Guild Wars 2

It would be nice if every profession would have a specific animation when a character is crafting. In this way the other people would see who is crafting and who is just standing in front of a crating station. it would be also fun to watch.

Here is a clip to see what i mean by crafting animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rviq0gn5Ng

(two weeks later)

“NEW on the Gem Store! Crafting animations! Just 500 gems each! Limited time offer!”

Yeah, it’s kind of weird that they are absent. But I’d rather they add new emotes.

Wouldn’t it be obscured by the crafting window? And since most crafting stations for the same craft are different then could a generic leather crafting animation look odd depending where it’s done?

I don’t think that it could work, mostly because we can manufacture things in batches. Either you have a constant animation, which is quite boring, or you have one that is tied to the crafting speed… and looks ridiculous if you make more than 5 of the same thing.

And while an animation would make sense for something like Weaponsmith or Armorsmith, what kind of animation would an Artificer or Chef have? What about Huntsmen?

And besides, we have quite a few different looking crafting stations. So either you have a single animation that looks great in one place and awkward and silly in all of the others or you add a crapton of new animations. And honestly, if they’re gonna do that much animation work, I’d rather it be directed towards skills that have awkward animations.

And as Behellagh said, the crafting interface would probably obscure it anyway.

Olba.5376:

what kind of animation would an Artificer or Chef have? What about Huntsmen?

I liked those cooking animations always
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5GB0AQPRZY

Agree with OP, and see it Andred’s way (“New item in gem store! Wow!”).

Alas 2 years into the game and very little good content since (e.g. same 8 dungeons, no more, not fixed). The game is as-is.

Requesting this for my weaponsmithing. Pretty much conveys how i go about crafting in any game.
http://i.imgur.com/XXleAdE.gif