Guild Wars 2

I know GW2 aims to be different in a lot of aspects… but are there truly no capes? And if so, why?
We have backpacks instead, so I’m not talking about a stat slot. Simply from an aesthetical PoV I’d love a cape draped over my heroic shoulders.

But there are enough Topics about Capes…

And this is another one

So its almost as we have capes cause of so much capes and mount and duelling threads at forum

Capes are stupid.

Gugus.1462:

I know GW2 aims to be different in a lot of aspects… but are there truly no capes? And if so, why?
We have backpacks instead, so I’m not talking about a stat slot. Simply from an aesthetical PoV I’d love a cape draped over my heroic shoulders.

Too much clipping issues with mounts, they said.

we can’t have capes because ANet, being the young and inexperienced company they are, couldn’t figure out a way to handle charr tails.

evidently they couldn’t just put a gap in for a tail like they do for leggings, or could they just give charr smaller capes.

I want to duel everyone i come across. Mounted on my fiery steed and with a cape hanging over my shoulders. With my lance (spear) in my hand.

kolompi.1287:

I want to duel everyone i come across. Mounted on my fiery steed and with a cape hanging over my shoulders. With my lance (spear) in my hand.

Do you also want to inspect people and give them unwanted comments of their stats?

Ameepa.6793:

kolompi.1287:

I want to duel everyone i come across. Mounted on my fiery steed and with a cape hanging over my shoulders. With my lance (spear) in my hand.

Do you also want to inspect people and give them unwanted comments of their stats?

Of course dont forget the stalker compendium!

Ameepa.6793:

kolompi.1287:

I want to duel everyone i come across. Mounted on my fiery steed and with a cape hanging over my shoulders. With my lance (spear) in my hand.

Do you also want to inspect people and give them unwanted comments of their stats?

^^
Seriously though, while mounts are superfluous and dueling and spears are both somewhat implemented (duel servers and underwater combat, haha), THIS is a matter of importance. Capes. That’s my kittening lifestyle.

No capes, No mounts, No duelling!

considering how flashy back pieces we already have I game I don’t see any reason why we couldn’t have also a capes…

[I really wanna mah guild cape back ]

Ok. Let’s be serious. I wish we had capes. Nice, long capes of various design. Not the Adam West Batman kind of capes that we had in GW1…

Lord Trejgon.2809:

considering how flashy back pieces we already have I game I don’t see any reason why we couldn’t have also a capes…

[I really wanna mah guild cape back ]

This is kinda where I’m at.
I understood their position back around launch when things were a little more tame, but,
Anet’s already made this look like any other Korean f2p MMO out there with the absolute abundance of way over the top flashy cosmetics we can wear, at this point I don’t see any logic in not giving us capes (And mounts, while they’re at it).

The whole “we want to have some consistent aesthetics” argument has been long abandoned anyway. Neon hair charr, ridiculous backpacks, 8bit weapons in the “real world”. So who cares. Capes, mounts… whatever. We are already getting flying kind of, with the gliders.

Or just combine it

why not mounts with capes that can duell each other with (lance) spears and through their duelling you can inspect their stats ?!

that would be just awesome

capes are stuphad, gif meh mount$$$$

My Norn has 2 capes, well they look more like a shoulder cape and a butt cape but if he equips a really big backpack it looks like 1 flowing cape underneath. If anyone wants to know what armour this is, it is the heavy Norn Culture tier 3 gear, so go check it out. This set gives a good example that capes CAN be in the game as the butt cape is kind of long and when matched with the shoulder cape pretty much looks like 1 long cape anyway.

Edit: I might put up a screen shot a little later when I get in game and take one.

EnRohbi.2187:

Lord Trejgon.2809:

considering how flashy back pieces we already have I game I don’t see any reason why we couldn’t have also a capes…

[I really wanna mah guild cape back ]

This is kinda where I’m at.
I understood their position back around launch when things were a little more tame, but,
Anet’s already made this look like any other Korean f2p MMO out there with the absolute abundance of way over the top flashy cosmetics we can wear, at this point I don’t see any logic in not giving us capes (And mounts, while they’re at it).

I guess wings sell quite good—seeing the vast numbers of “angels” ingame. But, unless it is really just ArenaNet having a kitten for wings, one should think the players’ desire for them would be slowly satiated.
There’s a big market for capes though, I wager. Clipping issues and stuff might be tricky, but come on! They are ArenaNet, makers of one of the biggest MMOs to date!

Yes give me my cape ! Rather than some wood coming out of my back.

Actually, they could do the Charr capes like the one from the Balthazar outfit, so when they run on all 4, the cape doesn’t land on their muzzle. If it’s a physics based cape like it was more or less in GW1.
If it’s a “hard” cape like in Wow (or the buttcapes we already have IG), no problems there. It just floats over the tail and stays straight when the cats run.

The Balthazar type cape for Charrs is a good compromise to get around that clipping problem. It looks like a cape belted at the waist.

A few screens, as you can see there is not much if any clipping. So capes are possible, it’s only Charr that may be an issue but I’m sure they could sort that out.

Capes = Take my monies!

Tbh I kinda expected the Legendary Backpiece to be a cape, but they’ve gone for wings (god knows they are super popular too).

Coulter.2315:

Tbh I kinda expected the Legendary Backpiece to be a cape, but they’ve gone for wings (god knows they are super popular too).

IMO, I dislike the Fractal Legendary back piece, looks way too darn spiky (but I’ll still get it)

I’m also on the “Cape” camp. There can be so many different styles of capes! Ah, one can dream.

Avster.1935:

Coulter.2315:

Tbh I kinda expected the Legendary Backpiece to be a cape, but they’ve gone for wings (god knows they are super popular too).

IMO, I dislike the Fractal Legendary back piece, looks way too darn spiky (but I’ll still get it)

I’m also on the “Cape” camp. There can be so many different styles of capes! Ah, one can dream.

I’m not a fan of the Fractal one either tbbh, the PvP one looked nice though – stained glass window wings are pretty. Though I think I would prefer to grow my Mawdrey more – just has a nice nurtured to greatness feel.

Yeah, I would really love to have my guild cape like in GW1.