03-13-2005, 07:02 PM
some pointers:
1: The people to be active yet willing to hang around the same level. With 10 people (even 20) it's hard to find people around your own level in the guild if people play at their own pace (be it fast or slow). Not much use if all your tanks are level 15 when you want to do a level 40 instance. If you're only interested in truly partying at level 60, ignore this.
2: more Tradeskillers and gathering specialising people. If a guild is to be 100% self sustaining (in the way of having a master crafter), it needs people to collect the goods. Also, it can get quite tough without proper organization to get Resources 6A,2D,2Q processed by Person B so Warriors C and R can have their brand new axes for an entire guild. Also note that a Tradeskiller normally barely has enough resources to make his own gear. If he has to supply the entire guild, the guild has to supply him, and to do that, you're going to need a few miner/skinners and miner/herbalists. If people all take processing skills (miner/blacksmith, for one), there won't be a large ammount left for the master tradeskiller. This especially counts for the rarer components like Elemental fire, moss agate and thorium bars and the like.
I myself currently am a guildmaster and although there is some traffic in raw material, we are far from self-sustaining. It's more like doing guilmembers a favor now and then.
Hope these pointers help.
1: The people to be active yet willing to hang around the same level. With 10 people (even 20) it's hard to find people around your own level in the guild if people play at their own pace (be it fast or slow). Not much use if all your tanks are level 15 when you want to do a level 40 instance. If you're only interested in truly partying at level 60, ignore this.
2: more Tradeskillers and gathering specialising people. If a guild is to be 100% self sustaining (in the way of having a master crafter), it needs people to collect the goods. Also, it can get quite tough without proper organization to get Resources 6A,2D,2Q processed by Person B so Warriors C and R can have their brand new axes for an entire guild. Also note that a Tradeskiller normally barely has enough resources to make his own gear. If he has to supply the entire guild, the guild has to supply him, and to do that, you're going to need a few miner/skinners and miner/herbalists. If people all take processing skills (miner/blacksmith, for one), there won't be a large ammount left for the master tradeskiller. This especially counts for the rarer components like Elemental fire, moss agate and thorium bars and the like.
I myself currently am a guildmaster and although there is some traffic in raw material, we are far from self-sustaining. It's more like doing guilmembers a favor now and then.
Hope these pointers help.
Former www.diablo2.com webmaster.
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When beset by doubt,
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When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.