Guild Hex

At the very beginning of World of Warcraft, there were no guild banks. Quickly, Blizzard realized the need for such a tool, as the guilds were struggling storing their materials collected from various raid instances. As a result, these new banks were officially introduced to the game.

Guild bank is an in-game storage interface accessible for everyone who is a member of the guild. Additionally, some access rights can be given in order to make sure that only certain rank guild members can withdraw money and items from the bank. It is the guild master who has the option to set view/ deposit/withdraw rights for the different guild ranks and this makes the bank interface completely customize-able by the guild and not by Blizzard.

The guild banks were placed right next to the players’ banks areas in all major cities and are accessible the same way as the personal banks. The difference is that the guild bank tabs are much larger and it is much more expensive to buy additional tabs. A guild tab has 98 item slots and the first tab costs 100 gold to purchase. After that the prices for each successive tab increase – 250, 500, 1000, 2500 and 5000 gold, which makes a total of 9350 gold for all tabs.

One of the differences between player bank and guild bank is that the guild bank can store money and players can use the money from the guild bank to pay for their repairs. A special interface was also added at all repair vendors, allowing the players to use not their own but the guild money to pay for their repairs. Most of the guilds use this option only for repairs during raids – it is again the guild master who can turn this feature on and off as they see fit. In my guild, we use the guild money for repairs only on progress raid evenings – when we are working on defeating a new boss and we wipe numerous times while learning the fight. After we have managed to kill the boss, we no longer use the money from the guild for repairs; we pay with our own money. Some guilds also use their guild gold to buy materials to craft flask, food buffs and everything else needed for successful raid. I’m not sure if casual guilds use guild money for something like that, as most likely they do not run strong guild economy to produce this money in first place. For example, my guild was making money for the guild bank by selling patterns, cartables and other rare items obtainable only from the end game raid instances and this was helping us have money for repairs and flasks.

The access to the bank is fully controllable by the guild master – he or she can decide which ranks from the guild can view, deposit and withdraw items and money. This can be done for each separate tab and additionally a withdraw limit can be set. This all makes using guild bank easy and stress free for everyone, so we are very thankful to blizzard for introducing the guild banks in patch 2.3

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World of Warcraft is, in many ways, a completely virtual world, and a lot of things work the same way there as they do in the real world. Picture this: You’ve just became a leader at your work, but you have no clue about how to lead people. Well, guess what? You can test it in WoW without suffering any devastating consequences.

Groups and Guilds

Of course, there’s many things you can do on your own in WoW, but many quests can only be done in groups. You can form a group from quest to quest, or dungeon to dungeon, or from battleground to battleground. Every time you’ll meet new members, and face new leadership demands. People also form larger, more permanent groups which are called guilds. Anybody can create a guild, but it takes a lot of leadership and knowledge to run it the correct way.

Challenges for a Guild Master

You can compare a guild master to a leader in many ways. A guild master has the overall responsibility of running the guild. That means, everything from striking up a conversation in the guild, to making sure of the members morale and behavior – even to “firing” guild members for conducting themselves in ways that go against the betterment of the guild.

Sometimes, you’ll face challenges that take all your knowledge and leadership to handle competently. One of the trusted members of the guild might do something that is against your policies, such as stealing from the guild bank; or begging from other players; or “needing” things in a dungeon that everybody has the same right to use.

How do you deal with things like that? In real life, you might be forced to fire such an employee, and that’s not the easiest task to handle. You might think that it doesn’t really matter in WoW, but then you would be wrong. Some guild members get really distressed if you throw them out of the guild, so you’d better be prepared to take care of that, too.

What behavior do you wish from your guild members? Should they at least say “hello”, when they enter, and “goodbye” when they leave – or doesn’t that matter to you? This is, perhaps, a small thing, but it’s important for the group morale that people know and matter to each other, therefore a minimum of politeness should be obligatory. Are you able to make your guild members live up to your policies? If not, then don’t expect to be able to lead a department.

It’s Not All Bad, of Course!

If you only had bad experiences from being a guild master, I guess there would be a lot fewer guilds in WoW. The good news is that this isn’t the case. Many members will look up to you as the leader, and learn from what you do, and how you behave. You have a great responsibility here, but you will also receive great rewards. Just like you would by being a leader in the real world.

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As you begin playing World of Warcraft, it might come to your attention that there are people running around in game with a line of text underneath their name. What you are seeing is evidence that these people part of a World of Warcraft guild. A World of Warcraft guild is essentially a group of player characters who are affiliated with one another, who might share bank space and who have often come together for a specific purpose. Is joining a guild something that you might be interested in?

The first thing that you need to remember is that a World of Warcraft guild is not something that is run by Blizzard; it is run by other players and as such will vary based on how fairly they will treat their members and what they do. There are several advantages for being part of a guild. If you participate in raids and instances, you’ll be able to take on areas that you would not be able t handle alone, you will be able to get help getting up to the master level of your skills and you’ll be able to pick up trade skill ingredients through other guild members. You will also find that the social aspect of World of Warcraft can be extremely beneficial as well.

Finding a guild is relatively easy, but remember that there are lots of different kinds of guilds out there. Some guilds are completely geared towards the end game and taking on the dungeons and instances there. These guilds take their raiding very seriously and often have fairly stiff requirements for their members in terms of gear and experience. You will also find that there are guilds who are completely oriented towards role playing, where people will get into character and interact socially as the characters. Some guilds are a mix of both. Take your time and find the World of Warcraft guild that is going to be the best suited for your needs.

Especially when you are in the big cities, you’ll discover that there are people who are interested in having you sign their guild charter. A guild needs a certain amount of people to get started and in some cases, the people who are looking for their charter members will simply boot you from the guild when they have all the signatures that they need, though if they are going to do this, they will typically give you a tip for your trouble.

For many people, guilds are both the most enjoyable and frustrating aspect of the game. There is something incredibly fun about throwing in with a group of people and taking a challenging dungeon. For a lot of the endgame content, remember that it is not something that you can solo. Take some time and see how you might feel about joining a guild and make sure that when you do it, you choose wisely. Guild hopping will get pretty tiresome after a while, so see what your needs are going to be like.

Derek Smithson has written articles on World of Warcraft gold and the many World of Warcraft mods which are available, as well as a number of World of Warcraft guides.

For many gamers, guild clan website hosting can mean the difference between a guilds life or death, literally. Whether a new or seasoned guild leader, having a personal home on the internet ensures the groups ability to collaborate, discuss, and plan future events. Guild Clan Website Hosting has many benefits: planning, communication, events/raids, scheduling, privacy, discussion forums, recruitment, and many other intangibles.

Ever try to get a group of people together in real life at the same time? Chances are someone has not shown up or didn’t RSVP. With video games the same is true; people need to be able to clearly see a guilds schedule of events on a calendar and be able to plan on attending or letting the guild leader know they can’t make it. Without this virtual home on the internet, guilds and clans would be left to hope X amount of members show up for their newest raid, or event. Now with guild hosting a guild leader can assess if they have enough members to go forward with an event rather than canceling.

Guilds and Clans can take advantage of private forums through a guild hosting provider to air out their indifference or discuss latest strategies, events, and recruitment. Without these private forums guilds and clans would be forced to discuss private/personal issues with guild members over a generic forum where non-members could view this. This is not acceptable so the guild host provider gives the guild/clan privacy as well as their own personal space. Discussing family matters at Dunkin Donuts is analgous to discussing recruitment with non members.

With the new age of guild clan website hosting providers springing up such as CharacterPlanet, it is becoming easier to match Virtual Characters looking for Guilds and Guilds looking for Virtual Characters. By taking the approach of matching Virtual Characters to Guilds/Clans rather than Real Life people to Guilds/Clans Character Planet gives its members ability to be virtually matched. Think E-harmony only for the Virtual Worlds. The ability to save hundreds of hours on recruitment is a greatly added benefit of guild clan hosting. When one views a guild site they can easily see what race/class level combinations the guild needs as well as what level equipment one should have or any stipulation such as, real life tournament experience for Counter Strike or Epic gear for World of Warcraft.

Hosting can also mean more notoriety within the gaming community. If you have a guild clan website it immediately gives your organization the credibility it deserves. This landing page for the curious, envious, and even your enemies will solidfy your position for that game or games. Fires of Heaven is a great example as their website received hundreds of thousands of hits. It is forming this buzz about ones guild that also leads to more recruits and of course more enemies.

Depending on what game one plays there are a myriad of guild website hosting templates and clan templates as well. A World of Warcraft guild website will certainly look different than a Halo or EverQuest site but the principles are the same. Whether you want to gain more credibility, become more organized as a leader, or create a sense of teamwork within your own guild/clan, guild clan website hosting is beneficial.

There are of course both paid and free hosting solutions. The paid services in the past have dominated but the free ones have made leaps and bounds to give the same services and better in some instances. Most of the paid providers lack a community wrapped around the hosting to make recruitment more tedious than necessary. Regardless of the route you choose, be sure to utilize the awesome power of immortalizing your Guild on the internet with a place you can call home.

During the BlizzCon 2009 event a new and quite exciting system was announced – the Guild Advancement System. From what the developers shared with us, it seems that the new system will allow the guild to level in a similar way to leveling characters. There will be total of 20 levels for guild progression and the experience gained will be obtained from the top 20 players (most active players) in the guild in terms of raid bosses killing, PvP battlegrounds victories, PvP arena matches victories, professions level and skilling up and alike. The very interesting feature, at least in my eyes is the fact that Guild XP can be farther converted into some sort of currency which can be used to buy guild-bound items. Similar to the account-bound items, such items can be something similar to the heirlooms just that it can be shared with other guild members, raid materials and such.

The way the Guild XP will be earned has some rules specified, however as the expansion is still under development, a lot can change. What we know so far is that participation in boss kills and rated battlegrounds will count towards Guild XP only if at least 75% of the party is from the same guild. The individual player’s advancements such as faction reputation advancements and profession advancements will count only from a number of players and not from the entire guild as total. This will allow smaller guilds to be able to compete with larger guilds as long as they have enough very active members.

The guilds will be awarded 1 guild-talent point as the guild advanced from one level to the next one, and this point can be used to get a guild-wide talent. There is very little information available at this point about what these talents will be, but we do know that these talents will be oriented towards giving more convenience in guild events rather than individual players performance bonuses. Such guild convenience abilities that will most likely be included are mass resurrection after a wipe, reduced cost on repairs, no reagents for raid-wide buffs and similar.

There are also Guild Achievements being implemented which will be quite similar to the Individual Player’s Achievements but will be applied to the guild as a whole. Such achievements will be awarded for clearing a raid instance, having at least one person with maximum profession points in each profession and much more.

It appears that Blizzard is giving us even more reasons to join a guild and stick to it, make new friends and explore the World of Warcraft universe with them, defeat powerful bosses and train our professions in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion.

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You’ve been hearing all about World of Warcraft guilds and you’ve been playing long enough and have the confidence that you’re starting to think maybe it’s time to get into a guild yourself. So you looked around and talked to some guild members and got the background and decided, hey, rather than joining one that already exists, why not start up an entirely new one yourself? Well, you and some of your friends. But how do you go about starting a guild exactly?

Starting up your own World of Warcraft guild isn’t really all that complicated. Which isn’t to say that there aren’t the required hoops you’ll have to jump through. World of Warcraft is just like any other bureaucracy and as such there is a strict protocol of steps that must be taken. The first thing to do is to track down a Guild Master in any of these cities: Darnassus, Ironforge, Orgrimmar, Stormwind, Thunderbluff, or the Undercity. After you’ve found a Guild Master, click “How do I create a guild?” Simply type in the name of your guild and acquire the guild charter. What’s a guild charter? It’s basically a piece of parchment on which you will need to get nine other signatures in order to create your guild. It shows up in your inventory list.

When you begin looking for players to put down their signature, open up your inventory and right click on the charter, then click “Request Signature.” When you do that, the other player gets a pop-up box asking them to sign the charter. Make sure that you know who is signing your charter. If you ask some random player to sign and then he goes on to join another guild before you’ve registered yours, you’ll have to begin the whole process over again.

Once you do manage to get all your signatures, quickly head back to the Guild Master and right-click on him. You’ll be presented with the option to register your guild charter at that point. Once you’ve successfully registered the charter, you will become an official World of Warcraft guild.

One thing to be aware of is that you can’t just pop in anything as your guild name and expect it to be accepted. Certain restrictions have been placed on guild names. Some of these range from the litigious-inspired restrictions that won’t allow you to infringe on any company’s copyrighted trademark to the somewhat silly, like not allowing you to incorporate famous names into your guild name. In addition, don’t even think about using something ethnically or racially offensive and, it should go without saying, anything deemed sexually or otherwise vulgar or profane.

Author: Matt Garrett © 2007 http://www.WoWGuide.org

Increasing Guild Points

Creating a guild has great advantages for players in Atlantica. You will have alot of people to quest or grind with making Atlantica one of the most community friendly games i have ever played. With a guild you can create crafting jobs that when completed can be shared to all the guild members. For example: crafting a ton of potions would help the guild heal or recover mana and save their money that way. Potions is just a simple example of what types of jobs you can craft for the guild. There are much more rewarding benefits and crafting jobs available.

Everytime you complete a crafting job gain some guild points which is essential to your guilds growth and levels. There are TWO main ways to gather guild points for the guild. I will start with the first one as you don’t have a choice in the other option in the beginning until you obtain a town as that is the goal. A minor way to get some easy guild points is to have your members not log off the game when they are done playing! You get guild points for people being online and active.

Guild Quests!

These are important to purchase early on especially when a guild is first created as the first few days are very crucial of your growth and success of your guild. You can start a guild quest by purchasing a Managers Scroll from the market. Once again there are levels of Manager Scrolls that you can purchase (Beg, Int, Adv). You can right click these scrolls and get a guild quest and you complete them like you would any other quest, once you complete it you will automatically get the guild points and experience or gold that might have come along with the quest.

Once you get enough points you will be able to gain more levels to your guild and be able to recruit more members. I would encourage members to do 3-4 guild quests a day (they don’t take too long). Your main goal when starting your guild is to get that TOWN! I would recommend that you save at least 3k-3.5k guild points before you make a bid on a town. Don’t worry too much about what town you get in the beginning although a popular town would be awesome but would have more competition. Once you have the town you can save up to contest other higher level ones.

Town Quests + Buildings!

Once you have taken control of a town you have the ability to complete town quests which in my opinion are a little tougher than normal guild quests. The degree of difficulty also depends on what level you are also. I have found town quests to be a little more convenient to do though. To start a town quest you must have a Manager Scroll just like with guild quests. Just right click.

Helpful tip when doing guild, town, or normal quests: Particularly in town quests and guild quests and in some cases normal quests you will be asked to kill monsters that you have no idea of where they might be. Unless you someone that likes to explore and do less grinding then you will get a little frustrated. Share Monster INFO! if you have enough Will then ask your guild or ask friends to share the info for the monster if they have it. If you can get 3 parts of information on a single monster you can directly teleport to it or automove if you choose. This will save you tons of time when you want to get quests done quickly and do less frantic searching.

Town Buildings!

You can also get a bunch of guild points by starting and completing town buildings. But just like crafting a job with the guild your guild members must be active to complete the job. After every battle you will complete a portion of certain jobs or buildings by a certain amount depending on level and what level monsters being defeated.