Guild Wars 2

I tested a revenant healing build (Ventari + staff + Cleric’s gear) today in the Silverwastes and found it difficult to track where my tablet was needed for heals. This was mostly because I had to click on an ally to see their health. I know that you can party up, but this limits you to five specific people. This works in instances, but not in the open world.

So I suggest to add an option to display an ally’s health on their nameplate. Some options might be

• color coding the name (probably bad for color blind people)
• displaying the current health as a percentage
• displaying the current health as an absolute value
• showing a health bar
• showing a small version of the health-orb you see at the bottom of your screen

This would also be useful for WvW. Frontliners can still create their own parties to share protection and stability, while a revenant can heal them from afar.

This seems like a pretty good idea, as long as it is optional in the settings. It would certainly help with where to place water fields in WvW, or elsewhere as you mentioned.