOOL UNIFORMS / SWIMSUITS

[+] Arguments in favour:

• That other game has it; we’ve seen it done there and enjoyed it.
• Capes are cool. A cape is a popular attribute of a hero in both medieval fantasy and modern fictional settings. GW1 had capes. Capes can be customized with guild emblems, upgraded to different styles and more. This gives people more stuff to do and more options to customize characters, especially for players in large guilds.
• Wings are cool. Wings are a popular attribute of a hero in magical fantasy settings. GW2 is about dragons, so wings decorations sounds fitting. Large wings are a good idea for legendary backpacks with special effects: angelic, demonic and more. The current options for wings are next to none, they have the same meshes and looks.
• School uniforms are cool. Obviously, Tyria should have some magical schools since magic is widely used by our heroes, and they should’ve learned to use it somewhere, and these schools can have outfits. School uniforms will contribute to roleplay part of the game. This game is a fantasy game rated as PEGI 12+, so there are more than enough players who would healthily wish for a school/university uniform for their hero/heroine. There already are real-world, non GW2-themed outfits in the gemstore (Jungle Explorer, Ninja…). School uniforms have been datamined – they are already created and in the game files, no extra work needed.
• Swimsuits are cool. The current underwear is ugly. There are hot places in Tyria, there are beaches, there is water – swimsuits make more sense than heavy armour there and are good for roleplay. GW2 has already touched sensitive subjects in the game (Kasmeer-Marjory), and swimsuits are more timid. People who want to troll others by running around in a swimsuit can already do it in underwear. Swimsuits can have countless options and will sell very good. Swimsuits are far less detrimental than various existing highly violent items (including Executioner’s outfit and Axe) and alcohol promotion (the whole Norn race, Belcher’s Bluff).

[-] Arguments against:

• Every game has its own aesthetics. GW2 is rather conservative (at least compared to many “Korean grinders”). As for GW1, it had a different game engine, and you cannot simply copy objects from one game to another.
• Capes are a common attribute of American-style superheroes and look silly. According to some info, clipping is the biggest problem with capes in GW2. The time invested into fixing capes can be instead put into fixing clipping on charr and asura armour. Drawing realistically moving cloth can lead to performance issues in zerg events.
• Wings are a common attribute of Japanese-style superheroes and look silly. Wings are immersion-breaking in GW2 – they will be percieved as real wings, not as a decoration. Large wings will contribute to visual clutter. GW2 already has several wing skins.
• People who want to see school uniforms and swimsuits have specific virtual preferences concerning girls which they should keep to themselves and not try to bring into a video game. Bringing these things into GW2 will make other people next to them feel uncomfortable.

[=] Current state of affairs:

• To each his own, and it’s still up to developers to decide what they want to see in the game. According to some info, some developers are working on it in their free time and can probably come up with something better than the Guild Banner Backpack.

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One more argument against. The clipping on the capes would make them hideous looking on the charr.

Would love it (i’m gw1 player, and you guys dont know what joy we had and honor to represent our guilds!!!!)

DarcShriek.5829:

One more argument against. The clipping on the capes would make them hideous looking on the charr.

with decent enough coding, that can be avoided.

The best super hero game in the world (RIP CoH ) got capes just perfect

How about instead of talking which clipping to fix first, someone finally starts walking the walk and fixes it. That someone being A-net, much as i love them for this game.

rapthorne.7345:

DarcShriek.5829:

One more argument against. The clipping on the capes would make them hideous looking on the charr.

with decent enough coding, that can be avoided.

The best super hero game in the world (RIP CoH ) got capes just perfect

To bad so far in the game many items/weapons/armor already have bad clipping problems that have yet been fix since Anet has shown they have little to no care about it.