7. Add Ons - Shorra/gw2-faq GitHub Wiki
Blish Hud
To help out map exploration, achievements hunting, rescources gathering etc. some special helpful programs have been developed - GW2 Onscreen Tactical Overlays.
One of them is Blish HUD - A modern Guild Wars 2 overlay with powerful module support.
Some Quality of Life features this program provides on your ingame screen:
- Easy world exploration and pathing:
- alows easy ingame builds management and switching through Builds Manager with ~1500 different well known builds for all professions
- provides overlays for Raid Boss timer based mechanics
- helps with guild treck/race/puzzle missions
- commander markers placing option without unlocking the commander tag functionality
- provides a tactical map and head-up display for World vs World (WvW) to track objectives, their timers and territory control
and much more!
ArcDPS
Add-on developed by deltaconnected.
It shows, for example, the following information:
Combat statistics of you and anyone in your party or squad Outgoing damage Incoming damage Outgoing boons Incoming boons ArcDPS’s real-time charts (and the logs produced from those charts) give you the go-to basic tools for raiding. They help you improve, once you understand how they work!
As stated on the developer’s website, “don't be a dick” while using this software. It helps you understand if you are doing enough damage but don't abuse it to be toxic to others.
TaCo
The Guild Wars 2 Tactical Overlay is a safe and legal overlay addon for GW2, powered by content created by players just like you. TacO only uses official APIs provided by ArenaNet and is developed with a strict ToS compliant mindset.