Originally posted by Lokomotiv

No stupid stuff please...

Well, atkeast those sunglasses looked quite nice. Far from stupid.  

And dont tell me they do not fit the setting in a time of  clockwork operated machines

As long as its not like Everquests 2 shop were the coolest looking armor in the game has to be bought in the shop and they wonder why no new players play there game being able too loot Fantastic looking armor and weapons throughout the game will make it hugely successful look at WOW for instance endgame characters looked so badass and powerful that's what the players want!

I didn't like the silly stuff. Seeing an asura in sun glasses was just stupid. This is the sort of thing I associate with cheap and crappy FTP games, not AAA titles.

Personally, I wish they weren't there so I voted I don't want them.. but really I don't care that much, just if I was given the choice they would be gone.

Wait until they put the Achilles Heel speed boost boots in the shop for 2000 gems for 50% run speed.

I made some hella cool goggles in the mystic forge using the aviator sunglasses so I definately want them

its all no combat stuff /town cloth . seriously why bring that up.

i got my google . they are awesome :P

Oh and another thing.. documented protective eyeware goes back to at least the 12th century in china.

I have no doubt there was some form of glare reduction eyeware pretty much as long as there has been men that walked upright.

Cutting solar glare is a huge advantage for both hunters and fishermen..

As far back as prehistoric times inuits carved slit eyeware..

It is standard cash shop MO. The whole purpose of the cash shop is to make content irrelevant ,so  the game company is  NOT required to create real playable content, and sell the idea that a) you have to get to max level as fast as possible (skipping content), hence XP rate boosters, and b) what you buy in the shop is always going to look better than anything you earn in game.

Now I am sure some fan boys and ANet schills will trot out the legendary unicorn bow that shoots rainbows's as the ultimate trophy that can only be earned. 

Things like boxing gloves and other jokey shop items are designed to belittle any thing you earn in game, by mocking the whole emmersion/game scenario.  Who is going to take your Uber Helmet of Super Big Horns seriously, when you are surrounded by players with giant funny hats, and silly Halloween costumes on. Those jokey items always have more detail and polish than anything that drops in the game.

The GW1 fans who have never played another MMO with serious cash shops, in really going to get thier eyes opened, both in terms of how much fluff and power the cash shops end up selling and just how much large numbers of players will spend on this electronic paper doll fluff. 

At first all the manifesto BS had me hoping this game would be different, but thier actions to date with the cash shop have been right on schedule with the typical Korean MMO cash shop introduction and progress. 

If  you want a taste of where GW2 is headed, and something to do for the next few weeks try a free to play asian MMO like Perfect World.

Personnaly, I like the choice regarding the fluff items, but they are so profitable to game publishers that there is pressure from stockholders to spend less time on new content (expansions) or polishing existing content and spend more time on creating new cash shop items, resulting in very watered down expansions and no fixing of known bugs.

Alot of that stuff is town clothes only

I don't think it has to break immersion if done well. I hope the art team will do a good job in this.

But I'm just against cash shop.

If I see someone with something cool, I'd look up where it comes from. And if I see that the only way to obtain it is through spending real money I will find that sad.

I'm sure there'll be all sorts of both silly and serious appearance items available if not at release, then before long.

Guild Wars 2 is another Fantasy MMORPG that isn't really taking its own theme very seriously. Warcraft being the king of this kind of behavior.

Expect it to only get more goofy and more ridiculous.

In 2010 EA Sports put out NHL 10 and with it released Purchaseable hockey equipment that was covered in random bullcrap like Tiger Stripes, Tribal Symbols, Camo or Punk graffiti, that kind of stuff.  The worst part was that the game also forced you to use and wear it or your skater would take a Stat-hit negatively during play.

It was such an absurd thing to deal with that entire year of online play that in NHL 11 that equipment was thankfully removed.

Erm hold on.

Are you seriously trying to say the asura can permanently levitate huge cubes of stones weighing tons and tons, construct entire cities out of forcefields that look like slowly flowing glass but they can't make a simple pair of sunglasses?

You know what?  Your bad premise breaks my immersion.

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Originally posted by CujoSWAoA
Guild Wars 2 is another Fantasy MMORPG that isn't really taking its own theme very seriously. Warcraft being the king of this kind of behavior.

Expect it to only get more goofy and more ridiculous.

In 2010 EA Sports put out NHL 10 and with it released Purchaseable hockey equipment that was covered in random bullcrap like Tiger Stripes, Tribal Symbols, Camo or Punk graffiti, that kind of stuff.  The worst part was that the game also forced you to use and wear it or your skater would take a Stat-hit negatively during play.

It was such an absurd thing to deal with that entire year of online play that in NHL 11 that equipment was thankfully removed.

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I have to agree with this observation- it aggravated me to no end when WoW threw lore out the window and moved from easter eggs of pop culture to heavy references forced at every angle but Anet from the get go is making this game campy and fun rather than immersive. If you can accept that that's how they're making the game and go into it with that expectation then it's really fun but if you're looking for a serious, gritty, and realistic fantasy RPG experience then you're going to be very disappointed.

Who cares? They are basically for shits and giggles. Besides, they are town clothes and cannot be worn in combat, so chances are you won't run into very many people with them. Even if you do, just move on. It's not a gamebreaking issue nor is it an immersion breaking issue since GW2 is not a strict fantasy game anyway.

I prefer they use some creativity and make the items look like they fit the era.

Originally posted by Lokomotiv

No stupid stuff please...

+1

sunglasses in gw2 world? lol... boxing glves wtf?

It's all fun! Bring it on!

To each his own imo.    I'm sure you won't see many people role playing with the aviators on but  if some one wants a pair I don't really see the harm.  It's all in good fun.  I doubt you'd see many boxing gloves or aviators on Tarnished Coast (RP server) anyhow.  There will be other items though I'm sure to comiclly RP with such as the Chef and Pirate outfits.

I love how when you put on certian items you get special abilities that serve now other purpose than for fun.  I can't wait to see what else they'd add to the game. Maybe a bartender outfit that could put out kegs an place pints etc. 

I bought the chef's outfit and pirate outfit in beta and had some fun with random people in town just messing around.  One engineer kept acting like he was lighting my pirate on fire and so I ran around screaming and then did the "Short dive" abiltiy that makes your toon faceplant into a puddle of water.  

 Also said engineer proceeded to light my roasting pig on fire when I put on the chef's outfit.  I used the "kitchen fire" ability that made me roll around and it looked like I was on fire.  It really confused people walking by since it really looked like the engi killed me lol.

Chef on fire!

The roasting pig is on the right >>