Guild Wars 2

I attempted to post a discussion there, but was denied.

So here it is:

RE: Helping downed or defeated players

It would be really useful, IMHO, if we were able to notify a downed or dead player that we are coming to help! So many times I have pinged the mini map where a player has fallen in battle (this is primarily PvE), ran all the way to their aid just to have them poof right in front of me because they’re looking at the World Map for the closest WP to port to.
Even if we were able to see who it is by name, we could shoot them a whisper real quick.

I still don’t understand why the suggestions forum has been taken down, people got a hell lot of miscellaneous suggestions that don’t fit anywhere else… so probably the devs are going to see a lot of those suggestions in general discussion.

They said that they want suggestions in the particular area they apply to. So questions that don’t apply to existing areas should be in general. I think it is to help them out with seeing the suggestions that apply to their area of responsibility.

You should be able to right-click his icon on your mini-map, and choose to either send him a quick generic message to the effect of “A noble soul is coming to your rescue!” or to initiate a Whisper.

On HIS mini map, he should then be able to see a DOT indicating your position. Amongst other things, this helps the downed player see whether or not it is a serious rescue attempt, or just somebody tolling to see how long he’ll lie there quietly awaiting a rescue that never comes.

SUGGESTION: Rename your thread to something like “SUGGESTION: Helping Downed Players”.