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my sister got hired as a designer

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Capes are one of the most difficult things we've ever had to implement, for so many complicated reasons. Backpacks are similarly irritating. One of the many factors here is body scaling and armor. There is a single backpack model which has to work whether you're fat, skinny, wearing a skin tight suit, or huge, bulky, spiky armor. If the cape is fitted snug to a skinny, tight suit wearing character, it will be completely inside the body of a chonker in giant armor. There's more to it than that, but hopefully that starts to give you a better idea.

I am one of the creators of backpacks (not capes) and I care deeply about the game and the people who play it. I take great pride in my art and I want it to be the best it can be for everyone. Unfortunately, game development is a series of compromises and this is the best possible solution. It's almost never as simple as it seems.

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Artists tend to be the most visible on social media due to our work being of a visual nature, and as a result it may seem like there are more of us. You don't hear about everyone coming and going from a game company, especially the non-visual devs. I'm an artist and even I'm not on social media. Imagine all of the other people who aren't either.

I made another comment on invisible devs, seen here.

Hmmmm we will look into this as soon as possible. Thank you~

You're absolutely right that there are a lot of "invisible" devs, both new and veterans, that people are never aware of. As a 10 year vet I doubt anyone would notice if I left as I do not have any sort of real presence on social media. Likewise, most people don't even know I, and the multitude of other vets, still exist. Similarly, my sister got hired as a designer a few months ago and there was no hoo-ha about her arriving for the same reason.

The game industry is a constantly shifting place, no matter what company. There will always be people who want to move on for personal reasons, and people who want to stay in one place for eternity. Doesn't make one better or worse than the other; it's just how people are.

So the moral of the story is: do not look at a single publicly visible artist being hired as some sort of pattern or proof of a lack of anything.

Also, a big, warm welcome to Jenn! :D

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Yeah, there is a bug with the "free HoT" that we have had trouble fixing and have had to do some work around fixes on. If there is an item other than the cape affected right now, please let me know in PM

I don't deal directly with this content (I'm the MTX/Outsourcing Producer) but I can make sure the right people have seen it!

We are looking into this now! Hoping to have a fix in soon

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Capes were positioned in a way to try and fit as much armor as possible since they are not adjustable per armor. It is also positioned in a way to try and reduce clipping with movement as much as possible. It is unfortunately not possible to have the cape laying on the back.

:D It is only on this body type for Charr haha we already have a fix and should be hotfixing this today. Sorry!

I'd try tweeting at the main GW2 account and/or Rubi.

I don't have any control over the SoundCloud anymore, unfortunately, and only contributed one piece of music across the two releases. The rest of it would have to come from the studio. You can try tweeting at them, maybe.

Presses 1 to engage.

I'll jump in and make one last quick comment before this account gets abandoned forever, or maybe not since it's only one letter removed from my name.

Thanks for all the nice comments, it's really heartwarming to know how much the players have enjoyed the content I've worked on. And there were so many amazing memories watching you try to take down these challenges via Twitch on release day, so thank you for playing and succeeding (but mostly failing). I moved out of creative development over 2 years ago is why I haven't had a lot to say here in a while. I suspect that trend will continue, such is the life of management.

Go forth and be excellent to each other.

If you gift to someone else it is sort of like donating in their name. They will get the credit for it, so they will get the title. The title is granted to a player when the Extra Life Karma Booster or the Mini Guardian Angel Aurene enters their inventory.

Did you pick it up from the mail? It's keyed in to the item entering your inventory.

This is great work! Caudecus would gladly (and creepily) hang this in his bedroom.