Guild Wars 2

Just think about it!
Blizzard went the extra mile with WoW (ex WoW player), adding a /train emote, a /rude emote and a /bored emote (even if that one made just a soundeffect), and they also made the chat to recognize when a player writes the Internet shortcut phrase “lol” and trigger a /laugh animation. Their /dances come from real dancers like John Travolta and Michael Jackson.

With all that pop culture recognition both in WoW and other MMOs, how come nobody thought of adding a /Facepalm emote.
Just think about it being used in the game, when a party member fail in his role, or another player does something hilariously stupid. It would be hilarious!

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…and why can’t we sit on chairs btw?

City of Heroes had a facepalm emote. Our dead emote also looked like, ugh, planking. (The incarnate fall forward/backwards ones that is)

There is a very good /facepalm in Swtor

And in Lord of the Rings Online, even a /slap emote, that I used on every random player that walked by.

Ameepa.6793:

There is a very good /facepalm in Swtor

Ah yeah, not sure how I forgot about that :P Wanted to use it after every Huttball match when I’d solo queue and fight the same kitten pub premade XD

Justdeifyme.9387:

And in Lotro, even a /slap emote, that I used on every random player that walked by.

Used to be able to bind /slap /smack and just spam the two handed thwap-fest in CoH :P

Tamaki Revolution.3548:

Used to be able to bind /slap /smack and just spam the two handed thwap-fest in CoH :P

My Guild and me sometimes did Slap Raids, where atleast 10 people assault Bree and slapped the crap out of everyone. The only thing you heard were hands hitting naked skin for 10 minutes.

Justdeifyme.9387:

Tamaki Revolution.3548:

Used to be able to bind /slap /smack and just spam the two handed thwap-fest in CoH :P

My Guild and me sometimes did Slap Raids, where atleast 10 people assault Bree and slapped the crap out of everyone. The only thing you heard were hands hitting naked skin for 10 minutes.

I mainly just C/Ved until a friend would wake up from the black market :P C/V were my left/right bound slaps of course. They nerfed it after a bit…. bah.

RIFT had a /facepalm.

And LotRO had a /swoon which was one of the best emotes I have ever seen. It was over an over the top dramatic backwards hand to the forehead, sideways slump faint.

They also had an emote that had the character standing on it’s head or a cartwheel.. been so long I don’t remember. Just remember being upside down. :p

I support /facepalm.

+1

PS: This should be in suggestions

we had /doh in Guild Wars that smacked your head

half the emotes from gw1 didn’t even come into gw2 :-(

look at what emotes we could do in gw :-(
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Emote

plus divine aura from collectors edition that shows up when emoting

GW1 even had better emotes. /cough, /scratch, /doubletake, /rock(paper)(scissors), etc…

If they gonna do Emote Packs and sell them in the Shop, I’m gonna burn something…

Because i would spam it everytime after patch in LA, WvW, sPvP.

The crueler think they could do is adding it without the slapping noise associated with it!
If your character makes unneeded noises when Dancing, I can’t see why this /emote should be silent!

Justdeifyme.9387:

If they gonna do Emote Packs and sell them in the Shop, I’m gonna burn something…

dance emote book, they already did it

there is a /facepalm is wow

raptor.1064:

Justdeifyme.9387:

If they gonna do Emote Packs and sell them in the Shop, I’m gonna burn something…

dance emote book, they already did it

That’s not an emote, but rather an item that gives unique animations when equipped.
When you use it, it changes your skills like an environmental equipment, and each of the activate some type of dance animation. Also with this, you can spread the dance to other people who might not have the item, so it can easily be considered a Party item and not some /emote unlocking key.

They can’t do the same with /facepalm though, and unlike dancing, there is nothing similar on the current /emote list, so there will be kittening if they charge for it.

QuadJunky.2736:

there is a /facepalm is wow

I’ve been playing WoW for 6 years and I never noticed this. Apparently because it’s not animated, thus there is little reason for anyone to use it there…

If A-net is to put it in GW2, it should be done right.

there is /facepalm in anarchy online

Wakfu used emotes as rewards for exploration, hiding them in secret locations. Most where basic stuff but some, like punch, allowed you to interact with other players.
There was even a butt slap emote. When used from the front of another player kinda looked like something else.

cause ppl like you gonna do that all day in wvw?

Definitely a serious lack of emotes. Cannot even sit in chairs. Makes me really miss City of Heroes.

gw2 – 19 emotes – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Emote

gw1 – 53 emotes – http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Emote

WWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ???

Why are there so few emotes in GW2.

Thinking on how they where planning to surpass the original, I thought there would be more!