Guild Wars 2

Not that I am complaining! Just after how many people wore the black wings the day they were released (and were constantly asking for black and/or white ones) it was a bit odd that the white ones were not more popular. So far I have seen one of my characters (who looks like a Valkyrie plus it went with the blue/white color scheme I wanted) and a friend who said her dungeon party all had them on. I think I spotted one person in the distance who had them too but that was it.

It is nice, like most I could not STAND almost everyone wearing the black wings during boss fights. I also hope it is a 24-hour thing so that does not happen again. It was just odd.

Fashion fads come and go. Once the new wears out, so does a lot of interest. Just the way things are.

What are you talking about? I see people in the white wings all the time.

In general when a new skin like that comes out, everyone gets it, everyone wears it, and everyone realizes how lame it is to have everyone in the same skin and then most stop using them (this is an argument for exclusive skins from challenging content—but that’s a different topic). People like cool looking skins, that’s a given, but most people don’t like when everyone else has it too. It’s like showing up to a party and someone there has the same shirt on you do, and then you keep walking and see 4 or 5 more people with the same shirt on you do. Odds are you’d go and change your shirt or never wear that shirt again.

Because they are ugly and impractical and if somebody is wearing them in front of me when i do jp-s i alt tab and check my fb untill they go away. Sometimes i whish there is friendly fire ingame so i can push them off and yell while they fall: WELL HOW ARE YOUR WINGS WORKING OUT NOW?

If i wanted flappy wings in my face while doing stuff i would steal my neighbours chicken and tape it to my forefead.

Yes, if it were only people wearing them the one day that would fit. What made it perplexing was so many people asking for them. Not that I mind being pretty much unique.

What is frustrating in general is they (and almost all back items to be honest) clip with many stowed weapons. My preferred ones are all stowed back there so it is a constant annoyance to always see clipping front and center on my screen. Unlike with most backpacks I can just think of the wings as moving out of their way because steel/wood is a bit more tough than feathers pushed into skin.

As other people have said, lots of people had them when they first released, but as people realised either that so many people had them, or that they didn’t actually particularly like them the started to drop off a bit. Happens with literally everything added to the game. When chaos skins released there were glowing bright white weapons all over the place. Same happens with gameplay as well. I bet when HoT releases we’ll see almost everybody using the elite specs, and after a while they’ll drop down considerably when people decide they don’t like them as much. After a while you’re left with the few people who genuinely like the skins and want to use them rather than just wanting new stuff.

Because they are fugly thats why.

If I wanted to be a pigeon, I wouldnt be playing GW2.

Charr + Wings =

Some things stay and others do not. A few weeks ago almost everyone was sporting the dragon from 2-factor authentication, now few are. Maybe because it was the dragon was free?

Dawdler.8521:

Because they are fugly thats why.

If I wanted to be a pigeon, I wouldnt be playing GW2.

lol, yeah this. xD

Because they don’t behave like wings. They behave like toilet paper hanging off a frame. Make them work like they did in City of Heroes and I might buy them.

Because personally I find them far to obtrusive and intrusive. I much prefer the sun or wind catcher back pieces to these obnoxious view blocking monstrosities. Then again I prefer to actually see the game I am playing and not just a field of wings.

People who just bought them because they were new and shiny have lost interest.

This isn’t AION.

Lol all the people who hate them always talk like everyone hates them and shares their opinion. Bc human logic, if I don’t like it no one else must like it either. X3

Whether people hate them or not on others was not what I asked, read the OP again. It comes down to 2 observations if people will not do so:

1) when black wings were introduced they were everywhere

2) people have been asking for white wings on the forums ever since

So again, given (1) and (2) why did we see lots of the black wings right after release but almost no white ones?

Perhaps only a very noisy small group of people actually wanted them.

(Friendly request: Mr max size Norn with HUGE wings, please don’t go AFK for hours standing in front of the banker in Royal Terrace…)

Menadena.7482:

Whether people hate them or not on others was not what I asked, read the OP again. It comes down to 2 observations if people will not do so:

1) when black wings were introduced they were everywhere

2) people have been asking for white wings on the forums ever since

So again, given (1) and (2) why did we see lots of the black wings right after release but almost no white ones?

Because Arena Net screwed with how they released white wings. They made it available for a single day a while back so that many people missed them, and now, there really isn’t all that much interest in it anymore. It isn’t new and shiny anymore.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/white-feather-wings-gallant-weapon-set-and-black-lion-chest-update-in-the-gem-store/

You could take the answer black goes with anything, therefore a lot more people got the black ones because it’s easier to fit into their look.

Personally I don’t care for either because they look like paper wings to me.

I had a discussion about this a while back with a few buddies. For a few of them, and me personally, they just look out of place. They also seem impractical considering the only purpose they serve is purely cosmetic. To each their own in the end, though.

Xenesis.6389:

Personally I don’t care for either because they look like paper wings to me.

Yes, the wings physics are all wrong. If they were stiffer, had some feather ripple, and a more pronounced wing movement, they would be great.

The reason I didn’t buy Black Wings is because I didn’t want my character to become lost is a generic sea of Black Wings. I always try to stand out by choosing character outfits not often seen.

The original ones were too stiff. The later change was an improvement..until you fought and then they clipped through the body horrendously. If they looked good when worn in all situations, I would prob wear them, but there are too many issues with animations and clipping for my OCD to allow them back on my toons!

They also don’t fit the world at all, although that I can live with

dont like them.

fractal backpiece fits most of my toons the best, the remainign ones balthazar backpiece (if i remember correctly)

I hate the wings, and everyone who wares them. I kid, but I do hate the wings.

I love them but have not used mine yet and I bought them when they were first released. I just don’t yet have a character I want to use them on. I am hoping that by the time I do, they will be a rare sight and he or she won’t be lost in a sea of wings.

My friend, who rarely plays anymore, took one look and bought them too (great minds eh?) but you won’t see her’s much either.

cause thats not aion… fortunally..

why are not more people wearing wings?

Because theyre ugly.

duh

im personally tired of wings, why can’t we get a Melandru or Kormir backpiece?
wings are soooo reminiscent of the goth/hipster store hot topic

The wings are stupid and lore breaking anyways like what? who wears giant stupid wings into battle unless you’re a freaking archangel
which don’t exist in GW2 lore

They look stupid.

Cause when they were on sale for 1 day tons of people wore them then got over it. I see it more now but not as much as before cause lots already have them.

I have the white wings and I also want the black wings. And, honestly, if they would do it, I would love it if we could do some artistic expression with wings, like make them sparkle, or have like rainbows hues or glossy look or butterflies flitting around them or just letting us color them with glossy, sparkly dyes. It would be more fun. I want my bling bling.

But, like any fashion, I have to be in the mood to wear them and I can understand that these wings are a distraction to other players. Sometimes they are a bit distracting to me, especially on jumping puzzles. So, mine are not checked atm.

Maybe because they have no bones?

SnowHawk.3615:

im personally tired of wings, why can’t we get a Melandru or Kormir backpiece?
wings are soooo reminiscent of the goth/hipster store hot topic

The wings are stupid and lore breaking anyways like what? who wears giant stupid wings into battle unless you’re a freaking archangel
which don’t exist in GW2 lore

You seem to have ignored all those statues of Dwayna with the wings.

I bought the black wings but then they removed the bones and turned them into cotton batting that hangs from your back. I did not buy the white version of cotton batting as I did not like the new animation.

Because I will not become a victim to fashion wars

I did not purchase wings because they’re made of rubber.

The nutty professor likes flubber but I am not nutty.

Why aren’t we wearing more wigs??!

Oh, misread. Carry on.

I got mine during the one day sale, and tons of people were wearing them for a few weeks.

Until they make it so we can fly (and are forced to do so for new content) only with wings, I won’t wear them. Maybe I’ll craft a pair if it is needed in collections, though.

Seen quite a few players wearing white wings. Almost none with the black ones.

I think I would die of embarrassment if I was caught wearing those.

-cringe at the thought-

I think the reason a lot of people aren’t using them is self-explanatory…

Everyone wanted them cuz they are new and limited and by now most ppl realized that they are ugly

Lyp Sao.1375:

Charr + Wings = Griffon

fixed that for you.

Because any skin released in the gemstore has a short life ingame. Those items eventually don’t feel like they have value because 95% of them were bought with $. People cried and cried for countess anise armor. Rarely do I see it ingame after first week.

The Shatterer wings were everywhere after they came out. Hardly ever see them anymore. Same for the Sclerite Karka Shell and the Holographic Dragon wings. After the shiny wore off, they disappeared. These wings are having their day then most people will put them away for the next shiny and the cycle will continue,

Just logged into the game and the first thing I saw were 3 pairs of white wings. They ARE popular and many people are wearing them, although they are ugly (IMO, especially on Asura).

Some of us just use whatever skins make sense for specific characters. Of my 21 chars, only one is using the white wings and only one is using the black ones (and only during Halloween). I know many others that follow this mentality.

That said, I’ve seen far more whites than blacks around. …and yes, I’d rather they moved a bit more naturally.

Because they looked way better when the black ones were released. Then Anet “fixed” their physics so that when the white ones came out and i saw the new physics, i just didn’t like the way they moved anymore. Thus i am not using them.

When the black wings came out they were stiffer and if not flapping like wings at least they pretended to be wings- halfway at rest.

When the white wings came out- both were suddenly redesigned to be floppy wing “capes”. Sadly without being properly redesigned to sit on the shoulders and hang or drape down- like a cape.

The only race they’re properly sized for as a “wing cape”/costume extension is Asura. They work alright on them. Not great -but ok. Passable.

For all the rest they are now far too big to be their floppy selves. They are most certainly NOT wings anymore.

They are floppy capes- horribly placed and draping badly while being far too oversized on all but one race. Which is sad cause they have an excellent “feathered cloth” appearance to them which could be quite graceful and wonderful costume addition.

I do miss the City of Heroes wings too. But if we cant actually fly and your not going to set them draping from the shoulders and DOWN as a feathered cape thenperhaps just redo them as glider wings- with those who have already shelled out gems for them getting those glider “wings” grandfathered to them?

And yes I got both to support. I do not “display” either of them atm in their current condition.

Peace out

Uh…. how are wings ugly?….. look at this in all of its majesty. You put twilight in this things hands and it’s straight up fallen angel reaper deliciousness

Zalavaaris.5329:

Uh…. how are wings ugly?….. look at this in all of its majesty. You put twilight in this things hands and it’s straight up fallen angel reaper deliciousness

Because it takes exceptional costume choices to make them work this well I guess. Many people just slap them on anything. Good work though.