Guild Wars 2

I was surprised to see a thread asking for a range and direction indicator on portals. This already exists for practical purposes.

Portals are “map range.” So you and anyone in your party can see the range and direction.

PREPARATION:

1. Set your Mini Map to maximum zoom in. Make sure you are centered in the map.

EXECUTION

1. Set a personal waypoint on your icon in the mini map. (Right Mouse + alt )
2. Drop your portal.
3. Now roam freely. You and anyone in your party can now see the approximate range and relative direction to your portal. As long as the waypoint remains on your mini map and not stuck in the margin, you are within portal range. This is especially useful in WvW where you are often stretching portals as far as possible.

-edit- Others can approximate what distance and direction the portal will carry them. They can note where you are and where the portal began and extrapolate from there.

Clutch!

Thanks Ithilwen, adding this to the guide

Note that this doesn’t work in PvP, because the minimap there is different. It works in WvW and PvE though.

Some sections of a dungeon will force change your minimap zoom factor, rendering this trick very misleading…

Isn’t this supposed to be basic mesmer knowledge? Btw this only works if the area is flat, high differences will lower the range further, aswell the 5k range are only from nord to south and from west to east on the minimap. You have to imagine a circle around it, so the edges of the minimap are out of range aswell.

Afaik 5k range is basicly sight range.