Stop Displaying Irrelevancies on Nameplate
I can’t understand why Anet thinks it’s so kitten important to show stuff like glory booster buffs on nameplates. Or mantra charges. Or even signet counts. I have whole stacks of glory boosters but because I run a mesmer, there’s no way I’m using them and giving away my identity. Mantras are the same.
What possible use can it be to an enemy to know whether the other guy is using a glory booster?? Stop showing irrelevant stuff and let me use both mantras as well as glory boosters.
what possible use can it be to display whether or not your enemy has signets and mantras? alot of use!
for example, if i see that my enemy has Signet of Stamina i know he has access to a full condi clear.
if i see my enemy has Signet of Ether i know to kill his clones fast.
same for mantras, if i see you have a readied Mantra of Distraction i know i need to get to cover before trying to heal.
you might aswell ask “why show buffs?” because its the same, the fight alters depending on if your enemy has stability/protection etc just as it would if they had certain mantras/signets.
i think we’re past the stage of people actually being confused by clones now too, so if that was what you were worried about it is kinda mute, if you hit staff 2 nowadays noone will get confused and attack the clone at your previous position.
(and if they are confused that easily then i doubt they’ll be thinking about checking the status bars of their target)
I agree with the guy directly above me.
Ranger | Elementalist
I can’t understand why Anet thinks it’s so kitten important to show stuff like glory booster buffs on nameplates. Or mantra charges. Or even signet counts. I have whole stacks of glory boosters but because I run a mesmer, there’s no way I’m using them and giving away my identity. Mantras are the same.
What possible use can it be to an enemy to know whether the other guy is using a glory booster?? Stop showing irrelevant stuff and let me use both mantras as well as glory boosters.
what possible use can it be to display whether or not your enemy has signets and mantras? alot of use!
for example, if i see that my enemy has Signet of Stamina i know he has access to a full condi clear.
if i see my enemy has Signet of Ether i know to kill his clones fast.
same for mantras, if i see you have a readied Mantra of Distraction i know i need to get to cover before trying to heal.you might aswell ask “why show buffs?” because its the same, the fight alters depending on if your enemy has stability/protection etc just as it would if they had certain mantras/signets.
i think we’re past the stage of people actually being confused by clones now too, so if that was what you were worried about it is kinda mute, if you hit staff 2 nowadays noone will get confused and attack the clone at your previous position.
(and if they are confused that easily then i doubt they’ll be thinking about checking the status bars of their target)
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
I don’t understand how you can actually complain about something like this!
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.
I hope you’re not being serious.
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.I hope you’re not being serious.
Well, it would give me an incentive to use my booster stacks before glory becomes useless no?
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.I hope you’re not being serious.
Well, it would give me an incentive to use my booster stacks before glory becomes useless no?
A skilled mesmer plays in such a way that assumes the enemy always knows which one you are. A skilled enemy will always know which one you are, so you should play assuming a skilled enemy. No buffs showing up on your bar matter in the least amount.
Personally i’d like to see things like glory booster, pve foods/buffs not to show up on the name plate bar and how about just making the mesmers buffs etc show up on the clones instead? :P
Take your time to learn proper keybinding, it’s worth the struggle
I’ll be honest dude, nobody is actually fooled by the “mesmer illusions everywhere” thing for more than a split second due to the confusion/screen clutter. Even if you’re doing the “stand still and do nothing but auto pretending to be an illusion” thing, it only takes a quick AoE to determine the real mesmer. Nobody checks buff bars or anything like that to figure it out.
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And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.I hope you’re not being serious.
Well, it would give me an incentive to use my booster stacks before glory becomes useless no?
A skilled mesmer plays in such a way that assumes the enemy always knows which one you are. A skilled enemy will always know which one you are, so you should play assuming a skilled enemy. No buffs showing up on your bar matter in the least amount.
I notice that it definitely makes a difference in practice. Guess pretending to be a clone does actually work huh? The bottom line is that the buffs do make it easier to identify the real mesmer. And why should I hand my foe an advantage no matter how small?
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.I hope you’re not being serious.
Well, it would give me an incentive to use my booster stacks before glory becomes useless no?
A skilled mesmer plays in such a way that assumes the enemy always knows which one you are. A skilled enemy will always know which one you are, so you should play assuming a skilled enemy. No buffs showing up on your bar matter in the least amount.
I notice that it definitely makes a difference in practice. Guess pretending to be a clone does actually work huh? The bottom line is that the buffs do make it easier to identify the real mesmer. And why should I hand my foe an advantage no matter how small?
Especially when people here on forums keep brining up that clones are such AMAZING defence,
Take your time to learn proper keybinding, it’s worth the struggle
I can’t understand why Anet thinks it’s so kitten important to show stuff like glory booster buffs on nameplates. Or mantra charges. Or even signet counts. I have whole stacks of glory boosters but because I run a mesmer, there’s no way I’m using them and giving away my identity. Mantras are the same.
What possible use can it be to an enemy to know whether the other guy is using a glory booster?? Stop showing irrelevant stuff and let me use both mantras as well as glory boosters.
what possible use can it be to display whether or not your enemy has signets and mantras? alot of use!
for example, if i see that my enemy has Signet of Stamina i know he has access to a full condi clear.
if i see my enemy has Signet of Ether i know to kill his clones fast.
same for mantras, if i see you have a readied Mantra of Distraction i know i need to get to cover before trying to heal.you might aswell ask “why show buffs?” because its the same, the fight alters depending on if your enemy has stability/protection etc just as it would if they had certain mantras/signets.
i think we’re past the stage of people actually being confused by clones now too, so if that was what you were worried about it is kinda mute, if you hit staff 2 nowadays noone will get confused and attack the clone at your previous position.
(and if they are confused that easily then i doubt they’ll be thinking about checking the status bars of their target)And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
If you are fighting a mesmer its a pretty safe way to determine who is the real mesmer.
Nobody determines the mesmer by their glory booster buff.
We see erratic movement or non clone annimation and click the person.
We would see your booster only if we already had you selected…
Ranger | Elementalist
Nobody determines the mesmer by their glory booster buff.
We see erratic movement or non clone annimation and click the person.
We would see your booster only if we already had you selected…
It’s useful when tabbing through to find the real guy.
And the benefits of showing glory buffs?
To remind you to use your Glory Booster.
But how does it add value to the enemy seeing it?
So… out of all the issues in GW2… you think Glory Boosters showing up on the buff bar is a serious issue worth an immediate fix…
What.
The.
kitten.I hope you’re not being serious.
Well, it would give me an incentive to use my booster stacks before glory becomes useless no?
A skilled mesmer plays in such a way that assumes the enemy always knows which one you are. A skilled enemy will always know which one you are, so you should play assuming a skilled enemy. No buffs showing up on your bar matter in the least amount.
I notice that it definitely makes a difference in practice. Guess pretending to be a clone does actually work huh? The bottom line is that the buffs do make it easier to identify the real mesmer. And why should I hand my foe an advantage no matter how small?
Yes, in practice it works against unskilled opponents.
If you are a skilled Mesmer, you should be thrashing unskilled opponents anyway, so why neuter your playing style because of them?