Guild Wars 2

I think this would benefit the community greatly. Self explanatory.

I’d say that’d greatly depend on the character of the player.

Not to mention there should be penalties if that player mod abuses the power given to them.

Seen it before, terrible idea.

not trustworthy enough

Not going to happen.

Terrible idea. What if a player moderator is blindly in favour of mounts, raids, holy trinity or open world PvP, or wants the game to be a sub-free version of WoW? You would be giving them the power to delete posts/ban anybody who disagrees with them!

uknortherner.2670:

Terrible idea. What if a player moderator is blindly in favour of mounts, raids, holy trinity or open world PvP, or wants the game to be a sub-free version of WoW? You would be giving them the power to delete posts/ban anybody who disagrees with them!

The other side could be the people who are blindly against mounts, raids, holy trinity or open world PvP could easily ban those who are in favour of these additions.

Both of these as an argument makes no sense. If a mod did do that, they could easily be reported for misconduct, and they’d have the right to mod revoked, and potentially banned from the forums.

^ But the damage would already have been done.
Players might quit because of that and the game itself might take a massive blow because of “idiotic mods”.

lordkrall.7241:

^ But the damage would already have been done.
Players might quit because of that and the game itself might take a massive blow because of “idiotic mods”.

True.

Like I said in my first post, the benefit is largely dependent on the character of the people who want to be mods.

Now where did I see this before….
Oh right, that’s it: TOSERS Terms Of Service Enforcement Response Squad

Not a good idea

TheDaiBish.9735:

lordkrall.7241:

^ But the damage would already have been done.
Players might quit because of that and the game itself might take a massive blow because of “idiotic mods”.

True.

Like I said in my first post, the benefit is largely dependent on the character of the people who want to be mods.

More often than not, the players that want to be mods are the ones who should never be mods.

LeeroyNimoy.1864:

More often than not, the players that want to be mods are the ones who should never be mods.

“It is a curious thing, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.” – Albus Dumbledore

Seemed appropriate. And yeah, you’re probably right.

Speaking as someone who has been thrust into moderator slots on forums and websites, I can tell you that it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, lol. I don’t think we need to have the position, anyway, because we’re dealing with a large company that is trying to do new things. If you aren’t paid to do new things then you’ll only ever grasp for what you want, and we as humans want what we already know most of the time.

Also, terrific reference!