Lonami.2987 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 The day was June 23, 2015. The last big patch before the release of Heart of Thorns, it gave us a huge core professions overhaul, in preparation for the first generation of elite specializations.It also upgraded the visuals for engineer kits, removing the classic kit packs.We were told these would return as back item skins some day. However, three and a half years later, we're still waiting. It's obvious they forgot about them at some point, not unlike the revenant weapons. What better time to remember them than Christmas?Bomb PackUsed with the Grenade Kit.Elixir PackUsed with the Elixir Gun.Flame PackUsed with the Flamethrower.Health PackUsed with the Med Kit.Mine PackUsed with the scrapped Mine Kit.Survived as a skin through the Universal Multitool Pack, available through a biography option in the character creation menu.Unknown nameUsed with the Bomb Kit and the Tool Kit.Note that the Elite Mortar Kit never had a backpack of its own, because it wasn't a kit before.So, how do we bring them back? The easiest solution is to reintroduce them as back item skins, by adding them through a karma merchant. Just make sure they're easily available, since making them too expensive or hard to acquire would invalidate the point of letting people easily use them again.Alternatively, we could get a new mechanic customization option, not unlike rangers and their pet customization menu, that would let engineers use different skins for their kits. For example, Sabetha's Boomstick and Crucible as a flamethrower kit skin, or Horrik's Cannon as a mortar skin. In this new menu, engineer players would be able to turn the kit backpack visuals on and off too.That's it for me! Have a happy Christmas, and let's hope we get to see these packs back some day!Same thread at reddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant.7206 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 You want the hobo kits back? Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfCarson.7124 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I too would like to see skins for kits. I would actually like to see it for all classes, for things like summoned weapons and such. Of course this would have to be a PvE thing cause it would probably be too confusing in PvP, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dace.8173 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I miss the flamethrower backpack. It's also worth noting that the Revenant weapons are in game. I've already made two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonami.2987 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Funnily enough, one of the bosses from the new fractal, Siren's Reef, uses the Bomb Kit Back Item skin.Check him out: Blasting Black Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Chocolate.5870 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 +1 from me! I especially miss the elixir gun backpack. I understand why they were removed from the skills, but hopefully they'll bring them back as proper back items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Chocolate.5870 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 @ProfCarson.7124 said:I too would like to see skins for kits. I would actually like to see it for all classes, for things like summoned weapons and such. Of course this would have to be a PvE thing cause it would probably be too confusing in PvP, but I could be wrong.I'm not sure what you mean by 'summoned weapons', but the Ele Conjure weapons, Mesmer Phantasm weapons, and Guardian Spirit weapons are all available as normal weapon skins. Although they're pretty expensive - they're made in the Mystic Forge, I think, with quite a high Mystic Coin cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonami.2987 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 @ProfCarson.7124 said:I too would like to see skins for kits. I would actually like to see it for all classes, for things like summoned weapons and such. Of course this would have to be a PvE thing cause it would probably be too confusing in PvP, but I could be wrong.Been suggested a few times. Rangers can customize their pets with different race-skins, why can't engineers use different flamethrower skins too? Same for turrets, banners, minions, etc. Lot of customization potential here.@Dace.8173 said:I miss the flamethrower backpack. It's also worth noting that the Revenant weapons are in game. I've already made two of them.Yup, they were added some months ago. Only the staff is missing, but it was used for the trailer only, so maybe it was never intended to be obtainable in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derd.6413 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 @Lonami.2987 said:Rangers can customize their pets with different race-skinswhen did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonami.2987 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @derd.6413 said:@Lonami.2987 said:Rangers can customize their pets with different race-skinswhen did that happen?You have different species of drakes and bears, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derd.6413 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 @Lonami.2987 said:@derd.6413 said:@Lonami.2987 said:Rangers can customize their pets with different race-skinswhen did that happen?You have different species of drakes and bears, for example.there are more differences between those other then cosmetics tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonami.2987 Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 @derd.6413 said:@Lonami.2987 said:@derd.6413 said:@Lonami.2987 said:Rangers can customize their pets with different race-skinswhen did that happen?You have different species of drakes and bears, for example.there are more differences between those other then cosmetics thoThere's a few of them with no differences but the skin, that's the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrahero.9358 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Never wanted the hobo sacks gone. Just wanted anet to give people an option, a simple toggle where you choose if bundled can overwrite the visuals of your equipped backslot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Hallidor.3067 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I do not main engineer, so I'd like to obtain the backpacks as skins also for my other alts. Maybe someone start a poll in the guild wars 2 discussions forum? I tried to create a poll, unfortunately it changed the poll to a question automatically due to an forum software bug:https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/73680/request-bring-back-the-engineer-backpack-kits-as-skins-for-back-items#latest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrForz.1953 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 @Terrahero.9358 said:Never wanted the hobo sacks gone. Just wanted anet to give people an option, a simple toggle where you choose if bundled can overwrite the visuals of your equipped backslot.If such a thing was considered we probably wouldn't have sheated shields nullifying backpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Hallidor.3067 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 opened a poll in general Guild Wars Discussion Forum, quoting Lonami: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/77743/poll-bring-back-engineer-back-pack-kits#latest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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