Guild Wars 2

New item idea: the Personal Waypoint Monitor.

You can create a personal waypoint by using ALT + clicking on the map.

The PWP Monitor would be an expendable item that turns your mini-map into a view from your Personal Waypoint. When your pointer is over your mini map, you can rotate and zoom in and out with your mouse just as if your character was standing there. There is an X in the upper right corner of the monitor to close it and restore your mini-map. You remain in “monitor mode” until you choose to close it. There is a long cooldown after shutting off your PWP Monitor until you can activate another. (Say, 30 minutes?). It would NOT be functional in WvW for obvious “spying” reasons.

Intended purposes: Monitoring to see when your favorite event is beginning. (Who missed the “watch the fireworks” achievement during Dragon Bash?) Watching a dungeon entrance to see if people are hanging around looking interested. See when things are starting to get lively at that Guild party you said you’d attend. Remotely view a friend’s location when they ask if you know how to get up to the Vista they are at. Etc.

The long cooldown is to prevent misuse by people who want to peek around every corner and avoid the monster lurking there.

Yes, there are alternate ways of doing most of this stuff. You can use internet timers to more-or-less tell when the bigger world events start. You can monitor MAP chat and occasionally ask if something has started yet. You can use the new LFG tool as well. I just thought this would be a kinda cool toy that could give you quicker, more immediate info in many cases.

WP to the end of the JP... Yeah, I want this!
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