My suggestion is sort of like a voting system for every player in the game to help illuminate the great players and ‘bad’ players.
Imagine there are 3 columns lined up next to each other from left to right when you ‘inspect’ a player. The one on the left is labeled ‘Skill’, the middle column is labeled ‘Knowledge’, and the last column is labeled ‘Community’. These columns have points inside them based on other player feedback towards that particular player. The more points that player has the better he/she handles themself in those categories.
Now, imagine being able to directly add and/or subtract points to players ‘ranks’ based off your own experience with them. For example; was a player in your PuG playing extremely well? Did they teach you a couple of new tricks you’ve never known? Were they friendly and patient while dungeoning? Then go ahead and give them some points in all 3 categories!
Another example; did a player teach you an awesome tip for making money? Give him some points in Community and Knowledge!
Were you just following a Commander to glorious victory? Community points!
Did you get kicked from a FotM 48 at Jade Maw so some dirtbag could invite his guildie to take your spot? …I think you know what to do here.
Now, you might be thinking, “But won’t some butthead subtract points from me just because he hates me?”. From what I could think of, yes. This will inevitably happen. So my counter to this is that players can only vote towards the same character they just voted towards once per 2 weeks. Meaning, if you just voted towards a player you must wait 2 weeks before you can vote towards them again. This would help counter point trading/trolling/selling, but…
On that note, I think all players can vote once per day per ‘column’ on another player. So all together you get 3 votes a day, 1 vote for each category. All points are Account Bound and can be shown publicly. No privacy setting to hide your points.
I was also considering some other fun column sections for example ‘Beauty’, do you absolutely adore this players fashion sense? Drop them some friendly points.
But, I think that can lead to some judgmental behavior. I mean, you look at a player and you think “Wow, that dude looks like a total kitten! I wanna look just like him!” and then you go to check their points thinking they must have like a bajillion points and you see he has -57 points in Beauty, and then you think “Hm, I guess he doesn’t look that cool…Yeah he’s pretty ugly”. Another column I was thinking of was ‘Social’, for example; is this player talkative? Are they hilarious? Are they willing to join a voice chat if needed? Do they ever shut up?. I can see this column being very good and very bad.
I also thought we could get some actual ranks and titles when meeting a certain point threshold. Such as 1,000 points in Knowledge would get you the rank Certified Genius, and a title that says “Ask me anything”. Or reaching 1,000 points in Community would get you the rank Celebrity, with the title “Superstar”… or something along those lines.
I was just thinking I wished there was a way to ‘label’ players between bad sports and great players. This was as close as I got to being a hassle-free way to watch each others backs without voluntarily doing so. Sort of like a review of other players so future players can know what to expect, especially if you see a player with -500 points in all 3 columns. Well, if you actually read the whole thing, I guess you earned yourself some Community points. -throws confetti-