Guild Wars 2

Every time I hover over the enemy, I would sometimes find stars on them (completed 100% world) and I find that they are a warning sign of sorts (I avoid them). I hope ANet removes them as I feel such information is a sign that they are obviously level 80 and quite possibly well equipped.

This is imho, information that should be kept away from the enemies, or at least allow any user to turn them off if they so desire (especially for commanders).

Not to mention you can track their stars through walls.

It also makes fighting mesmers a lot easier.. mesmers do not get 100% world completion, so I can fight you as the game intended.

Enemies can’t see the actual commander badge; it’s the “you are a commander” buff on the buff bar that they see. It would be nice if they disallowed others from seeing it on your buff bar, but it’s of strategic use sometimes if used as bait.

World completion stars showing up to enemies was a cute idea, but for practicality purposes, it shouldn’t show up in WvW. As a mesmer, if it’s staying that way, I’d appreciate players seeing the star on my clones/phantasms as well.

The “Looking for Group” icon has the same problem as the “Map Exploration” star. I don’t mind the commander icon being just a buff, but the LFG and Explo icons should be changed.

Nothing like moa-ing a commander in the midst of his zerg, giving him a chance to cry a bit for help on whatever voice comm they have, and then slaughtering him and portal-ing out.

Don’t know if the star does appear on the Mesmer clones but if it doesn’t then I guess I’ll be stuck on 99% completion because that confusion has kept me alive quite a few times in PvP and the better players will surely pick up on that.

Good to know.. mesmer here and i’m just a couple zones from being complete. Guess I’ll hold off on that for now.

in regards to mesmer stars. I only noticed it last night, but it was blindingly obvious. I can confirm that it 100% works on the downstated mesmer and the downstated mesmers clone. I am pretty sure thinking back to another fight that it doesn’t appear on standard clones either, but I am 98% sure on that.

Here is the deal with icons…

1. Map Exolor star… only your realm should be able to see it. You should be able to change whether or not it appears. (personally I think it looks stupid)

2. LFG ^^ Only should have your server see it.

3. Commander Icon … you should be able to set it so ONLY YOUR GUILD can see it. Idk why Anet did not think of that.. how do you miss things like this in meetings? Obviously a good skilled group does not want random pugs/solo people to follow us around when we’re running fraps trying to kill zergs with 10 people. =/ waste of 100g until thats fixed really.

This really needs some attention. It’s a disadvantage for anyone to have the star in WvW, and even more pronounced if your class relies on confusion to thrive (mesmer.) It either needs to be hidden from other worlds or a toggle needs to be implemented to hide it server-side.

I know people who have played since launch who are stuck at 99% world completion because they’ll be penalized in WvW if they achieve it.

Please do something about this. As a mesmer, getting this star would only hurt me in WvW as it would make it obvious which clone is actually me. The star should be a reward, not a penalty.

It doesn’t only ruin mesmers, though, as it can be seen through walls when name tags cannot.

Gold star – use full burst rotation instead of saving a bit on a second target.

Commander buff – primary target for alpha strikes…and then drop AoEs on his position as people try to res.

Anything that makes you stand out in WvW also makes you a target. Commanders at least opted for it, explorers have not, so Anet should allow explorers to turn off their icon in WvW.

forthegz.5814:

3. Commander Icon … you should be able to set it so ONLY YOUR GUILD can see it. Idk why Anet did not think of that.. how do you miss things like this in meetings? Obviously a good skilled group does not want random pugs/solo people to follow us around when we’re running fraps trying to kill zergs with 10 people. =/ waste of 100g until thats fixed really.

When we don’t want pugs along, our Commander turns off “the magnet” as he calls it. Since we are on TS together, he can coordinate us just fine on there.
If you’re a good skilled group, you don’t need the icon to know where you’re going

Genev.2450:

forthegz.5814:

3. Commander Icon … you should be able to set it so ONLY YOUR GUILD can see it. Idk why Anet did not think of that.. how do you miss things like this in meetings? Obviously a good skilled group does not want random pugs/solo people to follow us around when we’re running fraps trying to kill zergs with 10 people. =/ waste of 100g until thats fixed really.

When we don’t want pugs along, our Commander turns off “the magnet” as he calls it. Since we are on TS together, he can coordinate us just fine on there.
If you’re a good skilled group, you don’t need the icon to know where you’re going

QFT

The Commander icon is not for rallying guildies; it’s for rallying the server.

I only play WvW with my guild or solo. Zergs are not my thing.
A bigger mark for them to follow would be neat as they sometimes get confused which way to go in a heated situation.
Right now, I’m pinging and drawing on the minimap. It works, but I could be improved.

What if they just added a “guild commander” book?
Same functionality, different colours, cheaper price and only visible for people representing your guild.

(What if they just added a “guild commander” book?
Same functionality, different colours, cheaper price and only visible for people representing your guild.)
Even better if it was Guild Built with say 20k Influence that is an awesome Idea Siorfra,
If players have both then a simple colour change, Blue we have, Green for Guild, Red for both.

Don’t revive dead threads.

the topic at hand is still relevant.

None the less go QQ about it to Anet in the suggestions section.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions

It’s a significant WvW issue. How someone could cry about this issue getting more attention is beyond me. Go white knight in a less constructive thread.

About dead threads; umm… half the time people say ‘search the forums for x number of other topics about this’ and then when this guy does, people complain he revives a dead thread? Come on people.

One thing I note is that you can see enemy map completion icons through terrain without having the person targeted. Same with LFG icon. The Commander buff, however, you have to target the guy to see. Usually this means there are 20 other people around, but sometimes I’ve seen them in small groups and proceed to single them out, downing them over and over while his friends weep at his corpse.

With that said, IMO these icons represent ‘free kills’. The guy spent all his time grinding the map, grinding gold, or always fighting in a zerg. The people I up my game against are the no-frills enemies who have no hesitation coming at you. Although even then, 9/10 times it’s some noob thinking he can take me on.

It’s just like Legendary weapons. I see them and go right for them. They always sit around for 2m after dying not knowing why their 200+ hour grind didn’t get them a win. Love the footstep graphics… like trail markers as they run.