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Put Scarlet on a leash

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SarkyGit.1095

So there I was in Lornar’s Pass, trying to get the Beaker’s Empty Belly achievement – just north of the jumping puzzle. Scarlet decided to invade. Of course as soon as Scarlet herself spawns, she teleports straight to me, just as I’m about to get the achievement, and müllers me.

Note that I’m in an area you can only get to by finding a hidden tunnel underwater, where there is no expectation of any other players being nearby. Then I’m attacked by an enemy impossible to solo while I’m trapped in a dead end.

Who thought this was good game design?

Invasion veterans know what’s coming next. I waypointed halfway across the map, repaired my armour, loaded the forum to post and…Scarlet came to see me again. Fortunately running like kitten works when your’ve got somewhere to run to. Then she did it again. I went to WvW where it was quiet and safe – I’ve never been stalked by a trebuchet…

How about limiting Scarlet’s teleportation to the areas where the invasion events ocurr, instead of having her teleport into places where she can’t reasonably be expected or fought?

While you’re at it, how about making her pick a different target for each attack, instead of hounding some poor player all over the zone like a demented stalker?

Do you plan for a Color blind mode ?

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SarkyGit.1095

Yes, it is. The human eye has 3 types of colour sensor. red, green and blue. The pure colours of the 3 types of screen colour emitters are designed to match those as closely as possible.

That’s not true I’m afraid. The “blue” receptor is most sensitive to blue/violet, and the “red” receptor is actually most sensitive to green/yellow. In fact, different people have different sensitivities. Colour vision.

The emitters in your monitor have to be colours the human eye is sensitive to, while also providing the largest practical colour space – as it is your eye can perceive colours that your monitor can’t reproduce. RGB colour model.

Since the most common form of colour blindness is red/green, it does seem a bit odd to use red, green and blue and WvW. If they were set to different luminances while mantaining the same hue, everyone should be happy. For the brits, snooker balls are coloured that way so you could tell the colours apart back in the black and white days.