Guild Wars 2

Definition of Guild Commander Tag: A Commander Tag only Guild members can see

Problems in WvW:
Current Commander tags are great if you are leading a zerg, but that is one of the reasons why zergs became a meta.
From my personal experience tags are like laser pointers to a cat, your instincts tells you to chase it.
The stress of leading the public (and its expectations) is a turn off for commanders in training.

Benefits (of guild commander tags) in WvW:
Guild tags will force the players to split up.
Helps commanders to organize less experience players who are new to WvW, they find it difficult to follow Ctrl+T.
Gives commanders the option to lead their own guilds if they chose not to lead the pugs.
Helps groom new commanders for the upcoming HOT boarderlands gameplay as they can start leading small numbers (with lesser judgment).

Problem in PVE:
The entire map of players couldn’t tell the what the tags are for.
Map players may mistaken guild commanders for map events commanders.
Guild commanders are distress when map players mistaken guild events for map events.

Benefits (of guild commander tag) in PVE:
No confusion in the map for everyone

Disclaimer: There is nothing wrong with the current commander tag, its doing a good job, just that Guild Commander Tags will further enhance the gameplay organisation.

If you like my idea help me bump this up, if you have an alternate idea please share!

It’s an interesting idea to have guild open world organizational tools. Perhaps something like this will come with the guilds revamp of HoT?

Meanwhile, I suggest you put [SUGG] in your title as right now it sounds like you’re discussing something already in game rather than putting forth an idea.

Indeed. You might consider naming your idea element something else, because Guild Tags are what the little appendage behind Character Names indicating said character’s Guild are known as.

Good luck.

Ah sure thing i’ll edit the title

I almost didn’t read this thread because I thought it was about the [XXXX] guild tags, myself. I’m in support of guild commanders, and I’m wondering if you might gain more traction by changing the title to “guild commanders.”

I like this idea. Also might consider groups inside of groups, squads and stuff. That’d be awesome for guild play too.

ok changing title

I think officers getting a commander tag that only guild members could see would be wonderful. Not everyone that wants or is willing/capable of leading is also willing to drop 300g for a tag they may or may not really use.

Perhaps if a Guild commander activates his/her tag, only guild members can see it…

It would definitely be a useful thing. Sometimes guilds go out and do missions or bounties and when they pop their tags, people come running to see what there is thus scaling up the event. This can cause a lot of problems if the randoms don’t know what to do. Examples: Tarban who will drop 25 stacks of confusion on players, 2-Mult with his barrage of lightning, Bwikki with her damage immunity when players are chilled.

Not to mention trolls who will seek to derail a guild’s event

Sounds like a useful idea.