Suggestion: guild names in the LFM list

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

please put guild names in the LFM list

a picture says a thousand words:



Groups with many players from the same guild are more attractive, because it's likely that you are joining a tight knit community who know how to run a raid. All the information is available from the /who command, it's just making it easier and quicker to come to the same decision.

The icing on the cake would be to have customisable sort order so I could then sort by guild name.

Thank you for reading!

Garth

[Samadhi]

PS And don't feel the need to tweak other UI features like removing the "join" button or anything similar while doing so :P


But yeah OP I like ^^

[Vellrad]

So, why is that needed?

[Samadhi]

So, why is that needed?

To save time for people like me that are going to look up a couple group members in who tab before we consider joining anyway.

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

To save time for people like me that are going to look up a couple group members in who tab before we consider joining anyway.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this!

Garth

[Xenostrata]

Is Sarlona's Band of Gypsies spelled correctly?

If they are, can you get some of them to come over to Khyber and convince The Band of Gypsy's to shell out the cash for a Guild rename?

[Culver.Civello]

I really like the idea! I do... but I don't see it happening, and even if it does happen, probably won't go over so well. Bad enough that we have people seriously judging others based on HP, but with that, they can judge based on guild as well. So... I guess if people weren't such a pain in general, I'd say AWESOME! YES!

/signed anyways.

[backandforth]

I like the idea a lot !

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

I really like the idea! I do... but I don't see it happening, and even if it does happen, probably won't go over so well. Bad enough that we have people seriously judging others based on HP, but with that, they can judge based on guild as well. So... I guess if people weren't such a pain in general, I'd say AWESOME! YES!

/signed anyways.

Just to be clear - it's not about judging a guild, it's about finding a group that already has a high percentage of people in the same guild - if a raid group is formed from 6-8 people from the same guild I think it's fair to say that, on average, it's going to be a more successful group than a group formed of complete strangers, regardless of which guild it is. Also - you can already get the information by just /who every member... it just takes a while

Garth

[Culver.Civello]

Just to be clear - it's not about judging a guild, it's about finding a group that already has a high percentage of people in the same guild - if a raid group is formed from 6-8 people from the same guild I think it's fair to say that, on average, it's going to be a more successful group than a group formed of complete strangers, regardless of which guild it is. Also - you can already get the information by just /who every member... it just takes a while

Garth

Exactly. I know its not about it, but that is what will probably happen, and yea you can /who every member, but you can also MyDDO every member as well... regardless, look what has happened so far with the HP. Don't get me wrong though. I love the idea and support it, I just hope it wouldn't be used as more of a grieving tool.

[moops]

Exactly. I know its not about it, but that is what will probably happen, and yea you can /who every member, but you can also MyDDO every member as well... regardless, look what has happened so far with the HP. Don't get me wrong though. I love the idea and support it, I just hope it wouldn't be used as more of a grieving tool.

I already don't join groups because of certain guilds as I think most people do, it would be nice not to have to look up the leader's guild everytime at least. I look up leader than sort to their guild to see how many are in a run.

I have not seen anyone booted from any raid I've been in because of HP--I was iwth a a 295 HP clericon echrono and 300HP rogue to TOD and Epic Velah, amongst others. I haven't even read about people being booted in any of the user chats that I am in. Perhaps this is more server oriented, but I'd think that there would be more posts than there are if this was rampant behaviour.

[DevilIncarnate]

/signed

Would be nice to have, esp for higher lvl raids/epics.

Also, I think the whole 'grieving' from hp bars is overrated, if anything it helps healers judge resource/problems before the encounters instead of recovering mid-fight, but that's just me, don't want to derall the thread further.

[Captain_Wizbang]

I like the idea!
I find myself checking certain players in lfms to see if it's run by a few guilds I refuse to quest with, (2 nights ago in a HoX pug, is a classic example, I wont mention the guild here, but on Thelanis, they have a *ahem* reputation. Needless to say, myself & a guy from DARPA had a laugh, and the 2 of us didnt even need to let each other know what needed to be done. We tried to save the run, but it was pointless. In fact almost a circus!)

[AmatsukaIncarnate]

I think this causes more drama...but if it is deemed necessary, please do NOT make it like that picture in the OP. Maybe just have it like the Who tab but instead of having their location underneath their names in a smaller font, it would have their guild name.

Personally, I have lots of issues with this though but if it HAD to be done...:P

It just hands itself to more elitism...

[Garth_of_Sarlona]

I think this causes more drama...but if it is deemed necessary, please do NOT make it like that picture in the OP. Maybe just have it like the Who tab but instead of having their location underneath their names in a smaller font, it would have their guild name.

Personally, I have lots of issues with this though but if it HAD to be done...:P

It just hands itself to more elitism...

I don't think it encourages elitism. Another option would be to put 'Guild 1' and 'Guild 2' and 'Guild 3' so it's not about the guilds but about the same guild... but I really think that's just making it overly complex.

I find the location really useful - especially when a raid is forming, nice to know if people are ready or on their way or on their airship still (i.e. do I have time to buff myself).

How about this:



Garth

[Matuse]

I like this idea. There are several guilds with whom I will not group. They actively recruit vermin.

Being able to steer clear of them in advance would be exceedingly useful.

[cdemeritt]

/signed....

I pug exclusively... I run with many people... Some guilds I prefer to run with and others I'd prefer not to... I remember most, but really, I don't know every ones alts....

[Jendrak]

Not sure what to think about this idea??? Seems like everyone wants it to either avoid certain guilds or (for lack of a better term) stalk the popular ones. Just seems like socially acceptable griefing mechanic to me and thats scary.

[Musouka]

Not sure what to think about this idea??? Seems like everyone wants it to either avoid certain guilds or (for lack of a better term) stalk the popular ones. Just seems like socially acceptable griefing mechanic to me and thats scary.

^ That

/not signed.

[MaximusParthas]

/signed

an idea like this is great for the multitude of reasons already mentioned. grats on conceiving it. I for one hope it gets applied asap.

edited to eliminate drama