Just a small suggestion list concerning the various forms of maps within the many zones of Tyria.
1. Make Party Icons Clickthrough-able… What I mean by this is I’ve found myself more often than not trying to hit a waypoint, only to find that my party member is currently stuck under one for various reasons (still loading screen, disconnection, tabbed out, etc.) and it’s a minor glitch but enough to raise the concern. I personally find it difficult to attempt clicking just outside the party icon but far enough within the waypoint icon to select it. Seems unnecessary to be able to click on a party member without anything happening, but unable to click what might be behind it.
2. 100% Completion … I’ve seen another player in game mention this and I thought it was an intriguing idea. Further incentive to get full world map completion would include free waypoint travel. I honestly think this would be well worth the time it takes to get 100%, and if ever zones are added to Tyria, there would be a massive inflow of people looking to reattain their free waypoints. Personally, I think it’s great, however it would move away from running in between locations and being less dependant on waypoints which, in early development stages, wasn’t the point of having waypoints.
3. Client Side/Party View Map Notes … It was in a discussion amongst guild member that we came up with this sort of idea. Something like a sticky-note that you could pin to the map and edit to contain text, either as a static object or like a yellow square you could mouse over and see the text you wrote. A secondary function would be that when in a party, you would see your friend’s notes as well. All of this would be toggleable of course, and would work very similar to how the personal waypoints do when in or out of a party.
4. Longer Lasting “Scribbles” … Fairly straightforward. Longer time to view drawn images on the world/mini maps before fadeout would be a help to those (myself) who use it.
-May add/remove to this list later according to changes made to the gameplay. I also apologize for the “wall of text” format of my post. :S
For your consideration,
Ghoulcraft