I’m in a few guilds which have more than one leader (three of my four). There’s technically only one person in the top-ranked ‘leader’ position, but several people in the rank just below leader which get all the leader permissions.
When Heart of Thorns came out my home guild couldn’t claim a hall, as our guild leader was off seeing the wondrous sights of New Zealand and managed to get himself stuck in a hobbit door, requiring a crane to get him out. When he eventually got unstuck and logged in he was able to grant permissions to the second leader rank, also allowing us to claim our hall.
Subsequently another permission was added allowing all decorations to be removed at once, but if our Dear Leader should decide to violate his life-long ban from Hobbiton and get tossed in a Shire jail it would be nice if our second-in-command could have permanent access to all new permissions that may come out in the future. Considering our guild leader is a huge Lord of the Rings fan this is a matter of “when”, not “if”.
So? Tell your guild leader or whoever (I lost track in all that hobbit stuff) to give the needed permission to whoever he wishes to. If not and you don’t like how things work out in that guild(s) – leave.
ETA: “but but but it’s importaant and stuff” – it’s his guild – he is the one who decides who gets what rights.
I’m a guild leader myself (oh noz) and gave all permission to my buddy as well – so we’re two leaders with different ranks and whenever I decide to throw my computer out of my window my guild should still be fine – but that was my decision.
So? Tell your guild leader or whoever (I lost track in all that hobbit stuff) to give the needed permission to whoever he wishes to. If not and you don’t like how things work out in that guild(s) – leave.
ETA: “but but but it’s importaant and stuff” – it’s his guild – he is the one who decides who gets what rights.
I’m a guild leader myself (oh noz) and gave all permission to my buddy as well – so we’re two leaders with different ranks and whenever I decide to throw my computer out of my window my guild should still be fine – but that was my decision.
If I’m understanding correctly (and I may not be) it sounds like the problem is with newly added permissions?
Your guild leader did in fact give all permissions to the 2nd leader position, but when new ones were introduced they were by default unavailable and your guild leader had to log on to add them, as well?
If so, then this seems like a valid addition to me.
There have been numerous posts of guilds with multiple leaders demoting other leaders and ‘stealing’ the guild, so it seems the best safeguard is to create a pseudo-leader position that has all of the same permissions but is unable to demote the official leader?
If I’m understanding correctly (and I may not be) it sounds like the problem is with newly added permissions?
Your guild leader did in fact give all permissions to the 2nd leader position, but when new ones were introduced they were by default unavailable and your guild leader had to log on to add them, as well?
If so, then this seems like a valid addition to me.
There have been numerous posts of guilds with multiple leaders demoting other leaders and ‘stealing’ the guild, so it seems the best safeguard is to create a pseudo-leader position that has all of the same permissions but is unable to demote the official leader?
Alright. Maybe you should try to not include that much cryptic hobbit stuff so potatos like me can understand it
Hats off to Glacial!
ETA: And I actually agree that something like “the original leader will stay in position until he decides to leave” should be created – I guess guilds are going to be worth quite a lot.
