A few cosmetic suggestions.

These are just a few cosmetic suggestions, to make the game prettier or whatnot. Hopefully this won't unblanace anything.

-Make the Dragon sword equivelent of other elements and weapons.
Well, we have the fiery dragon sword already, but why stop there? I'd love to see a sword made out of ice or whatnot. And why stop there? What about Hammers, axes, and bows? They'd work the same as a Dragon sword, same damage just in the elemental form, but, add some difference to the Dragon sword and Chaos axe.

-Make weapon upgrades visible.
If you throw and elemental string or hilt on a weapon, make the weapon change slightly. Maybe with shocking, make it look like your sending electricity into the opponent. Maybe Vampiric could make the weapon drip blood. Those kind of things.

I dunno, what do you guys think? What other cosmetic changes would you like to see?

Actually that would be nice to see a ghosting effect on the dragon sword and chaos axe. Also maybe the hand that draws back the string on bows with elemental properties can glow kind of like the aura that the collectors box comes with.

good idea!

how about a crystal sword that 's misting slightly with water dripping for icy?
Ebon would be a granite sword with dirt falling off it
Fiery- dragon sword
shocking- a futuristic metal sword with a sparking graphic
vampiric would be dripping blood and be wickedly barbed
poisoning would be a sword with grooves of green poison flowing all over the sword.
note- if the upgrades are salvaged, the graphics of that weapon won't transfer
you can make up the other types but use what i described

and Eternal sword should be a translucent and somewhat large and visible like ghostly hero's sword- that'd do


and maybe create a eternal set of armor similar to the ghostly heros for every class, make it 60-80 depending on the class, and +2 to elem and+2 to physical for it's primary bonuses
make it cost like 50k a piece with rare materials? but make the helmet for the warrior look cool not a cap, perhaps a winged helmet?

Anyone have any ideas how to make Rune's visible? I tried to think of some but couldn't think of any decent ones.

Take a cool design, like a Celtic symbol or something, and change it to the correct color (blue for monks, purple/pink for mesmer, etc.) and have it glow/pulsate.

the runes would still have to be invisible- if we're gonna pay for a high priced set of armor, we want to see what we buy.

Actaully, I like Zaku's idea. Maybe a symbol on the shoulder or the side of the boot or whatnot.

Perhaps the runes could be a fancy aura around our feet, Diablo II/WoW style. That way you see the armor, and people get to see a very pretty/cool aura like Unholy Aura from Warcraft.

or just make the divine aura all glowy like d2 style in the chat room whern you click on a character suuure feet also is included in the set of armor but I wouldn't want to show people if I'm using runes in pvp a glowy blue symbol for superior rune of healing prayers ="look at me I'm a heal bot!" - whoosh dead

Monk in PvP = whoosh! dead anyways

LOL but monks can hide, and if a elem/mo is using a superior rune of healing - he's also dead that's 2 dead for the price of 1

go with the pulsing idea. Have the rune periodically pulse on the armor its attached to. it doesn't have to be persistant just every few minutes you would see a glyph briefly light up on your armor.

jwh>>a elem/mo couldn't use a superir rune of healing. you can only use runes as the same armor type. so necro runes can only go on necro armor.

Hair dye...possibly a blank potion that we can mix our own dyes into.
Custom emblems on capes..inserting a small .bmp or such.

Absolutly no to custom emblems. way too much abuse and anet has already said its not gonna happen. They see the abuse too. They are however planning on holding more emblem design submisson contests. So make up some designs and hold onto them and when you see the contest pop up again send them in

Well, custom emblems could work if there was a screening phase, but that would cost more money to hire screeners than it worth. As a no monthly fee, gotta keep costs down.

If they were to just open up the custom emblems, how long until we would see people running around with a pair of tits or a swastica on their capes, you know?

I believe the swastika is an ancient native American symbol of good luck, also used in Buddhism and adopted by the Nazis. That's when it became infamous. I'm not too sure, but all I know is it has dealings with Native Americans and Buddhists.

The swastica was actually used by a lot of cultures, including the native american, for almost 3000 years. It originally meant everything from gentility and peace to strength and good luck. But, it eventually became to be associated with the Nazi party, and now a lot of kids will draw it on their school notebooks to shock people, without realizing just how bad it goes.

And, in the end, the symbol has become one of the most offensive things you can draw. Regardless of what it used to represent, I wouldn't want to see it hanging all over the place.

correct me if i'm wrong, but my understanding is...

elem/mo can not use monk runes...you can only use runes of your primary profession...

actually i believe the orientation of the swastika affects what it means. the ends going clockwise means one and represents one things and counter means something completly different.

Problem is most people don't recognize the difference or like me may forget which orientation means what

I can understand how it could offend MANY people, but I still think it's kind of unfair. Kind of like if someone took the cross and turned it into an obscene thing, then Christians would feel left out. Same with the ankh that appears in many monk skills.

But to stay on topic: I really don't think the abusing of custom emblems will be too big a deal. First of all, it costs 2 platinum to even make a cape. Second, all Arenanet has to do is issue a disclaimer or comprehensive list of what is not allowed (for example, Swastikas or reproductive organs) and if someone is reported to have these on his or her guild cape, the guild leader's CD-Key will be banned.

I'm not too crazy about custom emblems but the above situation seems plausible, doesn't it?