Guild Wars 2

I love the “battle” icons on the map that show when there is fighting.

What I’m not sure I like is the icons showing an objective is under attack even if the only fighting is PvDoor or PvNPC.

It seems to me that getting rid of the icons showing when something is under attack, without any sort of sizable battle, would:

1. Foster strategy, scouting, and recon
2. Allow for sneak attacks
3. Make secret entrances actually mean something (the underwater door is less fun when your presence is announced anyway)
4. Require communication
5. Make waypoints even more valuable as a way to see when something is under siege.

Showing when something is under attack makes it easier to rally to defend or for people to find action, but I’m not sure the former is something that should be done in this way, and the latter is taken care of by showing the swords for actual battles.

There are other things that could be done too…perhaps allow a player to tag an objective of theirs as being under attack if they’re within a certain proximity of the attackers. Or just make that icon an upgrade, rather than a default.

Agreed and stolen