Guild Wars 2

We have a missing guild leader. I realize that this is a minority problem, but there is no existing workaround for it. I have contacted support, and they:

- Don’t have the tools to manage guilds externally.
– Don’t have the right to log into a client’s account without permission.
– Don’t have the right to contact a client without the client first initiating contact.

My missing guild leader had not been a major issue, as she had given me every permission set bar promoting me to full leader status. Now it is, because the new Mission Control permission set is only available to her and can only be granted by her. My guildmates are getting anxious about the fact that we can’t play guild missions.

It appears to me that there already was a permission set under which the guild missions could have been placed, which was the Activate Build Upgrades set. While the mission unlock has a hefty influence price tag, the guild missions themselves are cheaper than a number of existing upgrades, so I don’t see the necessity of separating it. Even there was a need to separate it, why not make it a default ON option permission subset?

I realize to some this may seem an unnecessary reversal or change, but it’s the only solution I see which doesn’t require the introduction of new tools or a mechanism for dealing with inactive guild leaders. Those mechanisms should be on the table – there was such a feature available in Guild Wars 1 – but if it isn’t, I think this is a reasonable alternative.

This situation really sucks, it seems our only option since we are unable to contact guild leader is to disband and make a new guild.
Support even suggested to several of us about a feature that existed in GW1 to automatically demote guild leader if that person is inactive for a certain time. But honestly, OP had all the existing rights before the latest patch and the mission control being limited to only one person means all the people who worked to build up influence and upgrade the guild can’t enjoy the new content.

A simple hotfix to expand this right to several people in guild would solve this problem.

Definately support inactive leader demotion

I support this.
It is extremely frustrating when and inactive leader hinders the rest of the guild.

the guild i am in is now suffering from the same issue

I definitely feel there needs to be an improved system put into place when it comes to such problems. Recently there was another person Tiger Ashante I think? Who also ran into a lot of problems with lack of support for guildleader system problems.

Edit: Yea I found the topic here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/I-was-guild-leader-and-I-m-now-the-lowest-ranking-member

If a guild leader can demote themselves by accident and not get help I very much doubt you will get help with the guild mission issue. I don’t think there’s any protocols in place for these kind of situations perhaps?