Longevity Guild Bonus

[Quetzacoala]

Every day I notice another no named guild making level 90 or so and it got me to thinking. I am the guild leader of a guild that has been around since the beginning. Now, I am sure that Billy Bob’s Bigbutt BBQ is a great guild and all. I am also sure that the week they have been playing is awesome! The reality is that the guilds that have been around for a long time are getting penalized. A lot of us formed a group out of people that come and go throughout the years so we do hold a level of inactive members. Because of that most of the older guilds are left to go back and forth over the same level. How about a longevity bonus to guilds who have been around awhile and have members that have been around as well? I would suggest a similar bonus that have been applied to small guilds also be applied to guilds based on longevity regardless of size.

You should be happy for the other guilds that are achieving level 90; regardless of whether you think they deserve it or not, they obviously put in the work required to reach that level.

[samthedagger]

This is not a bad idea. I would think a 1% bonus per month of guild existence being knocked off the guild decay rate would probably be fine and perhaps cap the guild decay rate to a minimum of 50%. So if your guild is around for four years, you get half the guild decay of a brand new guild. I think this would encourage guilds to stay more active too because the longer they are in the guild, the longer their earned renown stays around and the easier it gets to level. I really empathize with the fact that it seems only small guilds with hyper-active players get the big ships. I am in a medium-sized guild and we've been stuck at 73-74 for about a month. We got up to level 60 pretty quickly then adopted a slightly more strict policy about inactivity because we couldn't get past it. Still, it has taken nearly a year to get from 60 to 73-74. We have a small number of highly active players who log every day then we have quite a few more casual players. It would be nice if we weren't penalized so much for being a "nice" guild.

[djl]

I support this.

Another big problem is that say you have a group of friends you run with all the time. They decide they want to start up their own guild-- however there are seven of you. The way the renown formula is designed, you get the maximum bonus for having six people. Any beyond that and you lose 15% maximum bonus per person in addition to steadily rising decay penalties. So, one person ends up getting left out because the guild wants to maximize their bonuses. That's not fun.

[Xynot2]

I will NEVER put guild levels and amenities over guildies. We dont invite just anyone so the people we get, we want to keep. I cant believe all of the shallow people that value guild levels and a garbage buff over a person you enjoy playing with and will again when they return to the game. Everything on the ship is worthless compared to having fun in the game.

Shame on all of you

/signed X16- one fore every toon I have.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

I will NEVER put guild levels and amenities over guildies. We dont invite just anyone so the people we get, we want to keep. I cant believe all of the shallow people that value guild levels and a garbage buff over a person you enjoy playing with and will again when they return to the game. Everything on the ship is worthless compared to having fun in the game.

Shame on all of you

/signed X16- one fore every toon I have.

Glad to see someone tell it like it is!

We are quite happy to be where we are at. Low-Mid 60s and we earned it. It does take incredible organization to ensure your guild is getting every ounce of guild renown, and not getting swallowed by decay. We run a tight ship.

We run what we want to run, and we run together. Buffs and amenities are secondary in this guild as well. Guild camaraderie is where its at with us, and its great to see another guild that sees it the same way as we do!

[SFG-Wolfie]

You will note in my previous post and a few others also stated that guild comes before level/buffs/etc. I am very much about having a good core group of people with whom I enjoy playing the game. I disagree with the others who state just dump them but that is the way they want to run their guilds. I believe it would be a shame to throw someone out for any reason and the argument stated earlier about being able to log in each month is unreasonable. Regardless, the point is to provide those guilds who do stay loyal and have been around for a long time to receive a bonus for longevity. Maybe I am being selfish in this; we have beeen around since just after BETA. I do think this is a very good idea that Turbine would really benefit from by assisting the casual player and guilds would as well.

[Bilger]

I will NEVER put guild levels and amenities over guildies. We dont invite just anyone so the people we get, we want to keep. I cant believe all of the shallow people that value guild levels and a garbage buff over a person you enjoy playing with and will again when they return to the game. Everything on the ship is worthless compared to having fun in the game.

Shame on all of you

/signed X16- one fore every toon I have.

Couldn't of said it better.

I am part of a guild that has been around since almost day 1 of DDO (The Madborn) . We do not boot because been gone a month, a week , a whatever.

Being in a guild is more than just work(if it's work it's not a game and not fun) it is having a place to go and chill out with friends. (yes guildies can be friends). I enjoy running quests with my guildies and even have spent nights doing nothing but chatting about who knows what. That is what a guild is. IMO

Others consider gaming a job, or profession and treat guild life the same and may be there type of fun. Good for you and if that's the guild you are in and having fun then good. A guild is a place for like minded individuals and both ways are right if that's what fun is to you.

The one comment that got me in all these post was the military one. I did my time and know people who have done multiple tours and they have no way to get in touch with people during that time. Sometimes it's not possible to let everyone know and gaming probably isn't the top of there list.

To each there own and OP like the idea of a longevity bonus.

/signed

P.S. Bunk, Rian, Wolfie, and others of like minds +1 I totally agree with ya all.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

Every day I notice another no named guild making level 90 or so and it got me to thinking. I am the guild leader of a guild that has been around since the beginning. Now, I am sure that Billy Bob’s Bigbutt BBQ is a great guild and all. I am also sure that the week they have been playing is awesome! The reality is that the guilds that have been around for a long time are getting penalized. A lot of us formed a group out of people that come and go throughout the years so we do hold a level of inactive members. Because of that most of the older guilds are left to go back and forth over the same level. How about a longevity bonus to guilds who have been around awhile and have members that have been around as well? I would suggest a similar bonus that have been applied to small guilds also be applied to guilds based on longevity regardless of size.

Kudos! That's actually not a bad idea. Excellent in fact.