Guild Wars 2

I think the following would be a huge improvement to tactivators.

Emergency WP – if used while keep is not contested, player who uses it gets booted out of WvW for 2 hours, and lands in some contested cathedral in Orr.

That is all

Excellent idea!

There is no need to use that tactivator if the keep is uncontested, so yeah there is no need to use it unless they are there to waste it.

But then this doesnt stop them from wasting other tactivators.

If it’s a troll he’s gonna find another way to troll. But usually it’s a new player who wastes the tactivators, just to see wtf they are and what happens if they are pulled. Implement a rank requirement. Say, rank 100, or 200, or just add another mastery line which allows to use the tactivators. By the time he will reach it he will already know that they should not be wasted.

The “fix” for clueless newbies pulling tacts isn’t that hard. Just put in a confirmation dialogue that explains what is about to happen (“Using this tactivator will [description of effect] and put it on cooldown for [x] minutes. Do you really need to use [name of tactic] right now?”). Currently common-as-dirt items like Pact crowbars have more safeguards around them than tactivators do, which seems a bit silly to me.

They would have to fix the overly sensitive keep contest alarm then. Currently it’s like this:

Or even a log of names of people who pull the tactivators would help with determining trolls.

I have a GREAT idea.

Remove the tactivators entirely.

You’re welcome.

Terrier.8732:

I think the following would be a huge improvement to tactivators.

Emergency WP – if used while keep is not contested, player who uses it gets booted out of WvW for 2 hours, and lands in some contested cathedral in Orr.

That is all

I wonder if people would use them accidentally or troll them if the name of the lever-puller was announced in /team chat.

Illconceived Was Na.9781 triggered the emergency waypoint in [Red] Hills.

I know I’d be vewy vewy cawful if that were the case.

I really doubt the majority of players who are accidentally pulling tactivators are the kind of player who would be put off by a penalty. You would have to know about a penalty first in order to be put off by it, and newbies don’t know anything yet.

Just slap a warning/confirmation on it, seriously.

Skynet.7201:

I have a GREAT idea.

Remove the tactivators entirely.

You’re welcome.

+1

Hexinx.1872:

Skynet.7201:

I have a GREAT idea.

Remove the tactivators entirely.

You’re welcome.

+1

++1