Guild Wars 2

There’ve been a lot of complaints about the mortar’s new model as a wielded (kit) weapon. I can understand their perspective – when you’ve got an ascended or legendary weapon with an extremely detailed skin/model, to stow it to pull out what appears to be a makeshift potato gun cobbled together from spare parts, seems a little inappropriate.

On the other hand, it is very appropriate to the class’s theme. The idea behind the profession seems to be that you do create your own devices out of whatever is lying around, emphasising function much more than form. What’smore, at level 30/40/60/whenever you actually unlock this particular elite under the current skill system, you likely do not have a themed transmog. It’s very unlikely you have any exotics besides perhaps the welfare one you’re gifted as a level-up reward. Any model given to the weapon kit is going to look out of place for some people.

To reconcile this, i suggest that the actual model of the kit should vary based on the quality of the weapon you have equipped, with at least two, and preferably three or even four tiers, each being a refinement/streamlining of the lower-tier model.

the progression would be:
Master quality & lower: Primitive, makeshift weapon
Rare: more refined, but still clearly a homemade device
Exotic: Skillfully made, every part evidently purpose-built
Ascended/legendary: All the bells and whistles. extra fuel injection, custom sights, futuristic looking detonator – anything to make the model look worthy of supplanting a legendary.

I really want a Quaggan cannon like the ones in the LA water park. Can we have that as our mortar, please?!? We could have the regular blue adult quaggan as our auto attack, killer whale quaggan as the endothermic shell, pink quaggan as… Oh, you get the idea!

Please I can has Quaggan cannon?

I totally agree, and have been annoyed by this ever since I made my legendary rifle. Why must Engineers suffer from losing the cool and hardworked look of our legendary just because we use kits. which is a must for every Engi to use them to some extent.
And I think it’s a very cool and fair tier progression. That the better rarity weapon you aquire, the better your kits will look. And it should apply to all kits.

However I do know that it would take quite some effort and time to do that, for A-net. And they are working on HOT atm(understandable). But still it has been the other cosmetic issue for Engies(just like backpieces) since the release of the game. And the game prides it self with cosmetics, which we Engies still can’t fully aprecciate yet. I feel like the Hobosack was only half of the cosmetic unfairness towards Engies.
Now we need at least, some way to transition the effect and look of an ascended/legendary weapon to our kits. Then it will be fair.

GIVE THIS MAN A COOKIE!!!

I love this idea, it’s funny how I play as an asura engineer inventor yet my kits look like they where made from the scrap yard, seriously Anet please take this into consideration.

This is an excellent idea!

Can I just get the kit backpacks back for the loser like me who hasn’t crafted a legendary and actually really liked the flamethrower kit? I am sad it’s gone!
(or some option to at least turn it on? or a skin? please?)

Solarisis.1450:

Can I just get the kit backpacks back for the loser like me who hasn’t crafted a legendary and actually really liked the flamethrower kit? I am sad it’s gone!
(or some option to at least turn it on? or a skin? please?)

I can definitely get behind you on the flamethrower one. It actually looked kinda cool/didn’t clip in an eyesore kindof way with my spinal blades.

if they added some other kind of visual cue, like a satchel of bombs/grenades or a flamethrower fuel tank slung on your hip where it won’t clip with back items…

Narrrz.7532:

Solarisis.1450:

Can I just get the kit backpacks back for the loser like me who hasn’t crafted a legendary and actually really liked the flamethrower kit? I am sad it’s gone!
(or some option to at least turn it on? or a skin? please?)

I can definitely get behind you on the flamethrower one. It actually looked kinda cool/didn’t clip in an eyesore kindof way with my spinal blades.

if they added some other kind of visual cue, like a satchel of bombs/grenades or a flamethrower fuel tank slung on your hip where it won’t clip with back items…

Flamethrower was pretty much the only weapon I used… and I actually wanted to build the thing in real life… now it’s gone and I can’t study it to build it!