I use the rotating compass. “Up” on the mini map is always what is in front of me.
This is the way my car GPS works. This is the way it works in most other games I have played. It is natural to me. I have tried the “static” map, and just can’t get accustomed to it.
THE PROBLEM: As you can see from the pictures below, the letter N (indicating North) is often obscured by other map indicators. (Even when there is nothing else showing, the N is so tiny that it can still be hard to see).
1) We need a nice VISIBLE letter N.
2) We need ALL FOUR COMPASS DIRECTIONS.
3) Direction indicators need to be ALWAYS ON TOP of the other miscellaneous icons.
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The game started out with a compass in Beta, very similar to the GW1 compass. I was devastated when they replaced it with the mini-map. I always knew where I was in GW1, but I find myself constantly referring to the main full-screen map in GW2 to tell what direction I’m going.
This would be a super easy little adjustment to make. And it would be a HUGE quality-of-life improvement for very little effort on behalf of the programmers. Please consider adopting this suggestion.
Thank you.
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– Unknown Fire Elementalist
