Guild Wars 2

Now i’m not sure how many people do this, but I try to play with the HUD off as much as possible because it really brings this game to life – it is so beautiful I don’t like to be distracted by the HUD and as a roleplayer like the immersion of toggling it off.

A couple of suggestions for having the HUD off:

1.Also turn off/make togglable red targetting rings and mouse-over highlighting.

2. encourage people to play with their HUD off with mini/scalable/movable togglable healthbar and minimap, so you could have the whole HUD off but still be able to see if you’re about to die.

Playing with he HUD off not only shows off everything this beautiful game has to offer, but also encourages people to play more skillfully, without looking at skills constantly, and helps people learn timings, etc.

It’s really fun, try it!

I wouldn’t mind playing with the hud off, but there’s so much communication in my guild I would miss.

I would like to see the ability to turn off aspects of the hud, like my skillbar. I know my skills now and prolly play too much as I know instinctually when CD is over. And having that lame reminder of my personal story progression would be nice to get rid of…

but that opens a whole new can of worms for customizing the UI that Anet pretty much doesn’t want us to do anyways.

Well, just the red target rings, then, because they look very out of place with the HUD off, and targeting is so intuitive that it’s not necessary. Honestly, it’s like playing a different game with teh HUD off.. love it.

I try to turn HUD off as often as possible in any game. Or make it as smaller as possible. The HUD just gets in the way of immersion.
But we still need some minor tips on our screen, just basic information only

Sorry, but what is HUD ?

The interface. Press ctrl+shift+H turns it off.

Muffin.5208:

Sorry, but what is HUD ?

it stands for ‘heads-up display’