Increase guild fees tenfold
Ok folks.
Given the hostility here I should probably clarify a few things.
I don't think you personally suck, nor do I really think your guilds are worthless.
Well, some of you anyway :P
As for the 2K per month, it would seem that is too much.
The figure came from me thinking 'Ok, what would be a good figure that would make people have to sacrifice a little, but not a lot to be in a guild. I also wanted it to naturally remove inactives from a guild.
An alternative to that then?
Well, how about what Ashiwi suggested?
Have guildhalls and guild chests, perhaps even outposts and portals, but have them have an initial cost, as well as a maintenance fee.
Have a flat 10K a month fee for the guildhall. Have each room in the guildhall cost 1K plat per month, a chest cost 2K plat per month, etc etc.
So when totalled up it means guilds can have the most luxurious of facilities, but it would cost them a hefty fee each month.
There would have to be a multiplier based on guild size though.
1.5 for 26+, 0.8 for < 15, or something like that.
This would also create a cash sink, which is a good thing for the mud too.
Anyway, I'll stop typing so you lot can get back to posting how much of an idiot I am.
Given the hostility here I should probably clarify a few things.
I don't think you personally suck, nor do I really think your guilds are worthless.
Well, some of you anyway :P
As for the 2K per month, it would seem that is too much.
The figure came from me thinking 'Ok, what would be a good figure that would make people have to sacrifice a little, but not a lot to be in a guild. I also wanted it to naturally remove inactives from a guild.
An alternative to that then?
Well, how about what Ashiwi suggested?
Have guildhalls and guild chests, perhaps even outposts and portals, but have them have an initial cost, as well as a maintenance fee.
Have a flat 10K a month fee for the guildhall. Have each room in the guildhall cost 1K plat per month, a chest cost 2K plat per month, etc etc.
So when totalled up it means guilds can have the most luxurious of facilities, but it would cost them a hefty fee each month.
There would have to be a multiplier based on guild size though.
1.5 for 26+, 0.8 for < 15, or something like that.
This would also create a cash sink, which is a good thing for the mud too.
Anyway, I'll stop typing so you lot can get back to posting how much of an idiot I am.
For far too long the working class mudder has been oppressed by his elitest brother! They took the eq. They took the money. They took the power. And more importantly they took your livlihood!. Now, the man wants to take your last resource, your last means of survival, your last ounce of pride! To this brothers and sisters, I say NO!
We still not stand idely by and let them tax us to the extremes. We will not allow this force of oppression and tyrany move in and take our hard earned platinums! There must be equality. There must be justice!
So, I say you, brothers and sisters, we must rise up and propose the most fair method of taxing guild members and all individuals for the sake of equality. We must impose a progressive tax program. Each individual taxed according to his or her earnings and according to his or her abilities. No longer will the man take 25 p from the poor dwarf with the wooden sword! You ever seen a dwarf cry? I have. And let me tell you, I still have trouble sleeping at night.
In conclusion, vote progressive tax rates for 2004 and together we will make the mud a more fair, more entertaining, and more loving place. God bless you and your guilds!
Now I feel better.
We still not stand idely by and let them tax us to the extremes. We will not allow this force of oppression and tyrany move in and take our hard earned platinums! There must be equality. There must be justice!
So, I say you, brothers and sisters, we must rise up and propose the most fair method of taxing guild members and all individuals for the sake of equality. We must impose a progressive tax program. Each individual taxed according to his or her earnings and according to his or her abilities. No longer will the man take 25 p from the poor dwarf with the wooden sword! You ever seen a dwarf cry? I have. And let me tell you, I still have trouble sleeping at night.
In conclusion, vote progressive tax rates for 2004 and together we will make the mud a more fair, more entertaining, and more loving place. God bless you and your guilds!
Now I feel better.
Mitharx wrote:For far too long the working class mudder has been oppressed by his elitest brother! They took the eq. They took the money. They took the power. And more importantly they took your livlihood!. Now, the man wants to take your last resource, your last means of survival, your last ounce of pride! To this brothers and sisters, I say NO!
We still not stand idely by and let them tax us to the extremes. We will not allow this force of oppression and tyrany move in and take our hard earned platinums! There must be equality. There must be justice!
So, I say you, brothers and sisters, we must rise up and propose the most fair method of taxing guild members and all individuals for the sake of equality. We must impose a progressive tax program. Each individual taxed according to his or her earnings and according to his or her abilities. No longer will the man take 25 p from the poor dwarf with the wooden sword! You ever seen a dwarf cry? I have. And let me tell you, I still have trouble sleeping at night.
In conclusion, vote progressive tax rates for 2004 and together we will make the mud a more fair, more entertaining, and more loving place. God bless you and your guilds!
Now I feel better.
Wait till they start offshoring guilds. ;)
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I dislike the idea cause it raises the notion that in order to be successful you need to be in a guild. Yesl, if you're in the some guilds, you can get things handed to you, learn all the quests, get stuff that is simply impossible to get otherwise (fire embody as an example). But wait, is this being successful?
I'm not going to lie and say that at present you will frequently zone in the best areas if you're not guilded. That's regretable but true. However, this will only be worsened if this idea of strengthening zoning guilds is carried out.
Irta
I'm not going to lie and say that at present you will frequently zone in the best areas if you're not guilded. That's regretable but true. However, this will only be worsened if this idea of strengthening zoning guilds is carried out.
Irta
I think that you have a very distorted idea of what a guild is or should be Irta. A guild is a brotherhood/sisterhood of people who you are friends with. Who you can chat with about anything mudrelated or not. yeah you do get eq handed to you sometimes, but you also hand eq back maybe not right away but it's something that goes around if you want to you can look at it as "trading". All i'm saying is a successful guild isn't just a group who someone joins to get eq, learn quests, and get stuff like fire embody, but rather it's a group of friends. And no you don't have to be in a guild to zone, you just have to be competent and pay attention. Maybe you had a bad guild expirience or something i'm not sure but you're view of what a guild is vs. i think, most peoples is different.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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While I don't agree with Stammers method, I don't mind the idea. I like the idea of less guilds in favor of full guilds with active members. However, I don't think raising guild fee's is the best way to do it. Instead, lets have a system where if the guilds total ptime is not greater than a certain number per month, the guild is removed. This way you could have newbie guilds, chating guilds,questing guilds and what not. Therefore it wouldn't matter if your guild was zoning and earning plats or not, just being there would be good enough. I have, in the past, played muds that keep track of players ptime in the guild. Everyone could see when others in the guild played last and how much they have been playing. The timer could be taken from the players logged into the ACC channel perhaps.
I guess the argument could be made that people will just idle endlessly to make sure their guild stays. Who cares though :), at least they care enough to keep the guild from being deleted!
As a side note, if I wasn't in a guild that is full of pleasant people to talk to and keep things interesting; I'm sure I would have stopped mudding long ago. Guilds keep mudding fresh and exciting, I personally believe everybody who is ACTIVE should be in a guild. In essence, active guilds keep players coming back for more. Innactive guilds would probably dishearten their active players leading to less playtime. I mean, if I was in a guild that I only saw about 4 people on every two days I wouldn't play near as much.
Also, I love the idea of guildhalls, but what would happen to 1w! heheh
Ulnd Goldhammer
I guess the argument could be made that people will just idle endlessly to make sure their guild stays. Who cares though :), at least they care enough to keep the guild from being deleted!
As a side note, if I wasn't in a guild that is full of pleasant people to talk to and keep things interesting; I'm sure I would have stopped mudding long ago. Guilds keep mudding fresh and exciting, I personally believe everybody who is ACTIVE should be in a guild. In essence, active guilds keep players coming back for more. Innactive guilds would probably dishearten their active players leading to less playtime. I mean, if I was in a guild that I only saw about 4 people on every two days I wouldn't play near as much.
Also, I love the idea of guildhalls, but what would happen to 1w! heheh
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Stamm, i belong to one of your so called dead guilds. heres something for you. dont like us then stay away from us. all you've done here is shown y i dont read this bbs anymore. Gods need to stop childern and there ideas of being great from even getitng on here. this post was uncalled for and you have no reason to speak about another person guild or their ppl in them. ahh hell with it.
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I my opinion, There should be all types of guilds. Guilds should fit the people in them first. Then a mold forms from that and then you have room for players fiting the guild. Raising guild fees would really irriate some people. What I would suggest is more on the lines of guild level.
A guild starts out small with a max of 15 players with the current fees.
Once you step above 15 up to 20 then fees increase another 5k per month or what ever it is now. once you break the 20 player mold then there is room for something along the idea of Stamm's Idea. I do think that things such as guild halls should have high costs. This way you give the guild a flexable mold to form itself. A hard mold will only kill the mud.
Items such as guild halls and things of the like should however have high costs but be available to all.
As far as a tight knit community... Toril is great. It offers the ideal variety of players. You have all kinds of players from powergamers to casual players. If you form the mud to one you kill the other. That isn't what we need here with the player base as is. Toril is already a pretty unforgiving mud. No need to make it worse.
A guild starts out small with a max of 15 players with the current fees.
Once you step above 15 up to 20 then fees increase another 5k per month or what ever it is now. once you break the 20 player mold then there is room for something along the idea of Stamm's Idea. I do think that things such as guild halls should have high costs. This way you give the guild a flexable mold to form itself. A hard mold will only kill the mud.
Items such as guild halls and things of the like should however have high costs but be available to all.
As far as a tight knit community... Toril is great. It offers the ideal variety of players. You have all kinds of players from powergamers to casual players. If you form the mud to one you kill the other. That isn't what we need here with the player base as is. Toril is already a pretty unforgiving mud. No need to make it worse.
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Snurgt wrote:Stamm wrote:SoI would continue to prosper, but would almost certainly lose it's place as the indisputed 'best' guild.
CAN I JOIN THE "INDISPUTED" 'BEST' GUILD EVAR!!!1!1!!ONEONE
0MG, y3@h d00d! My guild only did weak stuff like being the 1st, 2nd (and I think also 3rd) group to finish BC! But the ""INDISPUTED" 'BEST' GUILD EVAR!!!1!1!!ONEONE" has l33t people like Stamm The Man who can easily get 2k plat a month! That is, like, 30x more l33t3r d00d!
We should hella disband all our guilds with the history of doing weak things!
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Xisiqomelir wrote:0MG, y3@h d00d! My guild only did weak stuff like being the 1st, 2nd (and I think also 3rd) group to finish BC! But the ""INDISPUTED" 'BEST' GUILD EVAR!!!1!1!!ONEONE" has l33t people like Stamm The Man who can easily get 2k plat a month! That is, like, 30x more l33t3r d00d!
We should hella disband all our guilds with the history of doing weak things!
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Xisiqomelir wrote:Snurgt wrote:Stamm wrote:SoI would continue to prosper, but would almost certainly lose it's place as the indisputed 'best' guild.
CAN I JOIN THE "INDISPUTED" 'BEST' GUILD EVAR!!!1!1!!ONEONE
0MG, y3@h d00d! My guild only did weak stuff like being the 1st, 2nd (and I think also 3rd) group to finish BC! But the ""INDISPUTED" 'BEST' GUILD EVAR!!!1!1!!ONEONE" has l33t people like Stamm The Man who can easily get 2k plat a month! That is, like, 30x more l33t3r d00d!
We should hella disband all our guilds with the history of doing weak things!
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