Guild Wars 2

In the two servers I have played on for WvW, I have noticed that the commander title provides far too much power to players who do not deserve it. (I understand that it is not my place to judge the worthiness of a player or of their efforts into getting that title legitimately.)

When I first saw the commander title, I expected it to be some sort of petition-based title in which players voted for that person to lead them. A person who would follow the important strategic requirements to ensure your server has the best possible chance at enjoying WvW.

I was disappointed to find out that there were no prerequisites (apart from the 100gold) to obtain the title and that anyone who wanted an ego boost (rather then people who genuinely wanted to lead their server into maximum enjoyment).

I am not saying that only the best can be commanders.

My suggestion is the following:

Allow for a petition-based commander system (removing the current system and refunding 100g to everyone who was one).

How? You might ask? The way that struck my mind after someone brought it up in Map chat.

Allow 100 people to choose one commander and pay 1g each. A single player can only have 1 commander (no more). So in order for your server to have another one, you will need another 100 players who will be willing to accept you as their commander and donate 1g each.

Can a person change their mind about their commander? Yes! They can, you just revoke your vote and the commander loses his title. A commander must always have 100 players “vouching” for him otherwise he loses it.

What happens when a player moves to another server? (Or the Commander moves to another server?)

The commander loses his title (and the players get their 1g back).

A few of you might want to ask a few questions, such as, why do I think that this idea is better then the current system? Well, for one it’s important for the community (mini-server-based communities) have someone they trust and respect as their leader. This allows people to ensure that when you have that wonderful blue crown on the map. They are doing their BEST to satisfy the server they are on.

I do not see any real negatives towards this idea. As this game rotates around the PvP environment, it is safe to say that if we want to ensure everyone is happy. They need to should have the choice.

Goat.

Do you know how hard it is to keep 100 ppl happy all the time? Besides, every time I need a gold for a purchase I’ll revoke my vote till I have the gold back. It will be a constant on and off.

I understand something as significant should not fall under the pay-to-win strat but dont agree with being able to pull your vote out. Specially w/o any penalty or restriction.

Why not make it something that you can purchase with 5k Badges of Honor. As it stands now you dont need to have ever left Lion’s Arch to be a WvW commander. Its stupid. Also, make it optional to see them.

I am sure limitations can be placed on players who want to revoke their vote.

I was thinking of something a long the lines of transferring your vote.

It’s an option you can purchase that costs 1g. You have to purchase it to vote for a commander and you cannot get a refund on that gold. However, you do get your vote refunded and allow you to vote for another commander. At least this way … having commander can be taken a bit more seriously.

I always thought instead of costing a large amount of gold, it would make more sense if it cost a ridiculous amount of badges. That way if nothing else, it would require you to spend a lot of time in WvW to get the title/position, and one would hope that within that time span you actually learned a few tricks.

Badges. They are the solution. The going rate is 1 badge per 1 silver. So yeah, 10k of badges for the commander title sounds pretty OK to me. Its not all that much in the end, but makes sure that the commander actually knows how the WvW works. Not like some “commanders” we had hanging around, that were in fact totally clueless about WvW. Some just took the zerg to SM without any siege or prerequisites for even scratching the wall. I mean, gee, that helped. Way to get 30+ allies wiped.

Also, PLEASE do refund the 100g to these current “commanders” and take away the title. There are some OK commanders, but most of them have spent less time in WvW than your average zergling. (since PvE is where you make the money after all.)

(It takes forever for a single person to reach 10k badges).

I wouldn’t mind if we donated … ~100 badges each.