Guild Wars 2

Just curious if we have any updates in the works planned for Commander and Squad system? There has been almost no changes to this system since BW1… even with the massive feedback about it. I don’t need to go into details, just do a search and you’ll get tons of feedback and suggestions.

Is this even on the radar? Personally I’d like to see commanders that are private or only visible to guild members only.

I don’t get the point of this request, so don’t get all bent out of shape I’m honestly curious.

If you want only your guild to see your tag, why have it at all ? Why not just form a group and let everyone know in /g where you are and who to follow ?

I don’t have a tag so maybe’s theres something commanders get that I’m not aware of, like a raid frame or some such thing. Don’t get me wrong I don’t really care if they do implement it just don’t understand why there is such a demand for it.

the commander privledges are just being able to see who’s in your squad, the supply level of those around you (in a very limited radius), being able to mark the map for your squad, squad chat, and getting a giant blue dorito over your head. it’s a pretty underwhelming thing to spend 100 gold on.

being able to see the location of everyone in your squad on the minimap would be helpful. as would turning the party UI into raid frames. different colored chat in /t and /m or somehow otherwise denoted to assure it doesn’t end up getting missed.

a few seperate types would be good too. WvW, guild, and PvE. WvW should be earned through knowledge of WvW. guild should be bought through influence. PvE could remain bought through gold alone.

being able to turn off your icon, while still maintaining your squad, would be extremely nice as well. having groups of more than 5 people together is very useful in WvW. having a group that’s intended to be no more than 10 have 25 people gather around them simply because there’s an icon there is rather problematic. especially since most don’t even join the squad.

being able to see the other commander icons while being in a squad would be nice as well, if made to be an optional setting. two commanders working together to lock down different portions of the map would be a good example of when it would be necessary to be able to see both.

i’m hoping to see some improvements with the february patch, but i’m not really holding my breath.

Nuzt.7894:

I don’t get the point of this request, so don’t get all bent out of shape I’m honestly curious.

If you want only your guild to see your tag, why have it at all ? Why not just form a group and let everyone know in /g where you are and who to follow ?

Couple reasons really… but mostly organization and ease. There are times when we have 3-4 guild grps running together and all in vent. The difference between using the commander pin and simply trying to have people rally without using the commander pin is huge. It’s 10 times easier having all 4 groups rally to the pin on the map then simply calling rally in vent.

The pin is up to help our GUILD organize, but apparently people feel I should leading the whole zone and start offering suggestions or criticizing in /whisper when it’s up. Can we run without the commander pin.. sure. But it’s easier for 4 groups to run with the pin, and our guild often does our own thing (ambushing, Hit and Run’s). We do what gives us enjoyment and fun… but may not always be the most strategic.

So with all the other suggestions on ways to improve the commander and squad system…. love to see some way to make them private/guild only for those people doing specific activities.