Branded Meteor Problems

[crosknight.3041]

Just a good handful of issues i have with the brandstone meteors. i do like the concept but dislike exicution

 

First off, the icon is pretty easy to miss on the mini map. unless you are paying attention to the map consistently you're going to miss it, especially during the sunspear raids. would like a map wide message saying when one lands

next: for less powerful computers getting the nodes can be quite annoying. the number of people there can drop frames and cause effects to disappear (one such effect is the brandstone scanner, if it's effects don't load you cannot see where to dig)

lastly the duration of the meteor site: feels way to short. again if you're running a slower computer you can completely miss it even if you are there because the effect doesn't load. Duration on extracting the large one also feels incredibly short for the effort to get it maxed. it's like 15 seconds, feels really short (and once again the people with less powerful PCs could possibly miss out if their pc has a problem)

 

most of the problems with it come from not powerful enough PC, but they can be bypassed with a few fixes

possible fixes

-increase how long meteors last, for the big one make mining it last 5 minutes with a cap on it

-when you use the scanner it pings where the node it is targeting on the mini map so you can find the location without the effect

-some optimization fixes

[Galeskyring.9617]

Such a topic already exists here https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/298770#Comment_298770