Player name showing at all times
In WvW, I found that scouting has its drawbacks. If you see more than one enemy who also sees you (very easy to do), you are already dead. In my case, it’s usually 5 or better and I last about 5.6 sec. Even popping my elixirs (B and C) only help a little. Mostly, I think, because immobility/stun/cripple + stack upon stack of negative effects + warrior’s greatsword attack = wipe. At least this has been my experience.
CrSy/LaWz
Tarnished Coast Server (formerly of Kaineng)
Problem is, without the name plates certain races (asura) would be able to hide very easily, while playing other races would be a hinderance. It has to be balanced, and the name plates do that.
It’s too bad though, because hiding and scouting would be fun.
When are people going to figure out there’s a war going on?
Hitbox is and always should stay the same size no matter the size.
you want to scout, send out the right classes like thieves and mesmers.
There is NO advantage to racial size for hitboxes and that makes 100% sense
i’ve always been a very big supporter of environmental stealth, instead of needing to rely on mechanical stealth. i’ve done a great deal of studying on the topic, i’ve even taught lessons on it. as such, i know that there is a solution possible, whether it would ever actually be available is rather doubtful. people tend to rely too much on buttons.
the solution, however, is a “ghosting” option. allow players to turn off the giant neon sign over their head, to stop the chat spam via their emotes, and to not be targeted by by someone simply elbow dropping tab. to keep this balanced, allow mouse clicking to still target them, allow this to only be possible when they’re out of combat, and allow anything that would put them into combat remove the ghosting ability. then have the ghosting ability go on a relatively long cooldown. 5 minutes seems like a good length of time. they could even be set to take 50% extra damage while “ghosted”, so that if they are spotted, they’re an easy kill.
without a doubt, however, people will cry about something like this if it were ever implemented, because as these and other MMO forums show, people will cry about pretty much everything.