Forum Post of the Day: Will guild controls get an update?
by Elizabeth Harper 
Nov 14th 2006 at 5:30PM
With the coming expansion and some of the shiny new UI features (like the swank new LFG interface), some are wondering if the guild interface is going to see some love as well. No, I haven't heard anything planned on it, but the current guild interface is immensely simplistic and offers little to someone attempting to organize large numbers of players. Junky and others on the US forums have some good ideas that might make guild management easier.- A resizable guild window
- A way to know which characters are attached to which accounts (often done with notes)
- A built-in raid scheduler or calendar application (usually done with mods, websites, and other 3rd party apps)
- Some fashion of "guild bank" system that didn't require the use of an alt (alts and vanishing guild banks ftl!)
- Ability to mass-mail guild members (there are probably mods that do this)
Filed under: Guilds, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kahja Nov 14th 2006 6:11PM
I like the first four ideas you have there... the mass mail I'm not so concerned about as we have Guild notes to get out the big news..
Kahja Nov 14th 2006 6:13PM
I meant message of the day... >.
Poddo Nov 14th 2006 6:39PM
I definitely agree with #1, the first three are great. Mass mail could get annoying, and its really not needed with the guild MOTD in effect.
I can't beleive they haven't implemented a guild calendar yet. They should really look at groupcalendar for some inspiration, as that is a great mod.
Guild GM Nov 14th 2006 11:27PM
Good lord i hate the current guild controls. As the GM of a mostly causal (read: alt infested) guild pushing 100+ accounts, it's a nightmare trying to keep it all in line.
short list of fields i want to see to replace what we try to stick in the officer notes field.
- Sponsor
- Joined Date
- Main (or tie all alts together)
- DKP (this could remain in officer notes, etc).
Things I dislike about the current interface that i would like to see added / improved:
- Small window.. I would love a big window with all the columns / data showing.
- Want to add a new upper rank? Get ready to shuffle ALL characters down to insert that rank. I should be able to add a rank and push it up/down to where it belongs.
- Raid Calendar
- Guild Bank (a big guild bank with lots of purchasable slots). We have some many banks it's stupid. Members of a certain rank should be able to freely give/take items from the bank (ie. access to Bank is given via a checkbox in the rank panel)
- /O channel should be sticky.. i.e. I should not have to specify /O for each message
- Friends/Foes - all members should have a shared list of guild friends (guild name and character names) plus a nice kill on sight list (guild names and character names)
- Option to prefix all /g messages with the main name when on an alt.
That's it for now. I'm sure i'll remember something else after i post this one.
Blizzard, please improve the Guild Controls!
Zghuk Nov 16th 2006 7:52AM
It would really help to administrate a guild when an officer or a simple member knows about main/twinks and professions/recepts. Now we use the notes function but there is not really enuff space for such information. Additionally we have at our DKP system an addon where every member may mark his recept/pattern and so on.
But the main problem with systems like that is the necessary user interaction. It's almost every time outdated and most users doesnt care.
It would be nice if blizzard could implement this ingame!
Dave Nov 15th 2006 11:59AM
in game dkp system thats easily managed and all members can look at without alt tabbing? please?