Guild Wars 2

Well, here we go again Anet’s graphic team shows us how much they love the engineer. Which seems to be very little. The new holo dragon wing back piece(s) are little to no use to letting the engineer show off the new wings.

Let’s face it we all use the back piece skins to show off in some way. Be it to make you laugh, or to give you the look you wanted. When it comes the the engineer we come up very short.

Part of this has to do with our kits. Yes, I understand that kits display on the back. Be it the tanks of the flamethrower or a med kit. We run around with one on our backs. I for one has a kit on my back for about 90% of the time.

I’m fine with that, but come on they are holo wings. It’s a tech look, we are the tech class, and they are only made of light. When I saw them I did a little happy dance. Thinking, “At last a cool back piece that I can still use.” but alas no such luck.

Why can’t they over lay the kits? (or for that matter under lay, like my Char backpack. Who’s tail I can see under the kit and is something that makes me laugh.)

The Engineer class has been getting the short end of the stick for some time now. Be it from pug groups for dungeons, or FOTM not wanting an Engineer in the group, (their loss not mine.) to weapon skins. (let’s not get in to the whole Legionary weapon thing) Anet’s graphic team has little to no love for the Engineer.

I guess I am just going to have to wait till the Legionary Flamethrower comes out. Which should come out right after the mounts and flying carpets are added to the game.

I thank you for your time in reading this. I will step down from my soapbox now.

It IS sad that the majority if not all of the Living Story series offer a backpiece as rewards which automatically makes them useless for engis. We have the hobo sack and that’s it.

I really want it to dress up as a dragon for fun. You know dragon helm, dragon wings and a flamethrower but then it was like.. nope! no wings for you! :/

Breaking Bad.6241:

It IS sad that the majority if not all of the Living Story series offer a backpiece as rewards which automatically makes them useless for engis. We have the hobo sack and that’s it.

The hobo sack is a great way of putting it.

I will say this- a month or two ago Colin Johnson posted saying that he was aware of the backpiece issue with Engineers and that, while it isn’t a huge priority, it is now on their radar and something they will look into fixing.

I really REALLY hope part of that solution involves letting us hide the hobosacks. I really, really do.

I haven’t actually asked a fellow engineer to show me yet, nor have I used my own wings yet, so to clarify: The new holographic wings do not overlap/overlay the kit backpacks?

Every other back slot item that’s big enough to show through the kit (or has particles/special effects to do so) overlaps the kits for my engineer. I can see the Mad King book’s flame effect through my hobosack, my sclerite tentacles, for example.

I figured the holo wings would just haphazardly out of the kit pack, like everything else… This isn’t the case?

1. and your wings will show through your hobo sack.
   /win

Suggestion for an interim solution posted: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Slim-down-the-Eng-kit-backpack-skins/first#post2246007

>Why can’t they over lay the kits? (or for that matter under lay, like my Char backpack. Who’s tail I can see under the kit and is something that makes me laugh.)

that requires coding beyond the capabilities of the monkies they hired at anet. Just look at how many skills are still broken, its so bad they have to use vague tooltips to cover up the fact. I dont think letting engineers have wings should be a priority

TheOneNOnlyGeneralBama.9586:

1. and your wings will show through your hobo sack.
   /win

Bama is right, you do so up after some time. They take a bit of time, but they just pop out after a bit. So, soon as you switch out your kit to a different your back in the waiting game again for them to show up again.

Maybe the Anet heard our cries. (lol, it even funnier when I type it out)