Guild Wars 2

Come one Arena Net, let’s be reasonable. We’re just one month and ten days short of Guild Wars 2’s first anniversary, it’s been about a year now, and Engineers are still stuck with those god awful hobo-sacks for our kits. This is in spite of a certain lead developer saying you were working on something for us. So far; nothing. Throw us a bone. Just one.

I’m not asking for new kit skins for legendary weapons, or exotic weapons, or anything like that. I am asking for one new skin. One. Considering the number of new weapon skins, back skins, and now even armor skins you’ve been producing I don’t think one more back skin given as a freebie to engineers would be that hard.

And that is all it would be too; a single back skin. Just a Zenith styled backpack to replace all kit backpacks if a Zenith weapon is equipped. What about the flamethrower and Elixir Gun? Just recycle the Zenith Rifle. Tool Kit? Zenith Mace in place of the wrench. Grenades and Bombs? Outside of the backpack something new for them is unnecessary.

Come one Arena Net, be reasonable. You’ve made dozens of new back items to throw at us through the gem store and meta achievements; you can make one more to show us engineer players you haven’t forgotten about us, and this little design error of yours.

I believe Anet at one point said they were working on a solution for kits and such visually, but it was on the back burner in favor of things like custom arenas.

That being said, I believe the majority those things have recently been finished, so it’s very possible the time for kits is soon.

For the records, this is a suggestion, ergo it should have been at the Suggestions subforum. Don’t worry, though, I have reported it and I’m sure a Moderator will move it where it belongs.

Celestina.2894:

I believe Anet at one point said they were working on a solution for kits and such visually, but it was on the back burner in favor of things like custom arenas.

That being said, I believe the majority those things have recently been finished, so it’s very possible the time for kits is soon.

You mean this?

ColinJohanson.2394:

It’s something we’re absolutely aware of and want to address in the future, one of my main characters is an engineer so I feel ya on this one. My poor quaggan backpack is visible like 2% of the time I play as I kit swap, never mind my weapon skins.

We’re currently focusing our engineering (programmers, not guys with net guns) resources that could work on solutions to issues like kits/skins on major systems that address issues higher priority and wider reaching like lag in large battles, LFG, custom arenas, spectator mode and so on but this issue is absolutely on our radar.

As always, please post your ideas of what you’d like to see solution wise, we love to see the fun ideas y’all come up with too!

Yeah, I hesitate to use the term “liar” but considering the amount of cosmetic content produced since this post was made I’d say our friend Colin didn’t exactly know what he was talking about.

Erasculio.2914:

For the records, this is a suggestion, ergo it should have been at the Suggestions subforum. Don’t worry, though, I have reported it and I’m sure a Moderator will move it where it belongs.

Is that you Doc Fury?

We’re currently focusing our engineering (programmers, not guys with net guns) resources that could work on solutions to issues like kits/skins on major systems that address issues higher priority and wider reaching like lag in large battles, LFG, custom arenas, spectator mode and so on but this issue is absolutely on our radar.

Like Colin said it’s on their radar, but not a priority. I personally just wish that legendary effects would still be there when you’re using a kit. I want quip so badly for my engineer, but I’m only going to have it out like 1% of the time.