Guild Wars 2

The current way that changing the Guild Message of the Day works is clunky and needs some updating. The issues and fixes as I see them are below.

Major issues:

1. The edit box that pops up does not include the current MotD. This makes it far more difficult to make minor changes than it needs to be. You currently either have to completely retype the message or have it saved in a separate file which you can copy and paste from.
2. The edit window appears over the current MotD and cannot be moved in order to view it.
   Suggested change: Include the current MotD in the edit window.

Minor issues:

1. Line breaks do not appear in the edit window until you continue typing after pressing enter.
2. Text in the edit window is left justified, while the completed MotD is center justified.
   Suggested change: Show line breaks as they are made and center justify the text in the edit window or left justify the final MotD.

Completely agree. I was surprised to find that in a game called Guild Wars 2, the MotD implementation feels very sub-par. My fellow guild officers were all equally struck at how glaringly wrong Achrmaeiad’s “Major issues” are.

Achrmaeiad’s suggested fixes look very solid. /signed

It was totally editable in GW1, I don’t see why they didn’t include that feature. They also left out how it appears when you log in, so that all guildies are aware of any new messages without checking it in the guild panel.

So +1, should’ve been there in the first place :P

Yep it’s awful
got promoted in my guild and now i understand why everyone complains about it

+1
and some more text to bring the amount to at least 15

All of what the OP said, plus the MotD needs to pop into the chat box when members log on or switch to repping.

Aye.8392:

All of what the OP said, plus the MotD needs to pop into the chat box when members log on or switch to repping.

Absolutely! Although all our members know that there is a Guild Message, it would be nice to have it pop into their chat upon log-in so that they can scan it and note changes immediately instead of depending on them to open the guild menu to see.

(While we’re at it, can we get a pop-up message in chat when a members signs in and out?)

It would be great if this message would be display in the chat / g after logging into the game.

This feature really needs some love and attention. It’s silly that you can’t edit the message without rewriting everything that was in it previously.