Guild Wars 2

Could we get an option to hide minis when we enter combat? Minis are great but I don’t use them at all because they remain visible and follow you closely when in stealth, allowing enemies to track your movements.

An option to hide them in combat in the options or in the mini screen would be greatly appreciated.

Not a bad idea, and the functionality is nearly there as Rangers can do the opposite with their pets; they can hide their pets but they will instantly re-appear as soon as combat is triggered.

However, you could simply deactivate your pet whenever you are in WvW or PvP, as that is the only place that will really require minipets to be hidden for stealth (unless there are some sort of player run “hide and seek” events). And then you can activate it for the rest of the game.

I don’t know about you, but when I’m in combat I never see my mini because I’m focusing on the enemy. I forget all about it until the minis-are-hidden-due-to-high-population message appears during boss fights.

~shrugs~

What if you are stealthed but not actually in combat? Will the minis be hidden then?

I think an easier answer is just to turn them off before entering WvW (as that’s the only time to worry about this feature) rather than putting in programming where the mini is appearing and disappearing as you go in and out of combat. The people who play PvE will not want this feature.

it would be more nicer if the Minis was keep in towns only . and not let out side of towns ever again .

ham.8209:

it would be more nicer if the Minis was keep in towns only . and not let out side of towns ever again .

That would cause more player outrage than the current situation of minis revealing stealthed players. It is not fair to limit the possibilities of one game mechanic when the issue they were hoping to solve could be avoided in the first place.

Zalladi.4652:

ham.8209:

it would be more nicer if the Minis was keep in towns only . and not let out side of towns ever again .

That would cause more player outrage than the current situation of minis revealing stealthed players. It is not fair to limit the possibilities of one game mechanic when the issue they were hoping to solve could be avoided in the first place.

good then maybe there would be there is some hope after all . if they keep the mini,s in towns it will only get more better . and the players can cry all they like about it . honestly all minis are just something that is not of much use and makes things worse .
keep the mini,s in towns only !!!!

ham.8209:

it would be more nicer if the Minis was keep in towns only . and not let out side of towns ever again .

Turning your own mini off is too difficult for you? Gotta punish everyone just so you can stealth?

In a world where Anet has infinite time and resources to add options (and isn’t worried about confusing players) I agree it would be nice to have the option to set your mini to show/hide in different situations. Such as hide when you enter combat, hide when you enter stealth (or be stealthed too, this happens in one personal story mission), only show in towns, only show out of towns etc.

But in reality it’s probably not going to happen simply because it’s not worth the time and effort it would take for what’s actually a relatively niche feature.

As other people have said this only affects WvW since enemies in PvE can’t track you via your pet and pets are already disabled in PvP (I think), and not everyone uses stealth in WvW.

The simplest solution is to turn your pet off in WvW if you’re going to be using stealth. I admit it could be a pain to try and remember each time, and I understand some people might not like having to do this (I love minis and always have one with me, but tactics should come first) but it beats hoping Anet will fix it for you.

And if they did want to fix it I think the simplest solution would be to make minis enter and exit stealth with their owner. If you’re stealthed they’re stealthed, if you’re revealed they’re revealed.

They should just simply save them in WvW/PvP along side our specialisation setups. I don’t play my thief in WvW, I main my engi but even so if someone else stealth’s me for whatever reason It would be nice not to have to worry about your mini nullifying that.

I am forever having to remember to go into the mini screen to turn off every time I enter WvW, very annoying.

Endless Soul.5178:

ham.8209:

it would be more nicer if the Minis was keep in towns only . and not let out side of towns ever again .

Turning your own mini off is too difficult for you? Gotta punish everyone just so you can stealth?

nope not a problem at all for me as i keep all 5 of mine that i got all off in the first place. and do not know what your talking about far as stealth goes. but with mini,s in towns only it makes the game a bit less of a lag fest