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The Commander Problem
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ANET have already announced that they will be refunding all commanders with their 100 gold and will change the way the commander tag is gained. That being the case all these people who are now buying the title are doing so pointlessly… So the laugh is on them!
Link please.
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May be they could simply add an option to hide the commander icon when you right-click on it, this way anyone can simply hide icons they don’t want to see. As a side effect it will help people trying to follow their commander when there’s more than one.
The upvote downvote idea is like you said too much open to griefing or manipulating votes…
May be they could simply add an option to hide the commander icon when you right-click on it, this way anyone can simply hide icons they don’t want to see. As a side effect it will help people trying to follow their commander when there’s more than one.
The upvote downvote idea is like you said too much open to griefing or manipulating votes…
That’s a really elegant solution; definitely like that!
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1 massive issue i have with this
Video makers like dontain would be given a title due to their popularity and not their skill, it would be a worse system than the current one as it would just be a vip celebrity icon…did you not consider that this could happen?
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Add a Badge of Honor cost to WvW commander tags, and a Gift of Exploration cost to PvE commander tags. Problem solved.
A massive improvement of WvW would also be if they’d increase the size of groups that people can make which are indicated by a different colour. It’s so annoying that ArenaNet sticks with the 5-man standard setup.
A terrible idea. I bought my commander title, and I don’t play wvw. But I didn’t buy it for prestige. I bought it, because it is very useful when organizing large guild groups in PVE, for example when doing the guild bounties.
I also bought it because I host community events. The commander tag makes for an excellent and clear mark that players can follow, in order to follow the various events that we host. It has been extremely useful for our last event.
So before some of you go raging about the commander title, please consider that it serves other purposes other than wvw. Not all of us bought it for bragging rights. And allowing other players to vote if someone should keep her commander title is a terrible idea.
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ANET have already announced that they will be refunding all commanders with their 100 gold and will change the way the commander tag is gained. That being the case all these people who are now buying the title are doing so pointlessly… So the laugh is on them!
Can you please post that source? Thanks!
Malafide:
I know a lot of people have bought it for PvE means; the wonderful Rezzah on Ring of Fire does tireless tours of Southsun, taking everyone around the island on repeat cycles getting them their achievements.
I didn’t say that there was a use for them in PvE, I just stated that the problem is that as gold is becoming more available, more people ARE buying the compendium purely for posing.
As it stands at the moment, and increasingly this WILL be the case in the future, a commander icon on the minimap is no guarantee of that person’s actual ABILITY to command.
I’d like to know that the commander I’m following actually got the status through ability rather than a fat wallet.
The suggestion above for a PvE commander icon purchasable with a Gift of Exploration is actually a good one, especially if it’s kept separate from WvW so it’s not useable there.
I’m aware there are flaws in my initial suggestion, which is why I opened the floor to comment.
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A friend’s just made a good suggestion for the WvW commander side. Tie it into the WXP system so that you can buy "Ranks"with WvW ability points you earn as you play.
Still have a price on the initial purchase, but at least only those really wanting to command will pursue the higher ranks.
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ANET have already announced that they will be refunding all commanders with their 100 gold and will change the way the commander tag is gained. That being the case all these people who are now buying the title are doing so pointlessly… So the laugh is on them!
Screenshot or it didnt happen.
No, seriously, I actually like the idea but it seems a bit too drastic to believe outright.
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Commander tags should not be a license to garner attention.
When I first started playing I thought it was wierd that the commander title could be bought with gold. I had assumed fantasy extended to the way this rank is gained. My suggestion: keep the commander title the way it is in PvE. For WvW, create an entirely new title or disable until earned. How to earn? Play WvW. Have the current WvW achievement titles like Yakslapper and Ultimate Besieger directly contribute to the commander title. Possibly have a three or so tier commander title, separated by various symbols and/or colors. When people mouse over the title on their map, have a small status popup letting people know what type of commanding will take place. For example skirmishing = defeating reinforcements or raiding = taking camps only. Maybe the commander level will determine what they can do. The most dedicated can take Stonemist and the casual can slay ogres and hylek.
Alright thats it for tonight folks, tune in tomorrow when I will discuss the importance of using protection! The boon.
I Think only those that belongs to the commanderr’s squad is te ones who should see him/her (50 ppl?). Another thing would be to make Guild- officers with a similer function for Guild members only.
Some different way of earning the commander tag would also e good. One that is based on experience in some way and not Money. It would anly be able to get at lvl 80 (and not lvl 11 as today). Different colors/symbols of the tags would also be useful in case more that one can be seen at the same time.