Tattered Girls cape?

Hmmmmmm.

I had a buddy that I used to play with that got rich wayyyyy early in the game with the very things that now seem obvious to do if you want to make in-game money. One of the things I thought he was throwing his money away on once 'on a hunch' was tons of sapphires, rubies and diamonds at the rare materials trader when they were first introduced before they all ran out. Nobody had a CLUE what they were for 'back in the day' so ergo, I thought he was being, ummmm....eccentric. But, hey....it was his money and rich folks are known to be eccentric, so I just grinned and cheered him on while privately winking.

Of course, in hind-sight this was an amazingly astute thing to do on his part, and sadly, he proved the old adage of "You can't take it with you when you go...." completely wrong because both him and his gold never logged in again one fateful day.

-And now to the discussion at hand....the items that the Wiki terms "Remnants of Gwen" left over from our ill-fated acquaintance with Gwen. {sigh} I know I am going to cause people to laugh and point (or is it point and laugh?....I can never get that straight)

I actually keep a character in Pre-Searing even after 2yrs of play, just because.....well, I liked Gwen after the initial annoyance wore off, and when my very first character left and doom rained down upon Ascalon...it wasn't long before I began to...miss her. (just a little bit, you understand) No my presearing character isn't the same one after all this time, and it's not there to be level-20 in Pre-. I get a kick out of starting another one from time-to-time so I just boot one and begin fresh. (after going through the searing and banking my Gwen-Loot of course) I know, loser!

Well, due to my fondness of the character Gwen and all, I have over the 2yrs I have played found a few tattered girls capes myself at Fisherman's before they were removed from the game. I even had one drop once (and no one will believe me) at Perdition rock from a Hydra (I swear it) If these things do have some benefit to a player who has stubbornly held on to them for all this time.... (and I tend to think SOMETHING must be in the offing regarding this, as I received a "Preserved Red Iris Flower...Quest Item" during my early travels in Nightfall as a young Dervish) -then I may be as luckily astute as my erstwhile friend was. To date I have accumulated 30-odd capes, over 30-odd Flutes, Broken Flutes (both Pre AND Post-Searing) and 27 of the famous 'Tattered Girl's Cape'....I haven't found anyone who still has one or even knows anyone who says they have one (or even knows what the heck I am talking about in some time) Red Iris Flowers? LMAO....I could start a FLORIST business in 3-countries with the amount of those things I have, hehe.

Before anyone asks, or bothers to PM me.....NO....they are NOT for sale.

They are for Gwen....when and if we meet again one day.

No this is not some creepy/nerdy pixel-love thingy, it's just a memorial in a kind of way to a character that to me symbolizes what all in Ascalon lost in the searing. I think that if we meet, she deserves to know she was remembered, that's all. And what if it's all just clutter in my vault? What then? Well, you know what they say; One man's trash...is another man's treasure.


Anywho!...that's my two-cents......





Good journeys to ye'
-Prometheus.

XD you go you gwen-admirer you!

lol, you’re funny
I’m very curious as to why you would want it so badly.

hmmm... maybe I should try that too
haha, j/k…………. for now

Then I’ll be your first. Unless you mean in-game….
wow!

Personal speculation:

I don’t believe that Anet will go as far as create something really special for those like Prometheus and I who have surprisingly hung onto the tattered capes. Imagine all the complaining Anet would get about it! If they did create a quest that dealt with the tattered cape, I’m sure that Anet would place the ability to acquire it again.

Yes there is the possibility that Anet may create a little something extra for those "loyal" to Gwen since the beginning, in a similar fashion to how the divine aura is seen (http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10080033 Gaile Gray’s 2nd quote). But again, unless the possible extra thing is something really small, there would be so many disappointed people due to either missing out on the ability to collect the tattered cape while it was in game, or people getting rid of it from needing an extra storage spot and seeing no current use for the tattered cape. I think it would be easier (less complaints read) for Anet to leave the tattered cape as a dead item, since the keepers of the tattered cape seem to be a minority.

Why do I keep it? (for those who care for some reason) Well originally I found it as I had stated in the post after the OP. After finding it, I kept it since at the time I wasn’t sure if it was for anything. Then I forgot about it for well over a year since I didn’t need the extra storage space that it took up.

Now I view it as a sort of veteran type of item. I was able to take part in something that newer people are no longer able to.

But I do have two versions, so maybe I'll give in and sell the quest item version. haha.
Seriously though, I have no trading skills, so selling it won't be happening.

Someone Sell 1 To Me For Idc 40k!