Guild Wars 2

can we do something about this? Can we let players know when their whispers are completely ineffective?

if you’re in the character select screen, all whispers “successfully” sent to you will not show up upon entering the world. Even if you’re just quickly switching characters, you’ll miss everything that gets sent

When on character select screen you show up in location unknown so if someone wants to tell you something they can see if you are in game or in character select.

zealex.9410:

When on character select screen you show up in location unknown so if someone wants to tell you something they can see if you are in game or in character select.

I mean, are you really gonna defend this? do you really have everyone you whisper on your contacts list/guild, and you’re seriously going to notice every time? it’s impossible to know when a whisper has failed without eyeballing their location

Lumpy.8760:

zealex.9410:

When on character select screen you show up in location unknown so if someone wants to tell you something they can see if you are in game or in character select.

I mean, are you really gonna defend this? do you really have everyone you whisper on your contacts list/guild, and you’re seriously going to notice every time? it’s impossible to know when a whisper has failed without eyeballing their location

Im not defending anything i dont really whisper to other unless i want to say something and they are infornt of me or where a second ago or if they talk to me first. And yes, whoever i have a fun or efficient run in fractals or raids i usually add. ^^

I usually whisper to my friends and guildies and yes i press Y see if they are online and i take a quick look at location to see if they are in the game (when on char select they also dont show ay character name just the acount name so thats also giving it away.

But i suppose they can make it so ppl that whisper players which are on character select recieve the messege you get when you whispering someone whos not online. But then again its not the be all and end all.

zealex.9410:

When on character select screen you show up in location unknown

But not everyone is looking at that. They just get the chat notification that the person is online and hurry to address them (maybe they have been waiting for them etc.). It would solve the problem if people who are in the character selection screen wouldn’t be displayed as “[…] is now online” until they have entered a map.

Ashantara.8731:

zealex.9410:

When on character select screen you show up in location unknown

But not everyone is looking at that. They just get the chat notification that the person is online and hurry to address them (maybe they have been waiting for them etc.). It would solve the problem if people who are in the character selection screen wouldn’t be displayed as “[…] is now online” until they have entered a map.

True but this is something you find out early enough after it happening once or twice. And its literally 1 button press.

zealex.9410:

True but this is something you find out early enough after it happening once or twice. And its literally 1 button press.

You are absolutely right, but humans are like sheep to some extent. Therefore, this error happens a lot, even when you have made the mistake before — sometimes you are too eager or too preoccupied to notice. So having the game engine solve the issue in a way by taking over the thinking for you wouldn’t hurt.

Ashantara.8731:

zealex.9410:

True but this is something you find out early enough after it happening once or twice. And its literally 1 button press.

You are absolutely right, but humans are like sheep to some extent. Therefore, this error happens a lot, even when you have made the mistake before — sometimes you are too eager or too preoccupied to notice. So having the game engine solve the issue in a way by taking over the thinking for you wouldn’t hurt.

You are right as well. But if it was such big issue that bothered so many then there would be many more threads like this one with some kind of answer from the devs. Tbh i hope a devs can clarify if this is easy to change or not but i also tell you a way to not get that problem again already exists.