Guild Wars 2

I think that having observer could greatly improve the raid experience on many point.

What is a raid observer?

Someone that can watch the fights but is not there “physically”. The observers are not part of the 10 players doing the raid.

Why I think it could help?

1. It could be a way to quickly swap out players. If you have observers, when someone disconnect or have to go, you could simply replace the missing player by one of the observers without going through the LFG once more. The waiting time is what is really killing the raids and this might reduce it.

2. Give something to watch while your guild group is full.

3. Might help to teach/learn the fights

Thoughts?

Gudradain.3892:

I think that having observer could greatly improve the raid experience on many point.

What is a raid observer?

Someone that can watch the fights but is not there “physically”. The observers are not part of the 10 players doing the raid.

Why I think it could help?

1. It could be a way to quickly swap out players. If you have observers, when someone disconnect or have to go, you could simply replace the missing player by one of the observers without going through the LFG once more. The waiting time is what is really killing the raids and this might reduce it.

2. Give something to watch while your guild group is full.

3. Might help to teach/learn the fights

Thoughts?

So it would work like the sPvP Spectate option.

I like the idea, sorta.

I don’t think it should be a means to wait in a Raid Que, as that defeats the whole idea of opting to watch the raid to start with.

Also this would run the risk of people who were there to just watch and learn, being asked to leave, out of risk they may join the raid, or someone there to lead the raid, getting sucked into the raid itself.

So that aspect of it, not such a good idea.

With that put out, I think this would be a great way for players to learn raids without being thrown into the raid itself. That ability to just Observe, I think would be super handy for anyone who wanted to learn raids better, while they were prepping to get read to raid themselves.

It could also be used as a coordination tool, for someone, lets say, who has maxed their Raid Weekly Rewards, they could still “lead” the raid through a Voice Program, while allowing a full team of 10 people who may need to meet their raid stuff quota to engage in the encounter. They would be able to see more, direct more, and be more an overseer, as opposed to needing to lead the raid, and do the raid at the same time.

So overall, this is a great idea and could be a very handy tool on all accounts.

Gudradain.3892:

I think that having observer could greatly improve the raid experience on many point.

What is a raid observer?

Someone that can watch the fights but is not there “physically”. The observers are not part of the 10 players doing the raid.

Why I think it could help?

1. It could be a way to quickly swap out players. If you have observers, when someone disconnect or have to go, you could simply replace the missing player by one of the observers without going through the LFG once more. The waiting time is what is really killing the raids and this might reduce it.

2. Give something to watch while your guild group is full.

3. Might help to teach/learn the fights

Thoughts?

I find this to be too intrusive, just like the pvp one.

Bolded part- The wait time is a symptom of larger issues.

We need systems to make raids more accessible to play so players can get comfortable, learn and become interested enough to come back.

ignoring the bit about swap outs, this would be great.

some form of this would be nice but YouTube videos fill this role well enough that I don’t see anet using resources to do this