Guild Wars 2

Hi guys as the title states, I’d like to suggest making available a commander icon that is only visible to members of the same guild. This icon should also be of a different color from the regular blue commander icon, preferably the same gold/yellow as used for guild chat.
The argument for this is that there are some guilds/teams that would be tasked with roles suitable for well-knitted teams, where the addition of players briefed on the task at hand would not only not contribute but at times detract from the intended objectives. Examples of said roles would be ninja/guerrilla squads where map stealth is important and where stragglers could give away positions.
Such an icon would also be useful in dividing manpower where 2/3 different guilds cover different areas of the map in conjunction with a regular commander commanding the regular zerg. There have been frequent times when a commander, already running with his guild, is unnecessarily joined by a multitude of other players. At the same time however, another commander, who is much in need of manpower, is often times neglected.
There are of course various other details to work out, but this is the idea in brief. Any thoughts?

Great idea. Unfortunately it’s been suggested since BW1 and brought up in numerous threads since. Arenanet also mentioned about 24 days ago that they have no intention of making changes to the commander and squad system anytime soon.

The flexibility of the grouping system in GW2 needs improvement, foremost the ability to have an option to hide the commander pin from everyone but the people currently in the squad.

I believe the players and the devs have different ideas about what constitutes a “good” grouping system.

ofcourse, but this would be what we want, so ofcourse, forget it

Jiiub.7135:

ofcourse, but this would be what we want, so ofcourse, forget it

I’m sure in time we’ll see something added…. but IMO sooner is better than later. Coordinating groups, guilds and players should be easy… especially for WvW.

The commander and squad system is a one trick pony with no flexibility to adjust to player and guilds playstyles. Can you imagine how much more it would be used if you could hide the commander pin? You could do any activity you want with multiple groups and not interfere with those commanders trying hard to lead.

Ahmrill.7512:

Arenanet also mentioned that they have no intention of making changes to WvW.

FTFY

Mif.3471:

Ahmrill.7512:

Arenanet also mentioned that they have no intention of making changes to WvW.

FTFY

Well that’s not quite what I said.

They had a post about 24 days ago saying they had no plans to change the commander and squad system at this time.