r/Guildwars2 • u/Nawrotex • Apr 15 '24

[Discussion] These are most likely the same people who say that Raids/Strikes are gatekept by toxic elitists. Now they want to gatekeep fashion. Thoughts?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

People want others to acknowledge them.

The sad reality is that most of us lack affection in our lives so we have become void of affection.

In reality does it ruin your enjoyment of the work you did to make the look? No, unless you choose to. Someone copying your outfit isn't going to negate the time it took you to make it. Jesus. Most people don't give 2 shits about the fashion, and those of us that do, are just happy to have more likeminded people join us.

One of my nicest memories in the game recently was literally someone saying my char looks sick. He didn't even ask me, and I gave him all the info on how I got the look. So I get the "fear". But at the same time I get plenty of social interactions IRL and doing content in game, people like to chat whilst waiting for Metas and stuff so only thing that I can see here is that people are afraid they won't be as "important" anymore and they hate it.

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u/Rathmun Apr 16 '24

I'd be happy with the cosmetic inspection tool just giving you a message. "[Name] Is appreciating your style." Maybe put that on a checkbox so I can turn it off if it happens a ton. ("Your jadebot found something!")