Something that I’ve always been confused by are the icons that represent how a player died. Most of the time it is the skill icon/condition that delivered the final blow (even then I don’t know every skill), but sometimes is something else like a skull or a silhouette of an axe. I’m not sure what they mean.
Does anyone know where I can see all the misc. icons and their meanings?
P.S. ANet, can we have the death icons deliver a tool tip description when I hover over them with my mouse?
That Cloaked One / That Phantom Memser / That Dark One
ThatShortGuy.com
I don’t really pay attention to it so much, but the “blue dagger” is actually the downed state icon and shows up when an ele vapour forms and re-enters downed state iirc. The skull means someone was finished with the flag and everything. The trebuchet in khylo also has its own icon, and mesmer phantasms attacks have their own unique icon for no real reason either AFAIK. I think that should cover all the unique ones off the top of my head.
Ah, thanks for the responses! Every little bit of info about the battle helps. The icons give a nice quick summary of kills. Are we scoring stomp? Failing at ressing? Who’s scoring the most kills? Those kind of things are right there… as long as I can understand the icons.
I’m guessing I’m in the minority when it comes to using these icons lol. Maybe they’d be more useful if they had tool tips or a wiki page.
That Cloaked One / That Phantom Memser / That Dark One
ThatShortGuy.com
When a player goes into the down state, a skill icon is shown.
If a player is stomped, the skull is shown.
If a player commits suicide or vengeance, the ankh shape is shown.
If a player is cleaved out, the skill icon is shown.
If a player bleeds out, it should also be the ankh shape or the skull. I do not remember.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
where is the forum communication manager?
Gail Grey? I PM’ed her a few days ago. She is looking to to it, but she might not be able to say anything about it. If they don’t give her the information, she can’t do anything. So to be fair to her, unless someone tells her something she’s in the same boat as we are.
I had a friend who was a community communication manager, and the amount of time’s he had to wait for people to there job before he could do his was insane.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
where is the forum communication manager?
Gail Grey? I PM’ed her a few days ago. She is looking to to it, but she might not be able to say anything about it. If they don’t give her the information, she can’t do anything. So to be fair to her, unless someone tells her something she’s in the same boat as we are.
I had a friend who was a community communication manager, and the amount of time’s he had to wait for people to there job before he could do his was insane.
And therein perhaps lies the problem.
If you are going to hire someone for a such a role then they should be given the freedom and tools to be able to do that job as they see fit. If you happy to employ them, then presumably you have come to the conclusion that they are entirely competent and able to use their own professional judgement on how and when to communicate effectively – If they disprove this assumption then you sack them.
A forum communication manager who is only authorised to discuss fluffy bunnies and cute quaggan backpacks is likely to be as effective as a soldier going into a warzone armed with a rusty spoon.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
where is the forum communication manager?
Gail Grey? I PM’ed her a few days ago. She is looking to to it, but she might not be able to say anything about it. If they don’t give her the information, she can’t do anything. So to be fair to her, unless someone tells her something she’s in the same boat as we are.
I had a friend who was a community communication manager, and the amount of time’s he had to wait for people to there job before he could do his was insane.
And therein perhaps lies the problem.
If you are going to hire someone for a such a role then they should be given the freedom and tools to be able to do that job as they see fit. If you happy to employ them, then presumably you have come to the conclusion that they are entirely competent and able to use their own professional judgement on how and when to communicate effectively – If they disprove this assumption then you sack them.
A forum communication manager who is only authorised to discuss fluffy bunnies and cute quaggan backpacks is likely to be as effective as a soldier going into a warzone armed with a rusty spoon.
True, but sometimes even PR departments can’t do anything till the lawyers have had a look at the press release.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
where is the forum communication manager?
Gail Grey? I PM’ed her a few days ago. She is looking to to it, but she might not be able to say anything about it. If they don’t give her the information, she can’t do anything. So to be fair to her, unless someone tells her something she’s in the same boat as we are.
I had a friend who was a community communication manager, and the amount of time’s he had to wait for people to there job before he could do his was insane.
And therein perhaps lies the problem.
If you are going to hire someone for a such a role then they should be given the freedom and tools to be able to do that job as they see fit. If you happy to employ them, then presumably you have come to the conclusion that they are entirely competent and able to use their own professional judgement on how and when to communicate effectively – If they disprove this assumption then you sack them.
A forum communication manager who is only authorised to discuss fluffy bunnies and cute quaggan backpacks is likely to be as effective as a soldier going into a warzone armed with a rusty spoon.
True, but sometimes even PR departments can’t do anything till the lawyers have had a look at the press release.
“We just wanted to let you know that we are aware that there is an issue with X that falls short of our expectations of how the game should be functioning and we are working on addressing the issue”
No Lawyers required – ANET feel free to copy and paste this into all relevant threads.
Entries in that list show for downs and stomps. Skill icons show when available, but finishers don’t have icons, so they show up as skulls.
Evan – thanks for taking time out to contribute to this burning issue that has most of the playerbase up in arms right now. Much appreciated.
That made me lol, but to be fair to him, management have probably told them they are not allowed to comment. Remember how long it took them to make a statement about a free character slot.not being included with HoT for people who already owned the core game?
Whoever is responsible for the abysmal lack of communication on the forums and at Anet in general, really needs to understand the huge negative impact it is having on perceptions of the game at the moment.
where is the forum communication manager?
Gail Grey? I PM’ed her a few days ago. She is looking to to it, but she might not be able to say anything about it. If they don’t give her the information, she can’t do anything. So to be fair to her, unless someone tells her something she’s in the same boat as we are.
I had a friend who was a community communication manager, and the amount of time’s he had to wait for people to there job before he could do his was insane.
And therein perhaps lies the problem.
If you are going to hire someone for a such a role then they should be given the freedom and tools to be able to do that job as they see fit. If you happy to employ them, then presumably you have come to the conclusion that they are entirely competent and able to use their own professional judgement on how and when to communicate effectively – If they disprove this assumption then you sack them.
A forum communication manager who is only authorised to discuss fluffy bunnies and cute quaggan backpacks is likely to be as effective as a soldier going into a warzone armed with a rusty spoon.
True, but sometimes even PR departments can’t do anything till the lawyers have had a look at the press release.
“We just wanted to let you know that we are aware that there is an issue with X that falls short of our expectations of how the game should be functioning and we are working on addressing the issue”
No Lawyers required – ANET feel free to copy and paste this into all relevant threads.
Unless ANet sees no problem and we just have to “deal” with it.
