What is the mark that sometimes appears over my head?

I know that with Ctrl + T you can be targeted and I know what that looks like. But in WvW, sometimes I'll see a smaller red cross hair appear above my head and I've never really figured out what actually causes it.

My only two guesses are:You've been targeted by a large squadA large number of players currently have you selected (not targeted, but have your character highlighted so to speak)

Does anyone have a source or confirmed answer about this? Was having it more than usual tonight during some fights outside SMC and started to wonder.

^ I asked this on the GW2 Reddit first but no one seems to understand what I mean. It isn't a Deadeye mark, it isn't a Sentry mark, it isn't a squad marker. It's a very small cross hair nearly the size of a Deadeye mark but placed closer to the characters head and it doesn't flash or have any animation. It literally looks like a much smaller Ctrl + T cross hair.

I've seen this many times in the past but have been experiencing it a lot more than usual lately when in large scale fights. I never see it on the small scale. That's why I'm thinking it may have something to do with a large number of players targeting you or having you selected.

sentries aren't the only thing that can mark you (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Schematic:_Watchtower)

your 2 guesses don't exsist as far as i know.if you want a guaranteed correct answer you better post a pic m80

@"SpellOfIniquity.1780" said:I know that with Ctrl + T you can be targeted and I know what that looks like. But in WvW, sometimes I'll see a smaller red cross hair appear above my head and I've never really figured out what actually causes it.

My only two guesses are:You've been targeted by a large squadA large number of players currently have you selected (not targeted, but have your character highlighted so to speak)

Does anyone have a source or confirmed answer about this? Was having it more than usual tonight during some fights outside SMC and started to wonder.

^ I asked this on the GW2 Reddit first but no one seems to understand what I mean. It isn't a Deadeye mark, it isn't a Sentry mark, it isn't a squad marker. It's a very small cross hair nearly the size of a Deadeye mark but placed closer to the characters head and it doesn't flash or have any animation. It literally looks like a much smaller Ctrl + T cross hair.

I've seen this many times in the past but have been experiencing it a lot more than usual lately when in large scale fights. I never see it on the small scale. That's why I'm thinking it may have something to do with a large number of players targeting you or having you selected.

I see this in pve too. I assume this happens mostly at camps and you have npc agro?

@Fat Disgrace.4275 said:

@"SpellOfIniquity.1780" said:I know that with Ctrl + T you can be targeted and I know what that looks like. But in WvW, sometimes I'll see a smaller red cross hair appear above my head and I've never really figured out what actually causes it.

My only two guesses are:You've been targeted by a large squadA large number of players currently have you selected (not targeted, but have your character highlighted so to speak)

Does anyone have a source or confirmed answer about this? Was having it more than usual tonight during some fights outside SMC and started to wonder.

^ I asked this on the GW2 Reddit first but no one seems to understand what I mean. It isn't a Deadeye mark, it isn't a Sentry mark, it isn't a squad marker. It's a very small cross hair nearly the size of a Deadeye mark but placed closer to the characters head and it doesn't flash or have any animation. It literally looks like a much smaller Ctrl + T cross hair.

I've seen this many times in the past but have been experiencing it a lot more than usual lately when in large scale fights. I never see it on the small scale. That's why I'm thinking it may have something to do with a large number of players targeting you or having you selected.

Ogres occasionally cause it but otherwise no, it doesn't happen at camps or by any other NPC related event.

I'm going to try to get a screenshot next time I'm on because I want to know what it is.

Doesn't Blast Gyro Tag visibly mark the target when you use it? I know some support Scrappers use this gyro because of the superspeed access, so this is my guess.

I think it's blast gyro too.

@"Zka.5823" said:I think it's blast gyro too.

, at 1:36 (don't mind video content it's only for exemple)

That is exactly the mark, just smaller. Hm... So a lot of Scrappers, or just one that apparently really likes me, are throwing their Blast Gyros at me then? Lol

@"SpellOfIniquity.1780" said:

@"Zka.5823" said:I think it's blast gyro too.

, at 1:36 (don't mind video content it's only for exemple)

Like many effects, it scales with the scaling of the model, not the size of the model. So it looks larger in that golem because it's much larger than the base size of the golem model.

deadeye mark aka. run for ur life