Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

with the increasing numbers of new players (or returning players) coming into wvw, getting the neccesary info to them got harder. spamming ts details over and over again and linking to community run websites, is a nuisance and many people don’t use the websites since it takes them out of the game. that’s why i’m suggesting a “community-run info wall” in every borderland, much like the message of the day in guilds. maybe even make it a “quest objective” for when you first enter wvw.

what use i see for it:
– place for ts details
– suggested builds (or even contact details for volunteering class teachers from the community)
– recruitment messages for guilds
– suggested commander tag colours for different roles
– raid/commander schedules

what problems i see with it:
– too much information being posted on it
– people trolling the info board (which may be handled the same way guild messages are handled so you see who changed it)
– of course developing time would be needed for the feature

let me know what you guys think about it. do you think it’s an unnecessary feature? could it be handled differently?

Sounds like a great idea to me. There’s always a lot of players asking for build tips and such. Map/team chat is always full of questions and I think this would make it easier for people to find a build that fits their playstyle.

Who would be allowed to modify the messages? I would expect a lot of grieving if any player on the server could change them. Some vote your community leaders system might work but that requires developer time.

While all this information is useful it can be found from other sources already. Albeit not without some effort.

• TeamSpeak details are typed into WvW map chat every so often.
• http://gw2.guildex.org has list of guilds for each server and often their recruiment messages.
• http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki has the WvW meta builds.
• http://www.gw2wvw.net has links to servers’ community sites. Which may have those badge color/raid schedule details.

i completely agree korgov, grieving would be a problem and a voting system for community might not be doable. but what about making changes cost 1g or such? maybe even make it 10g, not a big cost for a community but for few people that just like to troll it might be? a changelog would be cool as well, being able to report people for abusing/trolling.

as far as the information being already available goes: yes there are those websites and mapchat spam also is an option. i’m just trying to find a different way for people to get the information ingame and keeping the mapchat a bit cleaner for scout reports and such. that said i’m not sure if it even will get rid of it. build suggestions on the info wall might still be just linking to websites and ts spamming will still be just a way of showing people that you are commanding on ts.