Guild Wars 2

So I bought the new cultural tier 3 Leggings from the Norn Vendor. I really like the way that I look, and when I happened to zoom in a bit, I noticed that my armor had not 1 but TWO swasticas on it.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6190/swastica.png

lol Personally it doesn’t offend me, but figured i’d let Anet correct it if they didn’t know about it.

While yes, it is now strongly associated with Nazis, the symbol itself has been around far longer.

JayMack.8295:

While yes, it is now strongly associated with Nazis, the symbol itself has been around far longer.

This. The symbol is extremely old. Also, it’s mashed into a grouping of other symbols. Really, this isn’t a big deal. At least IMO.

Its a very popular symbol in certain religions, while it may look like the symbol of the Nazis, that one is actually turned by a 45° angle if i’m not mistaking.

Actually it is neither due to the angle of the symbol,for reference on the difference between the Swastika and the nazi symbol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49337086@N07/4525274963/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

More than meets the eye.

I dont know how its racist, its a symbol of luck and fortune. If the armor gets nerfed I want my 119g + transmutation stones back. The swastikas are the whole reason I even bought the armor.

The old Vikings actually used it on their Runestones here in Scandinavia.

It is highly authentic and not racist in the sligthest.

It shouldn’t be there, it’s highly offensive to many people.

ArenaNet SHOULD know better, we ALL know what the swastika stands for.

So don’t give me any of that religeous rubbish.

Solid Gold.9310:

It shouldn’t be there, it’s highly offensive to many people.

ArenaNet SHOULD know better, we ALL know what the swastika stands for.

So don’t give me any of that religeous rubbish.

I find the ridiculously sexualized armor for all female characters offensive but I’m not asking them to change it. Also as stated by others, the swastika originated with the vikings.

Solid Gold.9310:

It shouldn’t be there, it’s highly offensive to many people.

ArenaNet SHOULD know better, we ALL know what the swastika stands for.

So don’t give me any of that religeous rubbish.

I am German and I dont find it offensive. People are overreacting. The finnish airforce is still using the symbol, too. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lentosotakoulu.svg)

I truly hope this is a joke. The Nazi’s DO NOT hold the patent on the swastika. That symbol is older than even the vikings use of it. It has been a religious symbol long before the Nazi’s use of it. Anyone who says it’s only a racist symbol is as ignorant as the Nazi’s themselves.

Solid Gold.9310:

It shouldn’t be there, it’s highly offensive to many people.

ArenaNet SHOULD know better, we ALL know what the swastika stands for.

So don’t give me any of that religeous rubbish.

Know better about what? Speaking as a Jew myself with family been through a concentration camp, I do not believe reducing the manji to that of the nazis is the proper way to respect the people they violated.

The symbol has been around long before the nazis, and its meaning vastly different.

Caedmon.6798:

Actually it is neither due to the angle of the symbol,for reference on the difference between the Swastika and the nazi symbol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49337086@N07/4525274963/

That’s an urban (?) myth. Swastikas can be facing either way, and both orientations are used in decoration. In fact, the nazis also used both directions (it was mirrored on opposite sides of their naval flags).

Account.9832:

Caedmon.6798:

Actually it is neither due to the angle of the symbol,for reference on the difference between the Swastika and the nazi symbol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49337086@N07/4525274963/

That’s an urban (?) myth. Swastikas can be facing either way, and both orientations are used in decoration. In fact, the nazis also used both directions (it was mirrored on opposite sides of their naval flags).

Urban myth that they look different ? I dont think you get the idea of my post do you ? Im in no need of a history lesson,i was showing the difference between the 2 symbols for people that think they are the same thing.And showing that what the Op showed is Neither of these eventhough it resembles it Slightly.

Solid Gold.9310:

It shouldn’t be there, it’s highly offensive to many people.

ArenaNet SHOULD know better, we ALL know what the swastika stands for.

So don’t give me any of that religeous rubbish.

I find your statement to be incredibly offensive towards my proud Viking heritage, my good Sir! Not to mention towards a great deal of other people such as Buddhists and other Eastern religions/cultures who have used the Swastika as a religious symbol way before my Viking ancestors.

Well I don’t care either way, the armor looks cool as hell, and no one is ever really zooming in that close on my crotch….wait nevermind, that happens all the time. Ummm…. Ah screw it, keep it the way it is. I can see past the Nazi’s and back at a more historical reference for that symbol.