Guild Wars 2

In rotational order of the pictures

1) normal
2) starting emote
3) scrolling into first person mode and back

as you can see the backpack and weapons become invisible when I use an emote, but they become visible again when I scroll in and out of first person mode.

Bonus picture 4, 5, 6) holding a weapon before using an emote and scrolling in and out of first person mode. (it sometimes makes for cool emotes when you hold the weapons)
but I wonder if other people can see the weapons and backpacks as well after I scrolled in and out, or if they disapeared at all from their view.

I’d like to add to this:

Just bought a White Feather backpack combo, and it’s not showing combined when I’m wielding a shield. It’s really horrible to have those giant wings appear/dissapear on weapon swap…

Don’t shields always remove the appearance of backpacks?

I’ve never used a backpack before, since I liked none of them. So I wouldn’t know.

Well, I’m pretty sure they do.

Ok, looked it up. From the Wiki:

While the shield is being worn on the back, backpack items will be disabled from view until the player enters combat, upon which the backpack will reappear. Upon sheathing the shield, the backpack will disappear again.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Well, I’m pretty sure they do.

Ok, looked it up. From the Wiki:

While the shield is being worn on the back, backpack items will be disabled from view until the player enters combat, upon which the backpack will reappear. Upon sheathing the shield, the backpack will disappear again.

Whe’re getting a bit off-topic here, but my suggestion for that problem would be
“Depend showing backpack or not depending on whether the backpack has been ticked on or off in the equipment interface, then show shield if backpack is hidden”

Just providing information to the other poster (and showing his/her issue is not a bug). =) I think the shield already shows if the backpack is hidden.

No idea about OP’s issue, or exactly what the issue is. I hope the Devs will. =)

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Just providing information to the other poster (and showing his/her issue is not a bug). =) I think the shield already shows if the backpack is hidden.

No idea about OP’s issue, or exactly what the issue is. I hope the Devs will. =)

The original issue is that the backpack and weapons hide during emote usage, and reappear if you toggle first person mode. That, and that i dont know if when the items reappear, whether or not other people can see them.

Well, they are intended to disappear when using emotes, so that part is not a bug.

As to whether anyone else can see them when you are in first-person mode, I guess the easiest way to find out would be to ask a nearby player. I doubt it; it’s probably only client-side.

Good luck.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Well, they are intended to disappear when using emotes, so that part is not a bug.

As to whether anyone else can see them when you are in first-person mode, I guess the easiest way to find out would be to ask a nearby player. I doubt it; it’s probably only client-side.

Good luck.

Its just its erragular behavior that makes me think its overal mechanism is bugged. But on the other hand, i hope they dont fix it, since holding weapons during some emotes give very cool pictures. Im just hoping that since the items can reappear and dont cause any troubles, anet reconsiderz making them invisible in the first place. I can always manually hide the backpack if i dont want to see it, anet doesnt have to force-hide it, if you get my drift