Guild Wars 2

I’m just curious if there is some kind of coding or technical reason why we don’t have the same UI party options in WvW that we do in PvE zones? Currently the only right-click UI party option we have in WvW is “report”.

PvE party options available through the UI.

- invite [name] – invite a player to join your party.
- join [name] – request to join a player’s party.
- leave – leave your current party.
- kick [name] – vote to kick party member (requires two votes).
- whisper – send a tell.
- mail- mail player.
- report – report name violation.

The worst missing options are the “kick” and “invite” options for WvW parties. Having to reform a group 10 times a night because someone logged out and forgot to leave the group first is frustrating. So is trying to invite someone by manually typing a name when you can simply “right-click invite” anywhere else.

This is by far the most annoying thing about WvW to me. The right click options changed in the patch where they tried to fix the ability to get an enemy’s account name by using the report feature in WvW. However, in the process not only has the party frame been stripped of right click options, the friend list has received the same treatment. For an online, multiplayer game this makes the multiplayer and social aspect needlessly difficult.

Interestingly enough, the right click menu does function properly if the player’s portrait in the party frame is visible... that is, if the player is present on the same map as you and online, you can still interact with their party frame as normal. However, when someone is on the same map as you and online the kick option isn’t nearly as useful as when they are no longer active and you need space in your party.

I would sacrifice many things to the gods to get something other than “-Report” to show up in the right click list.

Its an incredibly common occurrence that someone logs off without remembering to leave party in WvW, leaving us stuck with them. We have to decide to reform, or deal with it, or have someone step to LA to boot quickly. Lame.

Orion.3812:

This is by far the most annoying thing about WvW to me. Interestingly enough, the right click menu does function properly if the player’s portrait in the party frame is visible… that is, if the player is present on the same map as you and online, you can still interact with their party frame as normal. However, when someone is on the same map as you and online the kick option isn’t nearly as useful as when they are no longer active and you need space in your party.

Yes, you can target a ally then use the options from the frame, but can’t right click the chat window name, guild ui or friend UI to do any regular options. This works flawlessly in any PvE zone just not in WvW. I’m just trying to understand if there is a technical reason for this or they simply haven’t addressed it.

Orion.3812:

For an online, multiplayer game this makes the multiplayer and social aspect needlessly difficult..

And frustrating. I mean shouldn’t it be easy in a social MMO to be able to do basic things like invite people or manage groups. I can’t imagine anyone out there enjoys having to disband and reform a group 5 times a night because someone forgot to leave the party before they logged out.

Damarus.5938:

I would sacrifice many things to the gods to get something other than “-Report” to show up in the right click list.

Its an incredibly common occurrence that someone logs off without remembering to leave party in WvW, leaving us stuck with them. We have to decide to reform, or deal with it, or have someone step to LA to boot quickly. Lame.

Completely agree. A little Dev effort is needed here to resolve a extremely annoying mechanic in WvW.