Lost? Confused? [TCS] – A guild for every state of body and mind
[Suggestion] - Visuals for passives
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Lost? Confused? [TCS] – A guild for every state of body and mind
Lost? Confused? [TCS] – A guild for every state of body and mind
Idea is pretty much bad.
Reasons are simple:
WvW
- you can tell what people wear and either you run away from them before engaging in combat or you can go all out on them because you know there is nothing that would prevent you from it, i.e. their passives and skills are on cooldown so you’ll rush all out
- you can tell if someone is on condi spec or power spec
- you can tell the build: either zerk, bunker etc
- you can tell when to time your specific skills in order to not trigger certain passives
PvP Arena
- ability to tell opponent’s group member builds and focus them from the squishiest up to bunker
- ability to tell what build someone has
- ability to know what defensive abilities are on cooldown which bring enormous advantage
It gives too much free space for experienced players which they already have. Experienced players have knowledge and experience, but if they can tell such things as build and spec of opponent because they see it from afar, then it’s an issue for newcomers. It also can cripple people who are more of surprise attack mode, instead of direct confrontation.
Example
- knowing that full zerk + burst setup ranger/thief is around already makes you alarmed and prepared i.e. you expect them to jump from any side.
How is it now - mostly you see someone who run in some other way and you don’t expect him to run around a rock, fort or camp just to backstab you.
Leave it as it is
- ability to adapt to opponent’s build is a proof of knowledge gained by the time spent on pvping other players and learning each class skill set and trait set
- pvp is supposed to be a challenge
- if such visual effect will be enabled, there is no point any longer in censoring names and disabling cross server communication in WvW/EotM
Summary
Things are good as they are now, working as intended.
Such indicator would be a tool which would turn into waiting until someone’s certain ability will hit cooldown. Fights would become dull even between experienced players.
Unknown vs Unknown is the best pvp experience.
…idea isn’t exactly that bad
- such visual indicator could be rather used upon activation of passive abilities
- such indicator could be used as visual for people who use Signets and gain passive abilities from them – there is no harm since you see clearly what kind of signets are active – Signet of Rage has little burnt effect when is on Passive
- such indicator could be used for already casted Mantras – another no harm, since effect is visible when targeted
- such indicator wouldn’t cause harm for every passive ability being shown on bar such as Signets passives or Opening Strike
- I would give some kind of visual indicator to all WvW participants who are below level 80 and wander around only to catch PoIs, Vistas and Skill Points
Did I ever tell you, the definition, of Insanity?