Guild Wars 2

Today the Hero Point Incomplete Icon has been changed. I am colorblind and have had some serious issues seeing it since. I brought this up in-game and even players who are not colorblind are having issues distinguishing the two. I searched the forums and noticed that there aren’t any posts about this yet. Can we please get a change made to reverse this difficult and unnecessary change? I am having trouble exploring the maps and actually determining at a quick glance which points I’ve completed and which I haven’t.

Thank you for the help ANet.

I myself am not color blind, but I will agree with Kaitlu. This kind of accessibility issue is something that should be looked at, a long with other issues – such as text size and even text color.

A potential fix may be a color blind mode being implemented, that makes the colors of certain things a little more friendly to those with color blindness.

Either way, I support this.

I hope they don’t revert them, as they were more difficult to see before. If a change is forthcoming, just make it something different than the former implementation.

There was a thread just 2 weeks ago. Some people wrote they have problems seeing the icon in the map.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Suggestion-Hero-Point-icon-changed-back/first#post5486577

I had that Problem sometimes too. For me the change is awesome, since yesterday its way easier to find them on the world-/minimap.

So thanks & great change anet!

If it’s empty (black) it’s done, if it’s full (yellow) it’s not. Not sure which CB type would hide that fact.

Behellagh.1468:

If it’s empty (black) it’s done, if it’s full (yellow) it’s not. Not sure which CB type would hide that fact.

I havent been online since patch came but they switched it around?

The new one is extremely difficult to see if you’re colorblind. It’s yellow/gold (picture attached) if complete, as it’s been for a while. However, as the attached picture in my first post shows, you can see that it’s so close to the completed version that the difference to someone who’s colorblind is entirely indistinguishable. The request is to, without needing an external mod, be able to select a colorblind version that’s actually visible.

I prefer the old blue icons.

mcwurth.2081:

Behellagh.1468:

If it’s empty (black) it’s done, if it’s full (yellow) it’s not. Not sure which CB type would hide that fact.

I havent been online since patch came but they switched it around?

No, the new version is: Green = incomplete, Yellow/gold = complete. See my first post for the incomplete and the most recent for an image of complete.

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

I prefer the old blue icons.

Right there with you on that. ANet nailed it on the first build and apparently decided to change it up.

Kaitlu.1254:

mcwurth.2081:

Behellagh.1468:

If it’s empty (black) it’s done, if it’s full (yellow) it’s not. Not sure which CB type would hide that fact.

I havent been online since patch came but they switched it around?

No, the new version is: Green = incomplete, Yellow/gold = complete. See my first post for the incomplete and the most recent for an image of complete.

Incomplete is green? I saw gold on both but the completed one has a filled in black center (looks like a person’s head and shoulders).

Is the OP playing in colorblind modus? If not, maybe they did account for this in the said modus.
I like the new icons (unlike the old skillpoints), but I found them very hard to see before this patch so I’m glad they fixed that.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Kaitlu.1254:

mcwurth.2081:

Behellagh.1468:

If it’s empty (black) it’s done, if it’s full (yellow) it’s not. Not sure which CB type would hide that fact.

I havent been online since patch came but they switched it around?

No, the new version is: Green = incomplete, Yellow/gold = complete. See my first post for the incomplete and the most recent for an image of complete.

Incomplete is green? I saw gold on both but the completed one has a filled in black center (looks like a person’s head and shoulders).

I can’t see any green icon too.

Walkure.9056:

Is the OP playing in colorblind modus? If not, maybe they did account for this in the said modus.
I like the new icons (unlike the old skillpoints), but I found them very hard to see before this patch so I’m glad they fixed that.

Gw2 has a colorblind modus? How to acivate/use it?

I actually find it easier to tell complete from incomplete with this latest change. The incomplete is mostly dark, the complete is mostly gold. Maybe a simple colour change from very dark green to black would help for contrast for those with colour vision problems?

I’d like to see them change it back to the old blue Skill Challenge icon. There’s nothing confusing about it. It’s easy to see. It conflicts with no other icons. There was absolutely zero reason to change the icon to what it’s been since the Hero Point/Spirit Shard change. None.