Guild Wars 2

Each time you use an emote (/dance, /kneel, /sleep,…) your backpack disappears for all the emote’s duration. That’s really anoying, more than it seems… Please do something!

Well, that’s kinda a given.. All equipment that isn’t armor disappears- weapons alike. It would look weird to keep them on in certain emoting occasions.

Can you give an example please? :d

That has been this way since release I believe. Anything that’s not part of your armor set (those 6 pieces like headgear, gloves, etc) are hidden during emotes. As said, weapons and backpieces are hidden. No idea what’s the reason for that but it has been this way for a long time and although it looks weird I believe that’s intended.

(However, once I did a tricky that caused my backpiece being visible while sitting, then no idea about the technical stuff regarding this).

I’d guess it’s because ‘backpacks’ like Spinalguard and Wings, and such, or weapons would end up halfway through the ground when sitting. Or should you ‘salute’ when holding an axe or mace, sword, whatever, you would stab yourself.

Then, there would be just as many, if not many more, lamentations about clipping/odd animations when using emotes, likely.

Actually you can make reappear the backpack by first using the emote, then open hero panel and hide/show the backpack.

Example:
-Do /dance
-Open Hero panel
-Hide backpack
-Show backpack again
Your character will dance with his backpack on.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’d guess it’s because ‘backpacks’ like Spinalguard and Wings, and such, or weapons would end up halfway through the ground when sitting. Or should you ‘salute’ when holding an axe or mace, sword, whatever, you would stab yourself.

Then, there would be just as many, if not many more, lamentations about clipping/odd animations when using emotes, likely.

That could be the reasons yes. Better having it vanishing temporarily than having complaints about clipping issues and stuff.

At the hot maps, the first time you get downed, your back item disappears until you fly or dis- and reenable it manually again. After that tough, you can spam emotes as you want, they stay on your back, making them feel fixed. :|