Guild Wars 2

Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but after the rollback the Friends list and the Followers list have been reordered. I don’t know which order they are in now, but am fairly sure it used to based on when you/they were added to friends.

Is sorting it with the buttons in the column headers a solution for you?

The header columns will sort the list temporarily (though only in the 4 options available), but it doesn’t change the ‘default’ order. Like I said it’s not a big deal but I thought I’d post it here anyway in case it’s a quick fix and Anet decides it’s worth the time.

The sort order has always been wonky. By default, it lists names by the date added. Sorting alphabetically actually sorts by a computer’s definition, not a human’s, e.g. “Zzzz” comes before “aaaaa”.

With a complete database restore, the game has no way of remembering who was added first. I’m guessing the new order matches the sequence in which individual accounts were reconnected with the login servers, i.e. for all intents and purposes it’s a random sort order. It’s almost certainly not worth more than an hour or three of someone’s time to look at this (the old order was also arbitrary, even if it was more understandable to us).

Still, if ANet decides to take a look: how about changing it so

• The default sort order is “most recently logged on” (putting those who rarely logon near the bottom).
• The alpha sort order should treat “Aaaa” and “aaaa” the same, i.e. ignore case and ignore diacritical marks.