Guild Wars 2

I don’t think most players who are comfortable w/ their skill setups generally look at the skill bar all too often….Especially in WvW and SPvP situations… More is the case you are looking at what is going on around you or looking for potential threats/opportunites.

That being said, I think the basic generic icon change for that 5ish seconds is very, well, camouflaged. A more appropriate “alert” that the trap has been tripped and it is time to ambush or lose the trap altogether, would be more of a blinking or flashing icon, rather than just a pure icon change.

I would assume most players who have become familiar with their skills/utilities almost “see through” the skill bar as I do and a simple change of a mostly black/white icon to a mostly black/white icon would hardly draw the eye.

Just my 2 cents….

Thx,
RogueTigeR