Guilds & 2nd in Command

[Levonestral]

I know the guild section in the social panel has not been given an update like the rest of the area's have, and it's possible this feature may have already been considered for a time in which that update may occur, but in case it has not, I'd like to make the following suggestion:

As you all know, when you setup a guild, as the leader you can assign a person to be the second in command. This person right now has only one ability: To obtain leadership of the guild should the previous leader not log in for 30 days.

With that said, that ability does serve a purpose and I wouldn't want to see that change. However, is there any reason why the second in command cannot also have the ability to promote/demote officers within the guild without having to take control of it should the leader be away due to real life issues, breaks etc ? I think that as a second in command, that player should be given this ability with the exception of demoting/removing the leader (of course, after the 30 day mark, this can still happen).

Thoughts ?

Searos

[Hambo]

My guess is that the guild interface may change as part of the general user interface overhaul that has been postulated for 2009 in the various recent Turbine interviews.

[Issip]

Interestingly enough I don't know if this feature works at all. My guild leader has been gone for over 2 months (I can look in guild tab and it says last online: 2 Months). I have the designated second in command toon - I've never seen anything about that toon becoming guild leader although he is online almost daily. My guild doesn't care - leadership isn't our bag and officers can still promote other people to officer so no loss.

If this feature works at all then either 1) there's something I'm missing that I need to do or 2) it takes more than 2 months of the leader not logging in before leadership changes.

I'm curious - has anyone ever seen this feature work?

Issip

[Varr]

My guess is that searos is the incumbant and his fellow Madborn guild officers better watch out, he is looking to clean house! Better start sucking up to him fast!

[Xaearth]

*points to sig* I could support that .

On a more serious note, our gl plays on multiple servers, so he's not always around when an officer rerolls a character or what-not.
This idea could make things easier on both our leader and our guild, so when he does log on we don't have to pester him to get on his leader character to make the changes. Granted it's not that big of a deal, so I wouldn't fuss over it, but it'd be a nice lil suprise somewhere down the road.

Though if it is considered, I'd suggest giving guild leaders the option (in the form of a checkbox somewheres) of allowing their 2nd's to have these powers. Some guild leaders have no intention of disappearing from game for too long, and naming a successor is just considered that last resort in the case that they unexpectedly have a massive coronary and are never heard from again. In those cases, the guild leaders may not want their successors to have that much power in the guild, and rather have them stay as a glorified officer.

[Levonestral]

My guess is that searos is the incumbant and his fellow Madborn guild officers better watch out, he is looking to clean house! Better start sucking up to him fast!

Haha, not quite....although that is the running joke in guild when our leader hits about 3 weeks every once in a while

Our guild leader and I have discussed this several times before, and last night the topic came up again and we both think this would be a good option to have, so I figured I'd see what everyone else thought. Xaearth, your suggestion sounds pretty reasonable and I think that might actually be a better solution overall

[Issip]

My bad, I hadn't looked very close before, but now I see that my toon has a button labelled "Usurp" and if I click said button I become leader. This is nice - I don't have to worry about becoming leader one day I just have to not click the button.