Could we have Generals?

elausche_ESO · November 2014

It would be awesome if we could get something like they had in GW2. Perhaps make it cost 3 million+ AP to purchase a title that allows you to toggle on an icon visible to everyone in your alliance on the map. If not, just make the Emperor visible as an icon to everyone in their alliance on the map.

Another idea is a 500k AP title that allows players to talk in zone chat.

What do you guys' think?

Ifthir_ESO · November 2014

crystalized on ep is a general

Zintair · November 2014

Would be neat, but would also make for spying to become obvious. I think half the fun is having to actually "be social" cause you know... we play MMOs.

Rally together on your own makes it twice the fun. Alliances grow and fall etc etc.

SoulScream · November 2014

Well and then many emps don't do anything to help their alliance, just ap farm.

Gaettusk · November 2014

The leaders of an alliance should be apparent if you play on a consistent basis.

WraithAzraiel · November 2014

It would be great, if we didn't have problems with multifaction players spying and being shysters.

I guarantee this would devolve into an all you can cheat spyfest. Then into a flame war, then into nobody playing because the fun was sucked out of it.

I'd love that idea if they could find some way to stop people from rolling lowbie alts to spy for or help opposing factions. But considering they had to remove Forward Camps altogether to stop trollcamping. I think it's a long way off.

I'd save up my AP for a Commander tag.

Insurrektion · November 2014

I'm a nobody who tries to lead DC and am successful when people decide to listen to a nobody lol. I guess you could call me a general. I'm better at tactics than anything else, and never seem to have time to get past vr2 (yea i hit vr2 after playing for months)

Huntler · November 2014

No. They shouldn't.

DezIsDead · November 2014

Gaettusk wrote: »

The leaders of an alliance should be apparent if you play on a consistent basis.

Lol yeah unless your AD. The AD pugs have serious trust issues after a certain guild steered them the wrong way, we lost the campaign and then switched sides. Like serious trust issues, like needs counseling for life lol

Aoe_Barbecue · November 2014

If pugs are so easily mislead then it's not anyone's fault but theirs.

Armitas · November 2014

DezIsDead wrote: »

Gaettusk wrote: »

The leaders of an alliance should be apparent if you play on a consistent basis.

Lol yeah unless your AD. The AD pugs have serious trust issues after a certain guild steered them the wrong way, we lost the campaign and then switched sides. Like serious trust issues, like needs counseling for life lol

What happened?...without names

MrGhosty · November 2014

One thing I liked in Planetside 2 was, those who wanted to lead or give direction could put certs (ap points) into a skill line that gave them an ability to speak in a different channel which showed up as differently colored text. Had an issue last night trying to follow what was being said in chat but the orders kept getting bumped by group invite spamming. I would like to see this be something earned requiring enough effort and skill not everyone and their dog could get into it so we could see a bit more unified combat coordinated amongst all the PvP guilds and pubs.

Cody · November 2014

we should not have to buy a title just to talk in zone chat.... that is nonsense in my opinion. It's an MMO, part of the game is the social aspect of it.

A 3 million or whatever AP price you listed; for a "General" title would be a neat way to show who is leading(unless its someone who just sits in the back yelling at everyone. lol)

Ifthir_ESO · November 2014

as I said you can earn general title in game as at least one player has

kijima · November 2014

Oh, we have Generals all right. Usually you'll find them sitting in one of these...

bellanca6561n · November 2014

Well, coming from Eve which has a pretty good set of command tools - though compiled into an interface of LEGENDARY inaccessibility - your idea has merit in concept unless I am failing to interpret you correctly (often the case). And, frankly, I was expecting more such features given the scale of player versus player combat in this game.

Yet even with all it's fleet commander features, it all comes down to absurdly massive TS populations of people who know when to shut up....well...among the corporations that are the most effective. And who listen.

And in this game command and control seems to work almost on its own during rare moments.

Gaettusk · November 2014

Cody wrote: »

we should not have to buy a title just to talk in zone chat.... that is nonsense in my opinion. It's an MMO, part of the game is the social aspect of it.

A 3 million or whatever AP price you listed; for a "General" title would be a neat way to show who is leading(unless its someone who just sits in the back yelling at everyone. lol)

Yes, we get AP from sitting at the wayshrine giving advice. Hell, you can hit AR 30+ by doing nothing, right? lol denigrate that which you cannot achieve /rolls eyes

Thudunblundur · November 2014

Some of the best sessions I've had in PvP have been when we've been under pressure and everyone just clicks. Zone chat just has crisp information flowing between groups and the occasional laugh. Brilliant stuff, great fun and very effective.

Doesn't happen that often, but gosh! it's good when it does. Let the people sort it out for themselves and certainly don't let people buy general tags! For me the current situation is one of the things they got right from the start, and I shudder to think what might happen if they mess with it now.

Cody · November 2014

Gaettusk wrote: »

Cody wrote: »

we should not have to buy a title just to talk in zone chat.... that is nonsense in my opinion. It's an MMO, part of the game is the social aspect of it.

A 3 million or whatever AP price you listed; for a "General" title would be a neat way to show who is leading(unless its someone who just sits in the back yelling at everyone. lol)

Yes, we get AP from sitting at the wayshrine giving advice. Hell, you can hit AR 30+ by doing nothing, right? lol denigrate that which you cannot achieve /rolls eyes

i have neither the time nor desire to become a general. nor do i even have the skill or possibly even the build for it. I am deginerating nothing. i only targeted specific types of individuals. i am getting tired of your false and predictable accusations about me, and we have only spoken with each other on two threads. I will nto rpely to you anymore until you stop acting like you know me, because you do not. good night toosk

Gaettusk · November 2014

Cody wrote: »

i have neither the time nor desire to become a general. nor do i even have the skill or possibly even the build for it. I am deginerating nothing. i only targeted specific types of individuals. i am getting tired of your false and predictable accusations about me, and we have only spoken with each other on two threads. I will nto rpely to you anymore until you stop acting like you know me, because you do not. good night toosk

You're just another ganker who spouts off "armchair general" at anyone who he thinks isnt in the fights. How cliché

BRB getting hella AP by staying out of fights LOL /roll eyes