Guild Wars 2

Perhaps not a “bug” so much as a game mechanic that was (unintentionally) altered with a patch several months ago, but still one I’d like to highlight once more.

The issue is as follows:
The range of every emote, including custom written /e sentences, is ridiculous. They stretch about twice as far as the current range on /say text. This first occurred after character culling was patched and altered about ten months ago.

It was reported at the time – by myself and multiple others, in a nice little thread here – but has not been addressed or fixed since.

Since you recently fixed the way the block list interacts with blocked inviduals’ emotes (for which I’m really grateful), perhaps it is time you take a look at how the emote range functions and how it can be reset to its former glory? It is rather intrusive to see someone sit, dance or laugh half a city block away.

Additionally, it’d lessen some of the roleplaying community’s issues in regards to the megaservers: they’d be able to emote peacefully, without an army of PvE’ing individuals rushing over like rabid hounds from miles away, to pester and bully them for enjoying this MMO in a way different from theirs.

I understand this isn’t high on your list of things to do, but it’d be neat to see something that’s seemingly so small fixed in an upcoming patch. It would be a welcome detail!