Guild Wars 2

Ok if it dose not show on the map and is LOS only then I would be back on board. The 15,000 los is a good number (I think), from garrison you could see both North towers but not Bay or Hills no camps would be visible. I guess you would still need a scout for Bay or Hills (if you owned them) and they could scout the towers and the home camps next to them. How long dose the fire or flare stay lit for? same as white swords?
I think then it is an extension of the “sneak attack” but on a limited scale. Havoc squads can then wreak havoc as most camps would be flipped easily, but towers are a bit harder (unless the scouts aren’t paying attention to the areas around the towers).

So you get my vote back.

When did I say ignored? I said overlooked, which means not easy to see not ignored.
It’s like orange swords in the fact that it is putting a large indicator on the map (orange swords put crossed orange swords on the map) a beacon fire or flare would do the same thing (I assume that is what u want).
Havoc squads have a counter it called white crossed swords or scouting. Sounds to me like you hate havoc squads and want them to be pointless in WvW.
20k could be a lot depending on the time interval, how many rams do you think a havoc squad put on a door?
You don’t need to respond because it sounds like you don’t even read the post others replay that disagree with you.

At first I liked the Idea of Beacon fires, then I thought about it more and decided it is not a good idea. This is why, its like putting orange swords on towers and keep every time its attacked. Making small Havoc squads useless, and trying to take a keep without the opposing forces noticing imposable. I think the white swords are designed to be overlooked unless there is a scout or you happen to be watching the map, just so small groups have a chance to take an objective before anyone can respond. Maybe it could only be triggered if a certain amount of damage is done in a certain amount of time but the damage would have to be pretty lager say 20k.