Guild Wars 2

So, your a ranger traveling through hostile enemy territory. Your target happens to be enemy shipping supplies unprotected on the open roads. You choose a great hiding spot within a short running distance of their supply depot and the road you plan to ambush the unsuspecting supply train. You think to yourself, “I am wearing dark clothing, it is night time, no one will notice me behind this tree and up on this hillside.”. Suddenly, an enemy is seen running in the distance. He stops and faces your direction and then makes a dart towards you! ….you are dead.

Now, this isnt a topic about PvP skills or class vs class or anything like that. It is simply the idea that in world vs world, we shouldnt have to rely upon the use of overly large, RED text floating above a players head to determine if they are an enemy. It should be based on sight. If you see someone and can target them, then you should be able to determine if they are the enemy. If you dont see me…well, thats your own fault.

ANET, please, for the sake of those that love to be sneaky like this, please, take away the names above character’s heads!

Step 1. Remove server/name tags
Step 2. Enable Friendly Fire
Step 3. ????
Step 4. PROFIT

This doesn’t seem to be the first time you’ve been in WvW. So you know that your tag is above your head. It wasn’t that you didnt know that the tag was there, you simply didnt hide very well. This isnt a flaw of the game but a flaw of your hiding technique.

Repair your gear and next time hide yourself better.

We need those tags to identify our enemies (guilds and server) and act accordingly.

It also helps if OP didn’t create the biggest male Norn available.

you need to hide behind building that cover the tag. Theres no other way around it.

Negative. I have seen red tags from behind a hill! Its rediculous! Hide myself better? I was behind a tree four times thicker than the characters body width. The guy saw my tag from an obscenely long distance.

You dont “need” the tag to determine enemy from friend. Find some other targeting option…click on each person to determine, target some other way. There is absolutely no need for the server/guild tag. It serves no purpose.