Guild Wars 2

This has been a sorely neglected system since release and while there has been a lot of discussion on this in the WvW forums, this system also affects PvE a lot as well, especially with the large raid encounters such as Wurm.

I’m here simply to make a suggestion that could work really well in GW2. It’s taken from an MMO called Maplestory. Love it or hate it, it had a really good party/raid system.

Simply put, a commander creates a Squad and invites people to the Squad. The Squad is then divided by parties, which the commander can organise through drag and drop (party composition suddenly becomes a lot easier). The UI in Maplestory was a window divided up into blocks/squares, each party being its own block. This can work pretty well in GW2 as well.

This is much better than the current system whereby the commander has no way of getting his squad to even function, considering players have to join the squad rather than be invited to it. It’ll also allow guilds to have guild events and activities much more easily and efficiently.

Constructive criticism is appreciated.

This has been done WAY before maplestory, but yes the commander system is beyond terrible. It feels like an afterthought tacked on to a very bland RvR system.

I like the idea of commander having a battalion with several squad leaders.

Perhaps have a seperate pin for squad leader tags (maybe color?). Players who purchase the Commander’s Compendium can toggle between commander and squad leader.

Also, perhaps wvw ranking can unlock squad leader slots. So new commanders cannot command huge zergs.

hedition.7261:

I like the idea of commander having a battalion with several squad leaders.

Perhaps have a seperate pin for squad leader tags (maybe color?). Players who purchase the Commander’s Compendium can toggle between commander and squad leader.

Also, perhaps wvw ranking can unlock squad leader slots. So new commanders cannot command huge zergs.

No need for squad leader tags – the commander is enough (and is the squad leader already with the current system). Most of the communication for raids and such these days are done through third party VOIP programs so it’s not really necessary to split it up further. It’ll just get too cluttered imo