Guild Wars 2

Everyone knows the dillema – you want to pop your commander tag for specific people to see you on the map, but you’ll always attract other people as well, because they see that shiny symbol on the map.

This is a particular problem for WvW and guild missions, and it becomes even worse once squads can be used as “megataxis”. People who just want to ferry people in will run around with commander tags. I know we already have our fair share of troll commanders, but that doesn’t mean that screen clutter because of people who actually use squads because of their functionality shouldn’t be reduced.

Because of all that, I’m suggesting three visibility modes for commander tags, configurable by the commander:

• Public: The current version. Everyone can see your commander tag.
• Guild: Only representing members of your currently represented guild can see your commander tag. You can still invite non-guildmates to your squad, which makes the tag visible.
• Private: The tag can only be seen by members of the squad.

Thoughts?