Islands
Currently, the towns are the only forum to interact with the general playing population. The problem with this, is that there are many different ways we want to interact with each other. Those interactions annoy the heck out of others who want to enjoy their form of interaction. Different islands (towns with no connection to the game areas) could be created to facilitate:
Trading: The spam for items/gold etc. is annoying to those who are trying to use the towns to form a group to quest, and pretty much everyone. An island you could go to that was only for trading would be a boon to all the towns in the game.
Roleplay: A place to go to tell tales, meet people, what ever roleplayers want to do. It's really hard to get into roleplay when 98% of the chat in the town is out of character.
Guild recruitment: This has to be one of the more annoying spams. You're in a guild... happy with it. But yet you have to be pounded with messages from guilds who want your support. An island where you could go to find a guild would be great for guilds, and those that are recruiting, and please the rest of us who are happily guilded.
Alliances: These would be like the current guildhouse Island, but would only allow members of allied guilds entrance. This could be a meeting area where you could be relatively assured that the people listening were on your team.
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