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Posted by: Mduduzi.3264

Mduduzi.3264

Dear Arena Net

I am a fan of your work and play daily.

Mesmer has a portal skill range 5000. just wondering why not have a range indicator for the portal similar to the white outline on boons indicating boon duration but a different colour version around the Mesmer portal skill block. The idea is that when the Mesmer moves away from the entry portal the white outline will progress positively indicating the distance till max range and will progress negatively indicating that the Mesmer has moved closer to the portal.

This would be really cool to have as we can tell if we are to far from the entry portal.

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Posted by: OriOri.8724

OriOri.8724

It would be really cool to have! Unfortunately, Anet has made comments in the past (I can try to find them, but the search function on these forums is quite bad), where they say its not feasible with how the engine works right now.

I don’t think they ever went into details about why it won’t be possible, but they have told us they can’t easily do this.

I think a compromise is that when you cast portal exeunt, a “test portal” is internally deployed without using up your skill, if you are within range and you can use the portal, then the real one is dropped, otherwise if the “test portal” is out of range and is unusable, then your skill does nothing, or flashes red and doesn’t go on CD or something.

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Posted by: Zoltar MacRoth.7146

Zoltar MacRoth.7146

A request that has been raised time and again, because it makes sense. I hope they figure out a solution one day. In the meantime, this really belongs in the mesmer forum, and needs a better title. Seriously. “Mesmer”? That’s it?!?

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Posted by: Sarge shot Grif.6450

Sarge shot Grif.6450

An easier and completely possible solution would be to use the little red bar that other skills have under them when a target is out of range. Went past the working distance for the portal exit? Red line under the skill to let you know.