Guild Wars 2

Commanders should have the ability to get their soldiers attention!!!

Give commanders ability to SHOUT, which would display large text that shows at the top of the screen for every WvW player of that server.

This will get players attention (some people don’t notice the small chat box).

Put a 1-2 minute cool-down perhaps so people don’t abuse it and spam.

This x100!!

It was in Aion and extremely handy. (we could form leagues of around 100, and the captains could do /alert) It gets everyone where they need to be.

Also the commander shout should only be available to guild leaders who have a guild with more than 20 members (with certain amount of influence points).

This system will give the commanders high visiability and ensure that the commanders of the war are the Guild leaders that we have on the ground.

It would be fine if available only to players on the commanders squad. But having big letter pop up is a good idea.

I would not allow it map-wide though. Sure, there are a few commanders now, but in a few months, there will be more and more, and even guilds with lots of influence, so it could become a major spam fest :S

So yes to big, visible messages from the commanders, but squad only.

Kal.2376:

It would be fine if available only to players on the commanders squad. But having big letter pop up is a good idea.

I would not allow it map-wide though. Sure, there are a few commanders now, but in a few months, there will be more and more, and even guilds with lots of influence, so it could become a major spam fest :S

So yes to big, visible messages from the commanders, but squad only.

Thats why i said Guild LEADERS only can be commanders, and their guild must have like 10+ people online at the time (in the current map).

This would mean only a few commanders at a time

what does morning crowd think?

We need a better way for commanders to be able to get the attention of players.

I believe my suggestion does just that.

Thoughts?

C’mon Anet we really need commanders to be more attention-grabbing

I still think it’s a good idea, just not map wide, but squad wide. Yes, you said only guild leaders can do it, and must have 10 guildies on. But when you get 3-4 commanders like that (which would not be difficult) giving orders in a single map, then it can get confusing.

“Watch it behind us!”
me: hum, nothing behind us, must be on the other side.
“They moved to the left, kill the ballista!”
me: eh, no ballista, must be the other guy
“they are flanking us!! run!”
me: probaly the other gro… ‘you are dead’… wth???

I understand your idea of getting orders through, and more organization, but having too many leaders screaming over messages on the screen to everyone would get confusing.

So yeah, get nice big visible messages, but make them squad only. Maybe add an easier way to join squads. If the map could list available squads that we can right-click + join, then we could get organized quicker.

Kal.2376:

I still think it’s a good idea, just not map wide, but squad wide. Yes, you said only guild leaders can do it, and must have 10 guildies on. But when you get 3-4 commanders like that (which would not be difficult) giving orders in a single map, then it can get confusing.

“Watch it behind us!”
me: hum, nothing behind us, must be on the other side.
“They moved to the left, kill the ballista!”
me: eh, no ballista, must be the other guy
“they are flanking us!! run!”
me: probaly the other gro… ‘you are dead’… wth???

I understand your idea of getting orders through, and more organization, but having too many leaders screaming over messages on the screen to everyone would get confusing.

So yeah, get nice big visible messages, but make them squad only. Maybe add an easier way to join squads. If the map could list available squads that we can right-click + join, then we could get organized quicker.

ok perhaps you will only hear the commander shouts if you are within 2000 yards or so of the commander