Comments on: [GW2] Guilds, friendlists, and social media – social apparatus in MMOs

By: hothothot

hothothot — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:38:30 +0000

I agree with your article completely, all the dream features are supposedly added, but there’s something missing in the game that’s causing people to run around solo…very odd

By: mistressnonny

mistressnonny — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:42:48 +0000

@Pewter @mistressnonny It’s a little out of the way. I didn’t actually realize that it was for setting away/invisible modes until someone pointed it out to me — my eyes just skimmed right past the little green box! I think they could definitely make it a little more obvious, but, it’s nice that it’s there at all.

By: Pewter

Pewter — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:40:24 +0000

@mistressnonny Hmm, odd that I missed that. I wonder if it was added after I wrote this. I do intend to do a more detailed post on why those little things are important though. I certainly don’t envy the designers and the sheer breadth of knowledge they need to cover!

By: mistressnonny

mistressnonny — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:17:25 +0000

I didn’t see you mention it but in the friends list you can actually mark yourself as invisible. It’s the drop-down with the green box. I haven’t tried it so I don’t know how well it works, but it’s at least something.

There are definitely a lot of little things, like the guild notes and the “person has come online” notification. I suspect those will be down the line, and they’re at least relatively simple things to code. I’m not sure why they weren’t in for launch though when so many other major things were but overall, I’m really enjoying the game.

By: Pewter

Pewter — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:52:35 +0000

@Gameronomist Definitely! As a ex-Officer in WoW, I found both the ‘safety’ of who had access to an ochat useful, and the creation of multiple channels for the various sub communities, both on the server or in the guild, so more flexibility would definitely be useful!

By: Gameronomist

Gameronomist — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:19:22 +0000

I would also love to see “officer chat” be integrated at some point. Having that was so great for all those dumb little administrative things that needed talkinga bout.