The mini-map is an important part of our on-screen information, but it hardly has any options we can control. As more stuff is added to the game, it is becoming more cluttered.
The big full-screen map has a little EYEBALL icon in the lower left that allows us to toggle certain features from being seen on our map. (See picture below). The mini-map would be SO much better with this feature!
Things I would add to the toggle on/off list:
- Commander Icons
- Personal Story Icons
- Breadcrumbs (the little trail of dots showing where you’ve been)
- Dynamic Events
- Compass Indicators (N,S,E,W arrows. ALL FOUR!)
- Asura Gate Destinations (tooltip info when pointer is over the gate icon).
I have heard good arguments both forandagainst having each of these things on the mini-map. That is why it needs to be a TOGGLE so that everyone can choose for themselves what they think is necessary.
If I missed anything, let me know what you would add to the list and why. (If you want something, then why is not really important. Everyone wants what they want. That’s the whole point of giving us options. I am just curious.)
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Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist
Ahh, yes… another thing I would like to have a toggle for: Player Locations like in WvW. In GW1 we could see where people were clustering and go take a look at what was causing all the excitement. This would help people figure out where to go for Living World and Festival events and things like that.
It would also be nice if Guildies were Gold dots and Party Members were Blue dots, etc.
Player dots should FADE when coming into contact with other map items. Several times I have been unable to locate Waypoints in WvW because some stupid Commander was hiding it with his icon.
Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist
I too, miss the control we had over the UI that we had in GW1. I like the 2 optional mini maps. The way you could make some things big and other things small and not just one option for text size. I would love to get rid of the personal story thing in the corner and living world stuff. Not that I don’t use them sometimes…but I don’t need them on all the time. It would be nice if you could track certain achievements while still allowing the daily achievements to show.
