Guild Wars 2

It would be nice to see the player’s characters on the mini-map and map in PvE too as we see them in PvP.

- party members as “blue icons” – we have this already but with dots
- guild members as “orange icons” – it has been asked many times in the forum
- other players as “green icons” when active
- other players as “red icons” when AFK for >5 min.

Icons = the profession icons

it will make it easier to see where the players are in the game and it will facilitate encountering the players who don’t bother chatting in /m zone chat
Note:
The feature will be available only for the zones that have been unlocked by the character. Entering a new zone = unlocking the zone for the feature. The zone doesn’t need to be fully uncovered

Hovering the mouse over the icons will pop up the characters names

For reducing the map / mini map being filled up with icons, in the options menu can be added :
[x]show friendly players as dots on map / mini-map

• the guild and party members will be on by default can will not be taken out

I would actually like to find a way to toggle whether or not I can or can’t see the people in my guild. It would be amazingly helpful sometimes. I wouldn’t want it to be there all the time. And I would want to be able to toggle that off and on. If there’s a whole lot of people in one place and I’m trying to find a point of interest that could be a lot of clutter in the way if I can’t turn it off.

Brennus.1435:

And I would want to be able to toggle that off and on. If there’s a whole lot of people in one place and I’m trying to find a point of interest that could be a lot of clutter in the way if I can’t turn it off.

yes, a key to bind for show/hide friendly players will be good addition too alongside with the fixed option from the menu
Maybe a mini-map button above zoom in/out