Guild Wars 2

A christmas glider, make me a reendear of santa! Reendear headpiece (horns and nose) as skin and once i fly, a sledge with a big red norn apears behind me – when i use faster flight – the norn swings a whip and when i slow down he bulls the reins really strong!

I’d like to add a vote for toggling glider on/off. I’m terrible at jumping puzzles anyway, and a glider popping off just makes them impossible for me. Btw, I was astonished when, after I started HoT with one character, all my characters sprouted gliders! Even at Level 2!

I wouldn’t mind if I could preserve one character as a jumping puzzle specialist, but if it going to apply to all my characters , please, please add a toggle. Thanks! Mauzo

I would like to have a single balloon as a glider, like the one on Quaggan Mail Carrier. Just a simple balloon holding you up with a string… And you could change the balloons color.

The gliding situation being explained a bit more detailed. For instance you get the message that to continue you should now first get your glider skill. That is all as an explanation?
It does not explain properly that you need two Masterpoints instead of only the one, because after the one in the next box it tells you to train gliding. In the same box which, if it is not full, you CANNOT train gliding. So it is false/confusing information.
Then, NOWHERE does it explain that the wings miraculously appear once you jump off a cliff. This is a totally unusual way in any game but in this game the producers don’t care to mention it. I guess you paid the price for the expansion, maybe the last one anyway, so who cares about customer satisfaction ?

Worlds.7530:

I need gilder looklike little pet and can switch to gilder during flying, my picture is explain all my idea.

I love when people add their own drawings. That is very cute.
Edit: This is back on page 11 if anyone wants to look at it.

Idk if this was mentioned yet, but AP (achievement points) related backpieces as gliders. Especially the pinnacle skins because they look awesome. Would inspire me to grind APs again.

We should be able to dye the Crystalline Wings with the colors we want

Griffon glider – a Glider where a Griffon grabs u and flies/glides with u (flapping its wings like the crystal dragon wing one). Dropping u when u stop gliding.

An edit to the sclerite karka shell backpack; have it sprout feathers on the tentacles and move in a wavey motion as a glider, since no gliders seems to fit that backpack very well.

A shattered glider! You know the effect caused by mesmer F4? That a bit stronger – no wings, no extras – just this ‘removing’ out of this dimmension.

It would look like the character becomes onevwith the air

How about a Shatterer Wings Glider? It would go great with the Shatterer backpack.

A walking animation! Some asura-holo-plates under the shoes, and a normal walking in the air! New steps apear old ones disapear, like many cartoon magical beeings.

I would love it if you could add some options on how to activate the glider. I’ve seen a few forum posts about it already and thought I would throw a suggestion up here. Even having a little pulldown in the option to just select holding down space or double jump would be really nice if you could

We have glittering backpack and glittering weapon skins, why don’t we have a glittering glider yet? I have a character that is all in the glittering theme and I have to use the crystalline dragon as there is no glittering glider skin

An improvised glider (similar to the improvised weapon skins) made of corrugarted metall, a door, or other scrap (asymetrical wings would be great)

To . . . . . Almorra Soulkeeper, Pact Commander
From . . Myrna Uschi, Dragon’s Watch
CC. . . . . Gaile Gray, Forum Communications Team Lead
Subject. Pact glider improvements

We have found the pact glider developed to support our efforts in the Heart of Maguuma jungles has been indispensable. By providing safety and speed to our troops, our forces have been much more effective.

Assuming that the gliders were developed from Zephyrite kites and ships. I took the liberty of having a team of Zephyrites and Asura review the design of our gliders. It seems that aside from the custom decorations added to the gliders by troops, some improvements are possible. The basic frame and flight surfaces are made of common materials that were inexpensive at the time. With a few adjustments, a glider could be upgraded by using Mithril and Gossamer to achieve higher speeds and possibly distances. The smooth flight surface and rigid framework are responsible for the increases.

Please consult with the other pact members to find our if we can formalize a set of plans for release to our troops. Each member would be responsible for the cost of the improved glider substructure. We believe these changes would not compromise the utility of the glider for users and only make our troop members more effective.

Sincerely,
Myrna Uschi
Pact Commander

No suggestion, just wanted to say the chicken glider makes me smile every single time I whip it out.

Okay, I do have one suggestion:

Mauzo.5469:

I’d like to add a vote for toggling glider on/off. I’m terrible at jumping puzzles anyway, and a glider popping off just makes them impossible for me. Btw, I was astonished when, after I started HoT with one character, all my characters sprouted gliders! Even at Level 2!

I wouldn’t mind if I could preserve one character as a jumping puzzle specialist, but if it going to apply to all my characters , please, please add a toggle. Thanks! Mauzo

Seconding the option to toggle, OR to change it to a separate hotkey from jumping.

I would like to have the ability to jump to glider when on flat ground. There are a number of updrafts and ley lines that you have to hunt down elevated ledges to use these just because you can’t deploy the glider on a jump on level ground.

There is also a bug that has been an annoyance, when attempting to enter stealth while gliding it will consume energy and do a dodge instead of changing to stealth. It would seem to make more sense to have a button to activate stealth instead of the dodge motion.

One glider skin I’d like to see is a jet pack. Possibly with a backpack clone. Also would like to be able to dye backpacks so I can match different color schemes. There a bunch of backpacks that would work with armor looks if I could just change their color.

I still want an anvil glider. Make it happen!

A large glowing reflective shining sideways flat banana.
From the circus.

I can scarcely remember what I posted and when. So I may just be repeating myself here. Gliders are often used as a further extension of the character aesthetic, so gliders should be created that can reflect potentially important aspects of the character.

Organization-Themed Gliders

• Durmand Priory
• Order of Whispers
• The Vigil
• The Pact

Racial-Themed Gliders

• Asura
• Charr
• Human
• Norn
• Sylvari
• Quaggan

The Six Gods-Themed Gliders

• Dwayna
• Balthazar
• Grenth
• Kormir
• Lyssa
• Melandru

Please ArenaNet add a Glider Toggle. Maybe on our Skill bar next to the Elite skill or near the weapon swap button. It really should not be that hard to have a toggle to enable/disable the glider.

A flying ship, an air ship.

The player is inside the body of the ship. The sails are the wings. You can even put cannons on the side that fire when you first start gliding. It can be based on the Pack Fleet ships or the zephyrite ships.

’ INVISIBLE GLIDER ’ – With Air Trails -

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• Invisibile glider with air trails coming from the hands, legs/feet

• The idea would be like that of skydiver / cliff jumpers wingsuits

• I’d like the idea of this with the air trail effect

• I’d prefer NOT to have the wingsuit cape parts under the arms and legs,

• It would be sort of like when you glide and your arms go back just without a glider

I posted here about it initially:

" Glider idea – Suggestion / Request "

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Glider-idea-Suggestion-Request/first#post6523735

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GOOD LUCK

I would love to see the spinal blade backpiece as a glider. To make it more unique you can even make it that only ascended can get it or make it upgrade-able in the gemstore. I would gladly pay for it!

I love my spinal backpiece and cringe each time it changes to something completely different when I start/stop gliding.

You probably do not even have to change the animation, it already moves and glows and is in the correct position for a glider.

Anet, PLEASE make this happen!

I say they sell a jet pack that does nothing more than speed up your “lean” movement. No additional distance and nothing to “show” – simply just accelerates the speed at which your move with you hit “W” or whatever key propels you faster forward. Once you add it, ALL your gliders just move 3 times more quickly to the end of the lean endurance. There is an easy 500 gems ANet…..

Add a glider that matches the old spinal blades backpack. It was the first ascended backpack that we could get right? Kind of deserves it.

There’s a Sticky for Glider Suggestions; the Devs are more apt to see your vote for that oft-requested glider there.

Good luck.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

There’s a Sticky for Glider Suggestions; the Devs are more apt to see your vote for that oft-requested glider there.

Good luck.

This is the forum page that is in the sticky, no? Or am I missing something here?

StrangeArt.2756:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

There’s a Sticky for Glider Suggestions; the Devs are more apt to see your vote for that oft-requested glider there.

Good luck.

This is the forum page that is in the sticky, no? Or am I missing something here?

Yes, the thread was moved here (where the Mods feel it belongs).

I’d love to see a pathfinder parachute, as I feel the glider behaves fairly similarly to such a parachute. I noticed that the SAB cloud glider uses a different animation for the player than most gliders, so hopefully this suggestion doesn’t seem too wild.

An accompanying parachute back item would be nice as well, that or make the parachute bag look like the guild backpack? I think the guild backpack could pass as a parachute bag.

Fingers crossed.
Cheers.

one of the stuff i think would rly look cool as a glider and as a back pack is demon wings
this is a suggestion for how it will look and i clearly rather see a professional design for this and not just a copy of this

Mosquito glider, please, where the playing character hangs from the bug’s legs.

Gliders ideas:

1. Flying carpet (the broom, and the other toys would be good additions)
2. Surfboard with waves underneath (I’d die of joy)
3. Rocket backpiece (fashioned after molten backpiece)
4. A Cape
5. Tornado (as in we become enveloped in tornado or maybe just the lower half our character’s body which would be more pleasing)
6. The Tequatl and holographic wings backpiece as gliders
7. Dragon-form (fashioned after Sanctum scramble)

molten jetpack glider for those who have the skin please

It would be nice if effect-based gliders like the magnetic glider or the bubble glider wouldn’t hide your backpack anymore. For example I think the magnetic glider would go quite well with the spinal blade backpack.

Additionally some racial backpack/glider combos would be nice.

For Asura something that looks kinda like the silver salvage-o-matic but when the glider deploys, the four corner parts detach on some kind of asuran energy-bridge and the whole thing unfolds into a quadcopter like the glider-tron. But no thing-o-tron anymore! Seriously, can we have some asuran device that isn’t talking?

For Charr something akin to an unfolding charr-copter(two pairs of blades or so). Maybe it could emit steam based on how full the stamina-bar for the glider is.

For humans something like the shining blade glider-combo would be nice, but it should be less “blade-ish” and instead emphasize on clockwork.

For Norn I’m a bit short on ideas. We already got the raven spirit glider. Maybe a memorial to owl. A totem-like backpack with some of owls remaining feathers attached to it, which form ghostly wings.

For sylvari the backpack could look like a bud. When the glider deploys the bud opens and with a big “floof” a huge cottonball spreads out. While you glide you leave a trail of slowly descending seeds and when you land the whole ball just disperses in a small seed-“explosion”, leaving a closed bud behind.

I was chatting with Gaile, earlier today in game, and she suggested I post here, with my ideas. Amongst other ideas that i will post elsewhere, I suggest looking into turning several pre-HoT backpieces into glider skins. I see some of the listed suggestions have already been done (Glide-r-tron, wings etc). I would like to add the following: Dragon wings- both Holographic, and Shattered Holographic. These make excellent, fairly rare original game back-pieces, that would be amazing as a glider option. Same with Ascended Spinal Blade backpiece. Make a dye-able spinal blade glider so people can match the version of Blades they have on their toon. thanks!

Its nothing of an issue, but more of a suggestion. This game is really amazing and I love it lots. But one of my favorite things about it, is the customization of items we get to use. When I bought this glider (Vine-touched destroyer) I dyed the color of its “effects” to a aquamarine or to be exact: Hydrangia but sadly my glider backpack itself is green. I know its nothing of huge concern, but I (and many others I’ve asked about this) would really appreciate it if we could change the actual “dye” of the gliders themselves (backpacks) since we can change the colors of the effects. My character is working black/blue color combination and would look amazing with the Hydrangia Vine-touched destroyer rather than the default green (even after dying its effect). Which is a weird sight in general since the wings are green then when opened not even a hint of green is on them, but as soon as the glider stops, back to being green. Thank you for your ears! I’m just trying to give good feedback for a game I truly care about.

This will never be seen by designers or replied to… But a Ley-line/Ley stone Glider?

How about craftable gliders to match armor sets you can craft.

Craftable Dungeon/instance gliders to match dungeon/instance armor? Something with gift of map for HoT (map) armors or gift of dungeon if it is a dungeon armor.

Dhonti.5162:

How about craftable gliders to match armor sets you can craft.

Craftable Dungeon/instance gliders to match dungeon/instance armor? Something with gift of map for HoT (map) armors or gift of dungeon if it is a dungeon armor.

I like this idea. It would definitely encourage me to do more dungeons.

Some more glider ideas:

1. Spinning dragon orbs seen in Omad’s machine (probably too much but oh well, it would be epic.) as a random drop in black lion chest only.
2. Hot air balloon
3. Dragon – like instead of rainbow cloud, we sit on a dragon mount.
4. Animations where our characters flap their hands instead or the animation modeled after the aviation toy box. Complete with that sound and such.
5. Gem store combat tonics that can also serve as glider transformations but also with options to choose a different glider. For example: right now I can do the unlimited monkey king tonic and glide on a rain bow cloud. Super epic. But I have to select the transformation first each time before I glide. I want to be able to just jump off and glide as a monkey on a cloud or a monkey with other types of glider.

Invisible Glider- No skin, no sounds.

I don’t like the sounds of gliders and Invisible Glider would be great.

Chickenado under your character holding them up.

I second the invisible glider idea, it would be nice to be able to uncheck glider as an option and not see the glider skin (i am fine with the sound and bar as an indicator the character is gliding.) It would be immersive and nice because it would feel as tho the character is flying. Also, one of the sylvari cultural armor has these beautiful pixie wings on the back and it just looks so awkward when gliding (extra mini wings sticking out) . Sadly they don’t flap and that would be too much work to animate, I’m sure, but if there is an option to hide glider like we can hide mask and awkward back items it would be nice. Gliders are also awkward looking sometimes so..

The glider looks ok, but it is kind of ugly, and the glider skins do not match my characters. A peter pan flying feeling would be wonderful ~

if you do make an invisible glider skin please have it always available year round

Oh, and a suggestion for gem store glider if no one’s mentioned it yet would be on a broom like the box of fun broom! xp

" Pixie" dust glider. Pretty much a invisible glider with a hint of swirling trailing dust particles. Maybe a single dye channel to players could select the dust color.

starhunter.6015:

" Pixie" dust glider. Pretty much a invisible glider with a hint of swirling trailing dust particles. Maybe a single dye channel to players could select the dust color.

I like this! Let’s go whole hog. TWO dye channels for a combo of dust color and sparkle color.

I was wondering… since there are so many of us “faithful” players who have worked so hard to earn our Tempered Spinal Blades from the lost chapters of the war with Scarlet… Why on earth has no one thought to design and sell us a matching Glider Skin to complement this back pack? I would gladly work out the details myself if I had more time, but it seems like half the work is already done with the way the back pack looks now. I mean it practically looks like a pair of jets at the center and the blades could easily be extended to fill out some kind of cool looking, metallic wing on either side. Perhaps a carbon fiber material opening up between the blades would be adequate? Anyway, I have it all in my head but no time to draw it out right now.

Spinal gliders would be awesome. I spotted the jet-pack backpack would be another that would need very little work to gliderise.