Guild Wars 2

my “guild leader” is not active, but I’m no.2 in command. How do I get rid of him so new members stop asking where the leader is? Please whisper Elden Newlance if you have any advice.

You can either remove him from the guild, or demote him but you would have to be a leader yourself to have permissions.

If you’re not equal to his guild rank, you can’t do anything. And really, you shouldn’t be able to do anything. Imagine the chaos if people below you could edit your rank. lol

Contact the person out of game. Ask them to come back to promote you.

If you can’t. Well. Simple.

Make a new guild.

The guilder leader owns the guild. No unannounced take overs for you!

You want to get rid of your inactive guild leader? Simple: /guildquit

I recently raised a ticket with a similar request. I had accidently demoted myself to officer (silly mistake but I was having problems with the guild controls) and from all the officers in the guild, including one that was on line at the time, it seemed to randomly pick the only officer who has not been active for several months. Unfortunately the response from Anet, was that although they were working on a system to demote inactive leaders there was no way of doing it at the moment and the only method they could suggest was to try and contact the person in real life through social media etc. Fortunately for me it makes little difference whether I am officer or leader, so I just have to wait until something is in place.

So I would strongly suggest that if a guild has inactive officers they demote them just to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen.

Hmm they made a classic movie about this sort of thing, “Mutiny on the bounty”. Think of al the coups that would break out, turning guildwars into anarchy wars ;-)

Subdue.5479:

If you’re not equal to his guild rank, you can’t do anything. And really, you shouldn’t be able to do anything. Imagine the chaos if people below you could edit your rank. lol

I think it’s a good idea to have at least one other person who can do everything just in case something happens to the leader. For example if they’re ill or lose their internet connection or power unexpectedly or have a major crisis in real life which means they can’t come online for a while. Even if they’re contactable chances are the guild is the last thing they’re going to want to worry about, so it’s a good idea to have someone who can step in and manage things for a while.

Of course it should be someone the guild leader trusts (and ideally someone who isn’t in the same house and not a family member etc. otherwise they’re likely to be in the same situation).

Danikat.8537:

Subdue.5479:

If you’re not equal to his guild rank, you can’t do anything. And really, you shouldn’t be able to do anything. Imagine the chaos if people below you could edit your rank. lol

I think it’s a good idea to have at least one other person who can do everything just in case something happens to the leader. For example if they’re ill or lose their internet connection or power unexpectedly or have a major crisis in real life which means they can’t come online for a while. Even if they’re contactable chances are the guild is the last thing they’re going to want to worry about, so it’s a good idea to have someone who can step in and manage things for a while.

Of course it should be someone the guild leader trusts (and ideally someone who isn’t in the same house and not a family member etc. otherwise they’re likely to be in the same situation).

…That’s what officers are for…

In any case, what you’re describing is already possible isn’t quite the same as what the OP wants. In your scenario, another person has been chosen by the guild leader to take over in his absence. In the OP’s situation, he’s supposedly the guild’s #2 in command, but wants to oust the the guild leader. For what reason, well, I can’t think of any reason that’s non-malicious/greed based for him to want to remove the guild leader.

I can think of a reason: The leader may have set permissions such that no one else can do certain things in the game such as modify the logo, get at parts of the bank, kick off guild missions, etc. If s/he is gone forever, the guild is crippled.