Guild Wars 2

Badges of Honour.

It might not help gem sales but using the WVW currency seems like the simplist solution. 50,000 – 100,000 badges should surfice. It would be near impossible for a guild, group or solo player to obtain without having become very familiar with the game mechanics of wvw. The added benefit of this is that guilds and groups would be less likely to give the commander to anyone besides the most active or best wvw players. Which i’m sure would create an overall better average of commander ability than we currently see.

The number i’m of badges needed i’m sure would need looking at, i’ve no idea how many a large guild generates. Also the fact they are account bound, I think, would be an issue. But I still think in terms of gameplay that this is the more simplistic and sensible way to obtain the commander status.

Edit: On a side note, what happens in 6-12 months time when dozens or even hundreds of people have the title? Is there a cap on how many can be active within a borderlands? If not… “oh dear”, if so, are they first come first serve? I foresee problems on the horizon.