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Aeon_Xin · Mar 23, 2007, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Alot of somantics....be warned.

Etymology: Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi payment, guild; akin to Old English gield tribute, guild -- more at GELD
1 : an association of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially : a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen
2 : a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way <a feeding guild>

It's never sat right with me that Guild Wars really doesn't have much in the way of guilds(by definition).
Mercenary Wars is more fitting to what actually happens, as every thing is rewarded with skills, gold, items, and XP.
And with the low numbers that we get to party with, "Wars" is not really fitting either.

I would like to see the structure of GW2 oriented more towards Guild as the top structure, comprised of clans(substituted fitting title). Factions hit closer to the nail, bent it a little but didn't drive it through the board.

I've very little idea about how to do this, but I was thinking something along these lines.

Have 16(3? 7? would have to do some tinkering) guilds built into the game, similar to Kurzick and Luxon.(most, but not all represented in every city)
After each "Clan" earns enough faction they do quests to join specific guilds.
You can only have faction in 2(or another lower number) other guilds, as sometimes guilds work together to influence or fight other guilds.
(You put fluxuating caps on Guilds, so everyone can't join the popular ones. If a guild is at cap, you have to wait for the others to catch up, or join the others.)

Work done for a guild outside of those 3 guilds decreases faction from all 3 faction bars.

Beyond that you'd need some sort of reward system for faction, not like what we have today at all. (I'd like to see world PvP(at least in places),but that's sort of a new thread all in it's own)

Gods don't have faction, they have faith or loyalty, or something along those lines. Unless you get to choose between gods...which is a whole 'nother system.

Well, It's an idea, with alot of kinks and flaws, and lacks organization, any help in developing the idea is welcome(not really a signed/unsigned sort of thread..or is it?). Maybe it's a bit pedantic too, but oh well.

Swampgirl Inez · Mar 23, 2007, 04:31 PM // 16:31

I like the ideas.

However, since GW2 beta doesn't even come out for another year, please help keep this forum tidy by posting GW2 suggestions in this thread:

EDIT:
Please see the new GW2 Suggestion Thread.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10135261