[mr. roach]

Well if I won the lottery I wouldn't complain too much about this being implemented.

[Eetrab]

This is my edited and preferred version of Intelli's suggestion:

The Changes:

Since the guild system is no longer *necessary* for group chats, I suggest we improve it and make it more competitive.

Change A. Creating a guild will no longer be free. In order to create a guild, you must dedicate a realm as being a guild base. This realm must be owned by the primary guild leader. 6+ users must have permissions to the realm, who will make up the guild (who will be the guild members)

Then, in order for the leader to create the guild, they must pay 100,000 credits. (10k/user if there's 10 members initially). Sure, it may not sound cheap, but being in a guild will be something you work towards, and will be a status symbol for the elite.

Change B. Guild will have a limited number of slots. When you initially create the guild, you'll only have 10 slots initially. Additional slots will cost the following:

Expansion #1: 30k (15 members)
Expansion #2: 90k (20 members)
Expansion #3: 270k (25 members)
Each additional expansion will cost 500k credits (for 5 slots). For an infinite number of slots, a total of 8100k must be paid upfront.

Change C. Guilds can create alliances. Up to 5 guilds can join an alliance. Guilds in an alliance will share the same guild chat.

Change D. There will now be public guild info about each guild. This will be able to be viewed by typing "/guild <name>" (similar to the profile command)

Change E. For the guild leader to disband the guild, they must pay 20k. It will not cost anything to join/leave the guild as a member.

Change F. There will be guild ranks. There will be the "Leader" (the person who created the guild), "Officials" (up to 5 per guild), who can add/remove members, and "Members", who have no special powers other than standard guild commands.

Change G. There will be a guild MOTD. This will display to the public when they type "/guild <name>", and will also show to all members when it is set. This can only be set by the leader.

Change H. There will be an in-game guild forum. Users can create topics and comment on them, ultimately leaving messages for other guild members.

Change I. In the future, there will be a guild point system, as well as the ability to battle other guilds. These features won't be decided on / implemented until a later date.

[BlockMan]

Having the credits limit at 150,000 credits for creating a guild is extremely steep. Will there be a benefit for being in a guild besides bragging rights? The majority of players will never accumulate more than one realm, much less 15,000 credits. As an interpretation, guilds should be a grouping of friends, where they can have fun, talk, and arrange meetings. Buddy list is like a friends list, it's for you to talk to everyone you care about. Implementing the high credit prices to create a guild seems unnecessary, otherwise, the other suggestions seem great for guilds.

[Aelcalan]

Maybe it's just the new Ravnica block talking, but I like the idea of guilds being prestigious. However, I'm not totally convinced on the current price. If at all possible, I'd like to get a comparison on how many members each guild has (on the guild rankings page would be nice), and double check the numbers from there. From there, I'd just like to see how much it would cost to form each guild under this new system.

I'd also like to suggest that there be some way for guilds to spend credits to improve their base. I'm 99% sure all of the major guilds have multi-realm structures, so adding adjacent realms for, say, 5k and increasing seems like it would work well. Perhaps if we implement guild battles, a beacon-esque "home team advantage" could be made available for a price. Basically, lower the membership fees, and suck credits out with the merch and perks.


And Cube's example of buddy chat is spot-on. I'm fairly reluctant to add people, and I still get tons of half-conversations.

[Intelli]

Thank you all for your feedback! Expect to see the new guild system in the next major update.