Salt Mode.3780 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 There is a reason why the won't hide the daggers and this has to do with competitive play. You want to see how much "resource" they have before initiating a battle or to know how to approach it. I wouldn't expect PvE people to understand this logic but this is very much the case. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Mode.3780 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Like I said most people wouldnt understand why its important to have visuals for resource shown at all times when it comes to competitive play. Thats why people have complained about mantras over the years because there is no visual on the charges as well as they are instant cast. You can only assume and predict base on the usage. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortrialus.3062 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 10 hours ago, phokus.8934 said: No it wouldn't. The whole daggers showing anyways is utterly over the top graphic design that isn't needed. It's literally the single best thing about Virtuoso is being able to stand around with 5 blades. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boz.2038 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Veprovina.4876 said: The only thing they need to do is hide daggers from enemies in WvW. That would give Virtuoso the needed edge in the element of surprise. Enemies should not know how many daggers we have, makes us too predictable. Other than that, daggers are fine imo. The entire point of the design is to telegraph clearly what state the Virtuoso is in, to both allies and enemies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levetty.1279 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 7 hours ago, mortrialus.3062 said: It's literally the single best thing about Virtuoso is being able to stand around with 5 blades. Was pretty funny standing with 5 daggers pointing at the Empress' face and trying to pretend that Li was weird for worrying about us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veprovina.4876 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 4 hours ago, The Boz.2038 said: The entire point of the design is to telegraph clearly what state the Virtuoso is in, to both allies and enemies. Ok, and i said i think this should only apply to allies. Wether or not this was intended was never my argument. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune.9572 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Guys, all I want is an OPTION to hide the floaties, for myself only, on my screen only. No, I don't want it to affect others, or hide them in PvP gamemodes. Come on. (unless we actually get a generic "hide other players' effects" option too, because that would be swell.) You can stop jumping at each others' throats. Thanks you for coming to my TED talk. 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulvar.1239 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 They should be hidden when out of combat with weapon sheathed. If you enter combat or unsheathe your weapon, they show up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathkere.3068 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) I second this. I'm currently still maining Mirage on my Mesmer but I'm interested in the playstyle of Virtuoso. But the permanent daggers floating in the air really kills it for me. Have it be shown in combat only or when we have our weapons drawn, please! Edited April 20, 2022 by Kathkere.3068 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirine.6852 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I'd love to hide the daggers in wvw too. Not sure if this gives the spec too much advantage. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincolnbeard.1735 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 31 minutes ago, aspirine.6852 said: I'd love to hide the daggers in wvw too. Not sure if this gives the spec too much advantage. Why should it give a disadvantage in the first place? You don't see the initiative thief has, you don't see the adrenaline warrior has and so on. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirine.6852 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Lincolnbeard.1735 said: Why should it give a disadvantage in the first place? You don't see the initiative thief has, you don't see the adrenaline warrior has and so on. I imagine Anet made them visible for a/this reason. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phokus.8934 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 minute ago, aspirine.6852 said: I imagine Anet made them visible for a/this reason. Visual diarrhea. That's anet's approach with everything in this game. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katte nici.9483 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, aspirine.6852 said: I imagine Anet made them visible for a/this reason. The reason is it's shiny. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Can you please either decrease the daggers' size to 50% of its current size, or make the daggers only appear in-fight (i.e., with weapons drawn) ? Please. Their constant visual presence is super annoying as they are completely oversized, and aestherically unappealing in color as well. 2 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungozen.2379 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I am fine with them and think they should be left alone. I also think starting new threads for topics that have multiple existing threads is a good way to boost your post count and get a lot of alerts to reactions/quotes to trigger that dopamine rush. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mungo Zen.9364 said: I also think starting new threads for topics that have multiple existing threads is a good way to boost your post count and get a lot of alerts to reactions/quotes to trigger that dopamine rush. ??? 🤦♂️ I hate the fact that this forum has reaction emojis, but hey, I guess it pampers your ego to play hobby psychologist? Just a guess (I'm no psychologist). 🤷♂️ P.S. Thanks for sabotaging this thread. You could have at least left a link to other existing topics that address this very issue that are not the Virtuoso Feedback thread. Edited May 28, 2022 by Ashantara.8731 2 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urphen.2857 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/114647-new-idea-virtuosos-floating-blades-should-copy-your-equipped-daggers-skin/?tab=comments#comment-1659649 https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/113048-let-us-hide-the-daggers-already/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-1644185 https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/112015-please-anet-allow-us-to-disable-virtuoso-daggers-out-of-combat/ Others asked this or similar things so you are not alone, maybe they bring somthing with the next big patch, otherwise there is not much hope since we have here in the forum the "its fine for me so it has to be fine for everyone" group, so its easier for anet to hear what they say since this means no more work for them. Edited May 28, 2022 by Urphen.2857 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Urphen.2857 said: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/113048-let-us-hide-the-daggers-already/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-1644185 https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/112015-please-anet-allow-us-to-disable-virtuoso-daggers-out-of-combat/ Thank you! I'll suggest a thread merge. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) There's been a number of people, including myself who asked Arenanet to remove this particle garbage out of combat (or when weapons are stowed) or at least to give the option to disable the visuals this ugliness out of combat on the client side. Sadly, so far Arenanet has failed to even bother to publicly acknowledge that some players want this. Arenanet made the problem worse by putting automated Blade generation on a minor trait, so we can't even prevent this disgusting particle effect by spending the Blades after combat. Being forced into this particle effect at all times is the primary reason I played EoD as a Chronomancer instead. Edited May 29, 2022 by Fueki.4753 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysico.4906 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Either disable out of combat or just pop pips in ui. You don’t know how much initiative a thief has left in pvp you know 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonoly.4352 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Yes please - I'd very much like for the daggers to only appear when in combat. They're a bit of an eyesore and honestly it looks a bit silly having deadly psionic daggers floating over my head when chatting to story NPCs etc - it's a bit like my Virtuoso is holding a gun to the heads of these poor people. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotDelirium.7984 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I'll add I want different dagger skins instead of the generic blocky ones we have right now that float rigidly above us. Just like bladesworn ( and for simplistic reasons) give us a skin based off each culture. The base one is more human, a rugged one for Norn, plant-like for sylvari, industrial metalworked one for charr, technological inspired for asura. Any race can use any skin but as a bare minimum we should have more than one generic skin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksgates.3509 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Some people like the Virtuoso daggers over their character's head and other's do not. How about giving us that option? Please consider this and not put comments like these into a black hole of the ignore. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtegg.5216 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hiding a Virtuoso mesmer in keeps in WvW is harder with the banner of daggers over your head saying: "HERE I AM!" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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