Guild Wars 2

The new HP bar when allies are downed is now dark green. This is a step backward. It’s much less noticable and rather a bar for necro death shroud.

And the green letters are hopefully a bug too … they’re just … wtf? Why? xD

any thoughts?

It seems this patch has brought a whole bunch of bugs. Makes me wonder if anything was actually tested. I’ve noticed the green text and it is very annoying. Haven’t been downed yet though. I’m sorta waiting for hotfixes but I’m not holding my breath.

Yep, I really hope they will change it back or make it customizable. Right now its just terrible.

I would really like the Downed State to be changed back. I have trouble seeing green and its hard to tell when my teammates need a revive. Also the green text in the bubbles against white is also hard to read when Green is a hard color to see.

This exactly! You notice a red bar so much faster than a dark green one …

would like to second this. adjustable or back to the way it was pls

The “dark green for downed” is harder to distinguish from “light green, all is good” than dark red.

Green text is, well, weird but i could get used to it. Still seeing the issues other have as it is harder to read. If it at least reflected the channel you’re talking in, but let’s not go there

I agree, it should be adjustable.

Please revert this change or make it customizable. The change to all-green is really hard for those of use who can’t readily distinguish the shades of green. I did some dungeons today and even knowing that the change was implemented, I couldn’t discern who was downed or not. If the change was due to a color blind issue with not seeing red, I get that but could you at least put some marks such as ////// in the bar when a person is downed? Fixing it for one color and making it worse for another doesn’t really fix anything.

wtb red downed state D8

Darkening it was a better idea than changing it to green. A light green / dark red setup would seem best, I think.

I really do hope this was not intended. It is extremely difficult to notice a dark green health bar. Please Anet, switch this back.

While this references more WoW than GW2, the sentiment is there…

I’m hoping all the unnecessary green is just because tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day.
……and that they will revert it afterwards.

Red downed bar too confusing for new players.

On a totally unrelated topic:

Red, purple, yellow, and blue downed health bars now available in gem store for 800 gems and in WvW for 300 gold.

Hoping that this is just for St. Paddy’s day. Too much green everywhere lol

I figured it was for HoT hype.

plz change back, ty

Agree, it’s bad

Just wait 24 hours and things will probably be back to normal, surely it’s just a St Patty’s day thing.

lokh.2695:

Green text is, well, weird but i could get used to it. Still seeing the issues other have as it is harder to read.

It’s actually painful to read, due to lower contrast. I have to strain my eyes to read it, and it causes a real discomfort. Anet, please change it back.

the green downstate bar is AWFUL. if i don’t see a teammate going down on my screen, then i’m DEFINITELY not gonna see it in my party UI now. i roll warrior in high-level fractals and i’ve had party members full die because i was unable to warbanner them because i didn’t even know they had gone down. please change it back to red

Jinroh.4251:

It seems this patch has brought a whole bunch of bugs. Makes me wonder if anything was actually tested.

This. We got a one week delay for nothing, lol.

I think the ‘dark green’ healthpool was meant to be for Necro DS health so you didnt think your party member was dieing when its just their DS pool.

Buuut, its bugged and applies to downed state health too. Thats what I think it is anyway.

Somebody post screen shot link so i can see the changes

/signed red downed bar was better. I would also prefer when someone goes fully downed and starts getting rezzed, the party bar would be blue/another color.