Guild Wars 2

Currently: New players are confused about the term (Represent) and (Stand down).

I got a feedback from a newbie friend of mine who thought that those terms had something to do with advertising their guild

My Suggestion:

Change the word (Represent) -to- (Active)
Change the word (Stand Down) -to- (inactive)

This will help newbies know they have the ability to switch guilds AND which guild they are currently visiting without the need for a veteran player having to explain the meaning of the current words we have in place.

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Edit: New players should also automatically be in the guild (active) the moment they join without having to manually do it themselves. Taken straight from rhapsody’s suggestion below.

In my experience with new players, the confusion comes from a player joining their first guild and not being aware that they have to do anything to represent it. The simpler fix would be that when you accept a guild invite, you automatically represent that guild.

I think Represent and Stand Down are fine words to define these actions. Also, representing a guild is advertising it. You are showing off your guild to all other players, and hopefully making a good impression that makes others want to be a part of it.

rhapsody.3615:

In my experience with new players, the confusion comes from a player joining their first guild and not being aware that they have to do anything to represent it. The simpler fix would be that when you accept a guild invite, you automatically represent that guild.

I think Represent and Stand Down are fine words to define these actions. Also, representing a guild is advertising it. You are showing off your guild to all other players, and hopefully making a good impression that makes others want to be a part of it.

I do agree with your suggestion that when someone new joins a guild it should automaticlly (represent) the player.

rhapsody.3615:

In my experience with new players, the confusion comes from a player joining their first guild and not being aware that they have to do anything to represent it. The simpler fix would be that when you accept a guild invite, you automatically represent that guild.

I think Represent and Stand Down are fine words to define these actions. Also, representing a guild is advertising it. You are showing off your guild to all other players, and hopefully making a good impression that makes others want to be a part of it.

I second this.

I agree with rhapsody, when a player joins a guild they should automatically represent it. Countless times now I’ve gone through this, press ’G’ look at the bottom of the panel, press ’represent’. Then wait while the very new player figures it out.

Also had half the guild welcome a new member who has not hit represent yet due to being busy. When they do rep it then seems like they joined an ignorant guild.