Guild Shields

Maybe this would work if you baught it as a max armour req Strength or tactics, (you choose, but high) and they made it so you can get addons for shields, this way your not getting an amazing shield at a really early stage, but have to piece it together, and of course once you have baught it it would be customized to you.

I like this idea, but yes, casters are excluded a bit, so maybe include focci, but then what would rangers get? a cape for their pets!? lol

/signed just as like you said Guild Wars should be more about the guilds.

I love the idea. /signed

For non-shield carrying classes, what about a Gorget that hangs around the neck on a chain or some sort of Baton like what Field Marshalls/Generals carry, or even a waist worn Guild sash, like a cumerbund. For Rangers, they could have Guild emblased quivers.

hmm a banner to put on staffs would be nice. Not a mod, but something purely visual. It would so rock.

That would be awesome!

Ya, it is GUILD Wars so there really should be more focus on the guilds.

They should add things like normal guild shields for warriors, magical see through sheilds for non-warriors, badges, banners, little patches that go on the armor and possibly more (if anyone can think of more). You should have to buy all of these (including the capes, they shouldn't be for free as non of the other things seem like the would be. Now if everything else is free then I'd say capes are also free ) and after you buy it, you should have the option to show/not show it like you can with the cape. Maybe they should even make a new inventory window thing, but it shows all your guild items or somethin.

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I'm thinking like a guild flag thing that officers can hold in outposts and town, not really a weapon and its not avalible in battle.

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Multi-Zsigned!

Seriously I think its a really neat idea!

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Guild Emblased Quivers is a nice addition to the list I think. Maybe something similar for assasins. Hammerwarriors can put a shield on their back. And Bowrangers a Quiver of Arrows on their back.

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I'm gonna be away for 3 weeks, so I hope this post will not end up at the bottom of some pile of dung.

What about Guild Issued, armor +weaponry, although the storage thing is a problem. Why not Anet make a set of "Guild" armour for every profession, and it will be accessible on the tab like the one that lets you choose for the helmet "hide in towns and out posts, always hide etc" it will take the stats of the armour u are wearing, but appear as the armor of your guild's colour scheme and emblem.

Not sure bout weaponry, but the armour should do well.

and /signed to the different cape types, like shoulder and thing.

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Casters can have some kind of shield looking item that adds to energy instead of armor.

I bet an emblem would be able to be put onto one of those fans that added to energy, ritualists can maybe have that pot ect..

/signed for what the idea is asking for, generally.

though i would agree with some other people, and go as far as, all classes should have either their own way of wearing a "cape" or guild emblem or. having multiple options for wearing a "cape" or guild emblem. whether that be a cape on shoulder, on back like now, around waist and hanging like on an assassin for example. etc.

im sure they can do it, if u look closely alot of their ways of making things look good is very impressive, only in few places do u see a wind blow on your cape while in an outpost (why i dont know) but it moves so freely its truely believable to say its real cloth. thats my take on it.

anyway if u ever seen an assassin run with his cape, it looks so fake lol... its hanging off of him as if he wasnt even moving the whole time. could use some updating :P

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I thought that great idea for the guild banners is if they give bonuses when you drop them, just like the sceptre of orr etc. And you can buy banners with their price reflecting the effects they have. Each guild is allowed one banner, and you'd have a stand to put it on in your guild hall for when your not using it.

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This idea of implementing guild emblems on other forms than the cape has been brough up before and widely supported but i think the main problem lies in other than the warrior class, implementation on armour/items for rest of the classes are diffcult for ascetic reasons and Anet dont want to be percieved as being over favoring one class vs the others. Which is the reason why we have the current cape system and the "nappie drool neck hankie" in the betaweekends X_X before official release.

Potential solution would be to involve this concept in the design of new armour for C3 where alternative forms of Guild emblem can be incorporated either in the armour, weapons, Definately shields, banners(new class type) and this is definetly a very interesting idea and warrants further thoughs and hopefully implementation.

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Lets just hope the GW design team shows some creativity to overcome the astetic issues. I wonder when they realize that the cape system is already something that is favoring warrior classes above othe classes, since warriorclass is about the only class the cape (usually) looks good). That is why we need more options to choose a way to show our guild-allegiance.