Guild Wars 2

Suggestion: Lock the mouseover buff description in place to make it easier to read when multiple buffs and debuffs are being rapidly removed / added.

I’ve noticed this especially in WvW, I can’t read any buff or debuff on the enemies due to the constant adding and removing of buffs. When a new buff is either added or removed, all the buffs on the line underneath the current target shift over and make it difficult to know what the buffs do.

I had the most trouble with this on the buff that Guild Claiming NPCs get after the enemy recently takes a supply camp in WvW. I didn’t have the slightest clue as to why I wasn’t doing much damage for the longest time.

GW2 is a game where no Boon or Condition stays for more than a few seconds, so having their description writen would be kind of pointless.
Besides!… Common boons and condition have a very clear shape, collor and icon (Yellow, Red and Blue) to be instantly recognisable. The only effects that might need a description are the rare special cases where there is no common red, blue or yellow symbol and it appears with the skill icon.

Fair enough, most go away after a few seconds.

However, that makes it all the worse when you have a buff like on the Guild Claiming NPCs that last for something like 3 minutes.