Guild Wars 2

I’m posting this just to outline a potential addition which would never happen, would be glorious beyond comprehension and would probably cause player rage greater then the pre-purchase fiasco just did.

I find such situations, even when they never happen, fairly amusing in principle.

From what I’ve seen, I think gliders replace backpacks when they are equipped. I was just musing on that while looking at the next set of gemstore wings to be released (white) and how cool it would be if the back pack wings also functioned as glider skins when equipped – replacing the furled wings with outstretched wings when activating your glider skill. Simple enough concept, you’d probably be charged separately for wing based glider skins – although I really like the idea of using viable back pieces directly.

Then it struck me, the other back piece that could be used as a straight off glider skin. Oh the glory, oh the rage, oh the sulking, when those few lucky possessors started zipping around the skies of maguuma, with none other then the “supposed” decorative molten jetpacks ^^

You think ncsoft will loose the chance to make tons of moneys out of gliders? O.o

Expect to see them only in gem store)

Now where is my SAB themed glider?? take my money

I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Backpieces won’t replace gliders and we’ve seen no evidence that gliders do or don’t cover backpieces.

Vissarion.6509:

You think ncsoft will loose the chance to make tons of moneys out of gliders? O.o

Expect to see them only in gem store)

Now where is my SAB themed glider?? take my money

Dem! Now that I think about it I want a SAB glider so bad. _

“A glorious glider skin you’d never get ^^”
SAB gets mentioned

Yup, I see no inconsistencies here.

Erm… Perhaps I worded that badly.

There will definitely be countless glider skins – probably all for gems. I was just saying that the wing back pieces could be used as glider skins – directly, without any changes to their models. There will probably be glider skins which look like the wing currently being released. As the wings are mostly “stowed” while walking, it would just be cool to have those same wings “unfurl” to allow you to glide while in the air.

And a humorous extension though, if Anet let people who had unlocked the molten jetpack backpack access an identical molten jetpack glider skin, the community rage level would be over 9000.

I don’t own the molten jetpack, and i would sulk if the above did come to pass but the situation would be extremely amusing to me none the less.

cocowoushi.7150:

I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Backpieces won’t replace gliders and we’ve seen no evidence that gliders do or don’t cover backpieces.

Pretty sure they will replace backpacks while gliding. It would look really peculiar if they didn’t and there were mishmashed glider/backpack combinations.

SAB Glider. Good joke. You know SAB is dead right?

ExiledDiclonius.1653:

SAB Glider. Good joke. You know SAB is dead right?

Don’t you say that!

Evans.6347:

“A glorious glider skin you’d never get ^^”
SAB gets mentioned

Yup, I see no inconsistencies here.

Well then, care to state the Moto of the story? ^^

Vissarion.6509:

You think ncsoft will loose the chance to make tons of moneys out of gliders? O.o

Expect to see them only in gem store)

Now where is my SAB themed glider?? take my money

Heey, heey, they ask $50,- for an expansion, that is justifiably for a B2P game, not for a cash-shop game. I expect all new skins to be added in the game, not in the cash-shop.

About that skin, they should but that in the dungeon, and put the dungeon in the world again. I farmed that dungeon a lot when it was available to get the mini and the back-pack. I farmed it as long as it was available and did not get the mini, and did not get the backpack. It’s one of the reasons why temporary content is so bad, Anet eventually did see that but forget to fix these things completely, like putting this reward back into the game.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

cocowoushi.7150:

I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Backpieces won’t replace gliders and we’ve seen no evidence that gliders do or don’t cover backpieces.

Pretty sure they will replace backpacks while gliding. It would look really peculiar if they didn’t and there were mishmashed glider/backpack combinations.

Imagine the Zephyr Rucksack, with the little toucan flapping its wing maniacally. xD

I know quite a lot of guildies who would buy deluxe if it included SAB glider hahah

Well Halan, opinions are like bottoms, everyone has one, but some are more attractive than others.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

cocowoushi.7150:

I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Backpieces won’t replace gliders and we’ve seen no evidence that gliders do or don’t cover backpieces.

Pretty sure they will replace backpacks while gliding. It would look really peculiar if they didn’t and there were mishmashed glider/backpack combinations.

It’s likely but there is just no proof of it yet since beta backpieces were spineguards.

I also fail to see the point of this “LOL schadenfreude” topic but okay.