Small guilds being shut out?

#0 - Aug. 24, 2009, 7:03 p.m.

Perhaps I'm reading this wrong, but it seems the changes being made to guilds in the expansion benefit large guilds and provide a disincentive to join smaller, more specialized, guilds. At the moment, aside from raiding capabilities, guilds are on equal footing, regardless of size.

This is a concern to me since my mains are in a guild that provides some RL social benefits that would probably not be present in other, larger guilds. We prefer not to advertise for members as we tend to recruit from friends and friends of friends, but all the same, we're still a small guild due to scheduling conflicts.

It sounds like the new guild advancements are going to pretty much shut us out.

Edit: fixed title

Nethaera

#7 - Aug. 24, 2009, 7:17 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Perhaps I'm reading this wrong, but it seems the changes being made to guilds in the expansion benefit large guilds and provide a disincentive to join smaller, more specialized, guilds. At the moment, aside from raiding capabilities, guilds are on equal footing, regardless of size.

This is a concern to me since my mains are in a guild that provides some RL social benefits that would probably not be present in other, larger guilds. We prefer not to advertise for members as we tend to recruit from friends and friends of friends, but all the same, we're still a small guild due to scheduling conflicts.

It sounds like the new guild advancements are going to pretty much shut us out.

Edit: fixed title

Guild advancement is based on the performance of the top 20 producers within the guild. If you have a small guild of 20 (or less), then every person's contributions will count.

Nethaera

#26 - Aug. 24, 2009, 7:27 p.m.

Q u o t e:

So, if I'm not one of the top 20 producers in the guild, my contributions won't count?

If you have some down days, it's not going to affect the guild progress adversely. If you have great days, you'll be up at the top. Keep in mind, this is a great way to not penalize large guilds for having a lot of members and it's also a great way for small guilds to not feel as if they need to mass recruit to keep up with the larger guilds both.