Some people simply don’t like garish markers hanging over their heads, and why should they be required to?
There are weak auras and addons to help with that. I use one, it’s pretty fantastic.
Just like there are nameplate addons or weak auras that will allow people to put a mark over a character based on role that only they can see.
I suggest they use those.
I will simply keep unmarking myself any time someone throws a mark over my head. I play a neon purple bear, they can see me.
So going by your logic, you’re “using an unnecessary crutch for poor awareness” like you said about people using raid markers on tanks? The hypocrisy of these forums sometimes… 
No, I’d suggest using what’s built into the game since not ever one uses addons like those.
They actually have an addon for raid/party leaders that will auto-override any attempts to change markers, even if other party/raid memebers can mark. It’s super handy for when you’re in groups where someone has the addon that automarks packs of mobs with every color of the rainbow.
Sure, but let’s take it all the way and call any addon anyone uses a crutch. I’m ok with that.
Healing addons, dbm, heck, even bartender, are all crutches.
But, at the end of the day, I’m comfortable using crutches for my own personal ui. or for you using crutches for your own ui.
what I don’t like, specifically is people’s crutches affecting not only my ui, but my character’s appearance.
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Nothing more annoying that a fixed “spot” over your characters head to mess up focus . There should be a better way for the blind healer to be able to discern which of those 4 fools is the tank other than forcing a marker over someone’s head for personal reasons .
Why is the tank seeing the mark the entire run ? Pretty sure he knows which character he is on screen.
Point is, don’t a hypocrite. No need for some long-winded justification to detract from that.
I think there should be some UI setting to reduce the opacity of the markers. Like we should be able to set them to a minimum of 20% or something. That way, they are still there, people still know if they are marked or not, but they won’t be so in your face. The code is mostly already there because it already fades based on distance to the camera if you get close(rendering engines usually know where the view frustum is though without needing to be told). You’d just need to add one material parameter to the shader and it’s not even something that would be updated on tick, it would just be a simple variable and would likely have next to zero impact on the performance of the shader for the markers.
I’ll only turn the marker off if they don’t let me have the moon 
If you’re going to put a badge on me to identify my religion (tanking), I get to choose.
Lol, it’s like rolling down the window with a button vs the lever. It’s just easier and convenient. We all like convenient. Get over yourselves lol. I dont mind a marker on me. If it seriously hinders your performance thenyoneed to get gud.
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As a healer, I would too unless the tank put it on themselves. I detest those markers in dungeons. I always put the tank on focus and my healing addon marks roles on the bars. Raids, fine, with that many players it can be helpful to mark the tank for various mechanics reasons. And if there’s someone that is a stack point, then that’s okay too (usually that’s me and I hate it so much). But they 100% aren’t needed on players in dungeons in my opinion. It’s just one more thing to potentially distract and possibly block mob casts that I need to be aware of.
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Or just kill their keys/raid and re-Queue . When something is annoying in a video game , you can be sure i wont stand for it .
Your example is nice , its like forcing the tank who has lever control for his window to have buttons just because YOU YOU YOU and if he doesnt he needs to get gud(whatever gud means)
Some tanks dont like it , live with it , replace them(if they didnt leave before by being annoyed) or download an addon for it .
Lol. Relax friend. Dont be a baby cause someone puts a marker over you’re head. Lol
Plus, I guarantee you do things in this game that are annoying but you say what you want to make your little baby point.
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More than once I’ve been grouped with someone who was wandering around very much like a toddler. Walking into packs of mobs, going the wrong way, ect.
Don’t worry, their best key is an out of time 14 and they don’t even have KSC, let alone KSM lol…
A lack of spatial awareness is a huge trigger of mine. Like when people don’t hug a wall to skip something. Having a tank marked, that knows what they are doing, can be a lighthouse beacon for some people when it comes to things like this.
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Why does the tank need to be marked?
Lol the marker isnt the issue , the response has to why a tank SHOULD tolerate a marker over his head is the issue !
And sure i do annoying stuff in game too , do i ask on the forum why then ridicule them for saying why it annoys them ? Nope . And i also dont have to resort to insulting your opinion to argument ! 