Guild Wars 2

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

Wouldn’t it be nice if Quip affected the mortar kit to fire a giant fire cracker? :OO

I was toying with the idea of each kit’s auto attack skill having a visual and sound effect corresponding to the Quip or Predator ( and Juggernaut later? ). It would let us appreciate our legendary weapons more seeing as we’re constantly switching kits.

With the coming update removing hobosacks, I’d love to be able to see my Quip aura while using a kit (I built my character’s aesthetics around the purple aura).
Have there been any notes or dev posts about engineers and legendary weapon effects?

So I went to the Revenant page and read this:

Each legend’s skills are designed to be very visual. From a glance at the skills used, one should be able to tell which legend is being invoked. Each legend has its own color, style, and theme.

[rage
You dont have to do all that Anet, just make the legends into a BROWN LEATHER BAG. Each one ever so slightly different but still brown and covers the entire Revanant’s back and overrides any legendary weapon effect / back item they might have worked for.
/rage]

but seriously, we’ve been checking this thread for a long long time now and I do hope Engineers will get similar treatment one day. The game is still fun to play as ever. I still cant wait for the expansion, but I really truly am getting tired of seeing the hobosack on my engi.

That Guy.5704:

One of the concerns is that the coloring of the hobosacks conflicts with a look a player has put together.

This. This so much. I’m posting my Engi here now. Not to brag, but to show the unfair situation the entire class has been put in and maybe help those who are hesitant to make a legendary just because of the hobosack. I have almost 95% of my entire time in GW2 spent on my Engi. I love playing it. that’s why I went as far as making 2 legendaries for her. The first pic is my engi in all her glory. Quip, Flameseeker Prophecies, and Light of Dwayna. The second pic is with the Engineer kit. Clipping into the back of my head and even my thin medium armor.

To those saying you need the kits too see what the engineer is doing:
Can you even tell which kit I’m using?

I always wondered why Elementalists dont have ‘kits’ that cover their weapons and back when they switch attunements. their mechanics are fairly identical. I’m so jealous that they have the freedom of showing off their weapons and skins with 100% uptime. When I’m playing my Engineer I use pistol 2,3 and then go back to grenade and bomb kit. I’m allowed to see my legendary aura and shield for TWO WHOLE SECONDS.

Why can’t we have an icon on our buff bar like Elementalists instead of these back skins forced onto us? At least give us the option to disable the back skins or let our current back piece override it. This thread is over a year old. We’ve been beating this dead horse for so long. Please please please. Help us.

Thank you for replying and getting back to us, Gaile! We all appreciate it very much!
I’d like to ask if the devs and players would like legendary auras to show while in a kit. I personally Love the pink Quip aura and the Predator aura as well. It’s kind of disappointing to work so hard for a legendary only to have the effects disappear when we use our kits (which is most of combat for me)
I dont know if others share my opinion, but I would like it if my legendary aura would show through while using a kit (with or without said hobosack)

I’ve been playing my engi almost exclusively since I began playing GW2! proudly posting my Engi!

Also, hobosacks make me sad

While we’re here; would it possible to give us an update on hobosacks for engineers?
this year old thread has a dev post that has not been updated for some time now.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Hobo-Sacks-A-Terrible-Fashion-Statement/first

It’s such an eyesore to have my ascended backpiece that i worked so hard for to be covered whenever I’m using a kit (70~90% of the time) please give us the option to at least cover/ hide the kits as we would with gloves and shoulders. Or at least let us know if you guys have anything planned. thank you!

ANET, please give us a toggle for the hobosacks. many of us have spent so much time, gold, and effort making our engis look amazing but then we get our hobosacks that cover our backs 70% of the time (even several of the new hair styles get clipped). Especially with the new wardrobe system now that all classes can enjoy their hard earned back skins engineers cannot enjoy them as much due to hobo sacks.
How long will we have to wait?