Guild
From Guild Wars 2 Wiki
“Guilds are a great way to connect to a community. Members have many ways to communicate in the game, website, and from mobile devices
Guilds can also earn influence to purchase upgrades such as leveling bonuses, shared item vaults and the ability to throw parties
You may join a guild or start your own!— Guild interface[1]
Guilds are formal groupings of players that enable players to play together more effectively and reward them for doing so.
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[edit] Creation
As of the April 2012 beta weekend event, guilds can be created for zero cost through the guild panel by opening the guild panel, clicking the "Create Guild" button and entering a guild name and guild tag.
Guild creation can also be done by speaking with a guild registrar NPC.
[edit] Membership
Characters can belong to multiple guilds, but can only represent one guild at any given time. To change the guild being represented, select the desired guild and click the "represent" button on the guild panel. Guild features, such as chat, are only available for the guild currently being represented.
Guild membership is account-wide – if a player is a member of a guild, all the characters on that account will be able to represent that guild. Characters will not represent any guilds by default.
Guilds exist across servers and guild chat works across servers.
As of the April 2012 beta guilds can contain up to 100 members, although it was stated that the limit will be larger than the GW1 limit, if there is any limit at all.[2]
[edit] Rewards
Influence is earned when members represent the guild and take part in activities. Members that take part in activities together will earn more influence than those playing separately. Accrued influence can be used to purchase guild upgrades from the following categories:
[edit] Member Ranking
Guild members can be organized into ranks – effectively groups with set permissions. When a guild is first created, "Leader", "Officer" and "Member" ranks are created automatically with the following permissions:
| Permission | Leader | Officer | Member |
| Edit Ranks | 1 | 0
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| Edit Guild Emblem | 1 | 0
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| Claim/Unclaim WvW Forts | 1 | 0
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| Queue Upgrades | 1 | 0
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| Modify Upgrade In Progress | 1 | 0
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| Activate Built Upgrades | 1 | 0
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| Admin Lower Ranks | 1 | 0
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| Edit Message of the Day | 1 | 0
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| Display Guild Emblem | 1 | 1
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| Guild Stash Deposit | 1 | 0
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| Guild Stash Withdraw | 1 | 0
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| Treasure Trove Deposit | 1 | 0
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| Treasure Trove Withdraw | 1 | 0
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| New Members Here1 | 0 | 0 | 1
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1 – the "New Members Here" permission determines which rank new members will be assigned.
Additional ranks can be created with customized names and permissions.
To assign a user to a rank, right-click their name on the guild roster and select the desired rank.
[edit] Storage
Guild storage is unlocked through spending influence on architecture upgrades. There are three tiers of guild storage for a total of up to 250 item slots:
- Guild Stash – 50 slots
- Guild Treasure Trove – additional 100 slots
- Deep Cave – additional 100 slots
Once guild storage has been built, players who have the appropriate rank in their guild can access it by speaking with a guild banker NPC.
[edit] World versus World
Main article: World versus World#Guilds
Guilds participating in World versus World are able to claim objectives, have their banner displayed on those objectives, and benefit from bonuses purchased using influence. More information is available on the World versus World article.
[edit] Guild emblem
The emblem consists of a 2-color foreground symbol overlaid onto a 1 color background symbol. The colors for each can be selected from a small set of available colors. This emblem will be engraved on guild armor and weapons.
To create your own guild emblem you need to spend guild influence to research the 'Guild Emblem Template' after first reaching level 1 in the Politics category, then go to a (Guild registrar) in any main city to design it.
[edit] Extended experience
Out-of-game support for guilds is planned, with a guild calendar allowing guilds to coordinate events across timezones, guild chat accessible from web browsers, and smartphone apps that will be available for free. [3]
[edit] Notes
- Guild Halls will not be included in the initial release of Guild Wars 2.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Präsentation von Guild Wars 2 Gamescom 2011, Youtube
- ^ Interview With Braden Shosa Gamescom 2011 Team Legacy
- ^ Guild Wars 2 Will Extend Into Apple and Android Apps, TomsHardware
- ^ Martin Kerstein on guild halls Guild Wars 2 Guru
