Guild Wars 2

Let’s talk professional level gameplay. If there’s one thing that gw2 needs to deliver for that level of gameplay, it’s fast, responsive and intuitive controls.

Among few things that in gw2 meet this cryteria is the “out of range” indicator for ranged skills. Red bar under your skill when target is out of the range is simple, intuitive and fast to check.

But it could do worlds more for professional gameplay if simple two improvements were made on it:

1. Change it from on/off mode to “progreess bar” mode. Bar would be one color when target is in range, filled depending on range – if it’s right next to you, it’s almost empty, if near range border it’s nearly full. When out of range – red.
With that you know more or less what range you’re at, and make concious manouvering decisions.

2. Add the above to ground targetted skills, with mouse cursor being the “target” ofc. If one chooses “fast ground targetting” in options, he is stripped of any feedback regarding being in/out of range of casting. This would solve the problem neat and fast.

Those two things would surely add to gameplay for more advanced players that need to make split second decisions and not struggle with guessing games.