So if you’re an officer or higher (or the equivalent in your guild) and you run a large guild with over 100 people, you’ve probably found it’s extremely difficult to keep track of who ISN’T active in your guild and who isn’t representing. This is an issue that needs to be fixed in order to prevent guilds from becoming bloated.
So here is my proposal (and it’s been suggested before, but we’re months and months into the game without a feature that should have been around at release and was in the original)
Last Active
This would be another column in the roster section. It would be the exact same system as GW1 with a (1 – 24) hours, then (1 – 7) days, (1 – 4) weeks, (1 – 12) months and then years.
So it would look like this:
GuildMemberJohn [level, crafting, achievement points, zone, etc] 4 days
GuildLeaderStacey [level, crafting, achievement points, zone, etc] 1 week
GuildRecruitMark [level, crafting, achievement points, zone, etc] 2 hours
GuildOfficerKelly [level, crafting, achievement points, zone, etc] Active
GuildProbationMartin [level, crafting, achievement points, zone, etc] 1 month
Also, a “Last represented” column would be useful and follow the same system
Officer Panel
This is a feature that, while not necessary, would be extremely useful to officers and leaders of a guild.
Officer MOTD
This would function the same way as a regular MOTD, but only the leader would be able to put information here.
Influence Gained Section
This would be a small section with all members listed, like the roster with the amount of influence they have personally gained for the guild. For example “GuildMemberPat 2,000” The reason this would be useful is that it assists in showing who is actually getting out in the community with their guild tag on and DOING STUFF, as opposed to who is standing around in Lion’s Arch, not doing anything and it also helps to see who is potentially worthy of a promotion (i.e. members with higher influence gained for the guild are likely to have been with the guild longer and have represented more often, thus being more recognized within the guild and such)
Officer Chat
This would be a separate chat system, within this panel. It would allow officers and leaders to communicate together about certain guild plans, issues, events and general topics. It would work exactly the same as the regular chat panel, though with the panel open [Enter] would function as the “begin chat message” for the Officer Chat instead of regular chat.
Upgrade Plan
This section would hold information, in text form, that would allow the leader to detail to officers their desired upgrade plans. (i.e. Build Politics level 4, then Art of War 2, then Economy 6. Build karma banners daily and place them in LA at X time. Build Increased MF whenever possible" and such. This would be useful as in a large guild with multiple officers/senior officers and even multiple leaders, the upgrades system can get a bit out of control, with people starting and stopping and rearranging upgrades all the time.
These few additions to the guild system would vastly improve it as far as administration is concerned and the most important addition is definitely the “last active” and “last represented” feature. I can not stress how necessary this is for a guild to cull inactive members.
I’d like the hear other people’s thoughts on this suggestion and some possible improvements/additions to it and for the sake of all guild officers out there that we get an activity monitoring system in soon.