Posts Tagged ‘guild of one’

29
May

Are You In A Guild Of One?

   Posted by: WoWGrrl    in My Hunter, My Mage, My Priest, Warcraft Tips and Tricks, WoW Guilds, World of Warcraft

I’m in a Guild of One, and I’m wondering how many more there are out there who are like me.

If you used to be in a Guild of One but went back into a more social guild environment, how long did you stay in your Guild of One?


About My Guild Of One

After I left the raiding guild I got into back in February, I wandered around guildless for a little while but started to notice that guilded players were, on occasion, behaving oddly towards me as I did some fishing and questing in Zangarmarsh.

I started to wonder if, perhaps, these individuals were thinking that I was a Gold Farmer, and they were attempting to grief me as I played.

What type of griefing? Well, in less than two days of playing unguilded, I saw no less than four attempts to “train” a bunch of mobs onto me.

If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s the name given to the process of gathering up the aggro of a bunch of mobs and then running out of their battle range in such a way that when they go to run back to their reset spots, they run past a target player in battle. If done correctly, the mobs running back to reset will join into the battle with the target player. If the target player isn’t paying attention or is actually a bot with very little human guidance, this strategy can be used to kill a target player, whether they’re Alliance or Horde.

So, since I was dual-boxing and dragging my low-60s healing-spec’d Priest through her Zangarmarsh quests by my 70 Hunter with a lot more firepower, I figured the least I could do to avoid being griefed while I quest on my own would be to have a guild tag.

But I have non-social goals in World of Warcraft right now - wanting to do more video recording and video editting and PUGs with strangers… all things that will result in more writing in this blog, and more regular socializing out-of-game than in-game. And I don’t want to offend anyone with my lack of conversation in-game, which means to me I shouldn’t put myself into a social guild environment.

“Silence Is Golden” is born

The decision was made, and a guild name of Silence is Golden was selected. I picked up a Guild Charter in Orgrimmar and headed to the Auction House to buy some supplies.

10 minutes later, I rode into the Valley of Trials on my Black War Kodo, and my bags full of … more bags.

I advertised on the General line in Durotar that I was looking to buy Guild Charter signatures, and I offered 1g + a 10 slot bag in return for the signatures.

It took less than an hour to get all the signatures I needed, and the guild was formed in Orgrimmar to complete the cycle of creation.


Thank You, *boot*

I then headed to the mailbox and sent messages to each of the charter signers, thanking them for signing the charter, and letting them know the guild is not meant to be a “real guild”, and therefore that I wish them luck in their adventures on this realm.

I attached another two 10 slot bags or a couple of pieces of green equipment to each thank-you letter, and sent another 5g to each of them as well.

Then, when everyone was logged out the next morning when I logged in, I removed all but my own toons.

Benefits Of My Own Guild

If you’re feeling more social in-game than I am right now, you’d probably be wondering what benefits there are, other than having a guild tag, to belonging to a guild that is shared with nobody else on the game.

  • First, there’s that Gold Farmer issue - guildless players are viewed with more suspicion than guilded ones. Even though my guild name isn’t well known, the fact that I’m able to “get into a guild” (ha ha) seems to speak something on its own. The fact that other players won’t have had a poor experience with someone in my guild already will also give me more credibility for an odd reason.

  • Second, there’s the Guild Bank. A central place to store items shared by my toons - potions, elixirs, raw materials for professions and the likes - and an easy way to track Auction House profits and repair expenses on a regular basis. Plus, since I have two WoW accounts, I can use the Guild Bank to get past the one-hour mailing delay of items, yet still don’t have to dual-box to trade.

Not a whole lot of benefits, but since my play time is not going to be social time for the most part for the next little while, this serves me well.

Expect to see a whole whack of videos coming out soon!

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18
Nov

WoW Guild Banking FAQ (Patch 2.3)

   Posted by: WoWGrrl    in Adventures In Azeroth, Adventures In Outland

This just in from the Official WoW forums - NOT written by me, please see this post for the original writer, Evol from Chupathingy:

Why Guild Banks?

Guild Banks were introduced in patch 2.3 in order to help reduce the need for player created banks, and also to reduce the temptation for “account sharing” which sometimes happened with such a system.

Where are the Guild Banks?

The Guild Banks are accessible through Guild Vaults, located in or near the NPC bankers already in use.

How does the Guild Bank work?

The Guild Leader has rights to set permissions for the Guild Bank in the Guild Information tab. Permissions are set by rank, just like other permissions.

The Guild Leader can set the maximum amount of gold able to be withdrawn per day, and can individually set whether a rank can view or deposit to each tab available, as well as how many items or stacks per day a player can withdraw.

How many tabs are there, how much do they hold, and how much do they cost?

There are six tabs available for purchase, each with 98 slots. There is no need for bags. The cost is 100g for the first tab, and the cost increases with each additional tab (250g, 500g, 1000g, 2500g, 5000g)

Can I use the bank for guild repairs?

Yes. Repair NPCs now have a ‘pay for repairs from guild funds’ button available if your Guild Leader has set up permissions for you to be able to withdraw funds from the bank. You can use this to repair up to your daily withdrawal limit, if you have the permission set as such.

Is there a way to keep track of transactions?

Yes. In game, each tab keeps a log of the last 25 transactions, viewable when you visit the Guild Vault. In addition, the armory (www.wowarmory.com) shows the contents of each tab, and logs the last 1000 transactions.

When I try to set permissions, it keeps setting everyone to Guild Leader. How do I fix it?

Try logging in with no mods enabled to set your Guild Bank permissions. There is a bug in some mods (we haven’t narrowed down which yet) that doesn’t play well with the Blizzard UI when setting ranks and permissions. You can turn them back on once you’ve set your permissions.

Can I name the tab something other than Tab 1?

Indeed. Right-click on the tab icon, and you can set the name and icon for the tab (much like you do when creating a macro).

Can I move items from one tab to the other?

If you have sufficient permissions, you can move items from one tab to another, and it shows as such in the bank log file.

Why can’t I open my Guild Bank?

Assuming you have rights to view it, and are in the right place and clicking on the Guild Vault, some mods interfere with the Guild Bank UI. For example, if you are using dkpsystem.com, the older character profiler was named Guild Bank, which causes a conflict with the named Guild Bank in the game. In this case, a new mod was released with a different name (dkp profiler).

If you are having this problem, check to make sure none of your mods have Guild Bank in the name, and/or try disabling mods to locate the conflict or try turning all your mods off.

Do I need to use this Guild Bank?

Absolutely not. If you’ve already got a good banking system in place, or have never had a need for a guild bank, then there’s no reason you have to use this one simply because it’s in the game. However, if you do decide to use it, it is a convenient way to share items with your guild.

I don’t want the Guild Bank used for repair fees. How do I turn it off?

Set the amount of gold available to be withdrawn for each rank to 0.

Is there a way to set someone else up to run the Guild Bank other than the Guild Leader?

Not directly, though you can set a rank for them that has all of the permissions. The Guild Leader will still have to set permissions for ranks as well as purchase tabs.

How do I give a rank unlimited withdrawals of items or gold?

You can’t, technically. What you can do is set them up with a ridiculously high number of withdrawals (like 100000) for each tab plus gold withdrawals and it will achieve the same thing.

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