Guild Wars 2

(Here we go again…) Could we please have the passive visual effects for Aegis (shield) and Signet of Rage (bubbles) disabled when out of combat?

I’ve attached screenshots examples in case the effects are not familiar to everyone.

For Signet of Rage (Warrior), it’s actually a photoshopped screenshot, in order to capture several bubbles which are normally not visible in the same frame.

I’d also love to hear from people who genuinely enjoy these passive visual effects when out of combat. Since looks and personal choice matter quite a bit in a game like Guild Wars 2, an option to enable or disable them would be ideal.

Disclaimer:

• I realise that both are visual cues in PvP / WvW, hence only out of combat

• I also realise that this has been asked many times before in the Guardian and Warrior forums respectively, still neither have been addressed or even acknowledged for years, so we may have a better chance compounding both issues

• I also realise that you can disable particle effects entirely, but that is throwing the baby out with the bathwater

• If any other professions have an “unwanted” passive visual effect they wish to add to this list, feel free to do so and I will edit the main post

Thank you.

OMG…. seriously, that’s where those orange bubbles come from? And here I thought my warrior just farts in Halloween colors!! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!!!

ozmaniandevil.6805:

OMG…. seriously, that’s where those orange bubbles come from? And here I thought my warrior just farts in Halloween colors!! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!!!

Wow, seriously learn something new every day O_o. Played this game for so long and didn’t even know about these XD

Thanks ozmaniandevil for that Comment

“OMG…. seriously, that’s where those orange bubbles come from? And here I thought my warrior just farts in Halloween colors!! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!!!

OMG Best laugh I have had for ages —-—-Cheers Mate ROFL

I don’t know if it’ll help Signet of Rage, but you can make the Aegis effect vanish simply by sheathing your weapon. Go and set a keyboard button to “Draw/Sheathe Weapon”, and that’ll make the Aegis graphic go away.

Xiahou Mao.9701:

I don’t know if it’ll help Signet of Rage, but you can make the Aegis effect vanish simply by sheathing your weapon. Go and set a keyboard button to “Draw/Sheathe Weapon”, and that’ll make the Aegis graphic go away.

This is true, but what if a roleplayer wanted their weapons unsheathed? Oh wait, they’re a roleplayer, Anet’s ignored them since walk/run toggle.

Aegis is indeed the easiest of the two to “hide”. You can also follow the logic that Aegis would only seldom be seen if it were only visible in combat, since combat often starts with you getting hit (thus ending Aegis).

Signet of Rage is a bit different. It does absolutely nothing out of combat, since its passive effect (generating adrenaline) works only when in combat. So all you get out of combat are bubbles — no adrenaline build-up — whereas Aegis’ effect is already active before entering combat.