Guild Wars 2

This is a suggestion for Suggestions.

I’ve been browsing this forum and wow, do some people suggest some dumb, err… questionable features. The value of a suggestion is, of course, subject to opinion, but I think it can be reasonably stated that some suggestions have the support of the majority of the GW2 community, while other suggestions just invite ire and negativity. The thing is, regardless of the value of any suggestion, all suggestions are bumped down the forum as new ones are posted.

I think there needs to be a better way for the Devs to know which suggestions are the most important to the GW2 community. I’m suggesting a system kind of like the “LIKE” and “DISLIKE” buttons on youtube. The most highly supported suggestions should stay at the top of the forum, or be in plain view somehow. In addition to letting the Devs know what their audience really wants, it would help cut down on redundant suggestions. And best of all, less thought-out suggestions will be rated down, and be bumped below the more useful contributions to the forum.

I know the sticky mentions that they have a new suggestions system in the works that is better than this current one. I don’t know if it will still be in forum format or something else, but I hope they implement some way for us to rate suggestions. To help the Devs prioritize!

I somewhat agree; the problem with this is that if the highest rated suggestions are at the top, how will any new ideas be seen? Other than that I like the idea; Make it easier and clearer to the devs what the community supports/disapproves of.