Do the guilds need to be upgraded???

[Matadair]

The guilds designs, moderator panels, member lists and some other things could use an upgrade. The guilds designs are old. You know??? And the moderator panels could use use some more than just invites, settings, and thing like that

What do you think???  

[Bestmom]

I still feel they need to let the guild funds be used for more than just making subforum's, just how many could one guild need?  

[evilbrainbabies]

I think they need to fix the moderator panel before they decide to redesign anything... Such as the update log not.. logging. I made several changes and most of which haven't been updated in the log since December, some from back in October. That seems a little more rational to me than changing some.."look" like it's Vista for the poorly coded website.

As for the guild gold.. I somewhat agree. The problem is that the captain/vice captain(s) could use that all they want for... anything they want. Such choices do not always lead to good things down the line. Such as skimming off the top or upping the price to join a guild. So what is to prevent these things? How is Gaia to know that won't happen? In my opinion, I think the guild donations need to be stopped altogether and only allow the captains put in subforums with the use of there own money or the gained value from entering members that give in there automatic donation of the x gold. Seems like a more wise choice to me.  

[Matadair]

Good point. Ben229 and I seem to be thinking alike, as of now.  

[shall she sail seas]

evilbrainbabies

As for the guild gold.. I somewhat agree. The problem is that the captain/vice captain(s) could use that all they want for... anything they want. Such choices do not always lead to good things down the line. Such as skimming off the top or upping the price to join a guild. So what is to prevent these things? How is Gaia to know that won't happen? In my opinion, I think the guild donations need to be stopped altogether and only allow the captains put in subforums with the use of there own money or the gained value from entering members that give in there automatic donation of the x gold. Seems like a more wise choice to me.

Not so much stopped together as having an option to stop or allow donations at will. In terms of presentation, it'd just be a little checkbox saying "Do you want your guild to receive donations?" Of course the coding would be more complex than that.

As for going more in-depth into donations for contests and other events where there might be suspicions of dishonesty, I personally went around that by creating a subforum in my own guild specifying that all screenshots of guild-related trades would be placed there. I don't know if it's possible to create a system that forces crew to distribute guild prizes with full transparency to the members. It'd take out some of the surprise factor anyway... Secret Santa would no longer exist, for example.  

[Pilotslover]

But Secret Santa is the most awesome part of having a guild! It's always fun to find out what people choose for each other.

That guilds need a new way to spend gold is undeniable though.  

[shall she sail seas]

Pilotslover

But Secret Santa is the most awesome part of having a guild! It's always fun to find out what people choose for each other.

That guilds need a new way to spend gold is undeniable though.

You seem to have missed the tone of my post. I meant that such a system is already difficult to implement, and it would take out the joy of Secret Santa. sweatdrop  

[Pilotslover]

Meh. I didn't think the system was a good idea. XD

I've already covered everything I want to see for the guilds in the threads at the top of the page, top of which is PAID for mass PM's.  

[Real Magick]

I agree that the treasury should not be "open", thus allowing the crew to withdraw pure gold from it and use it for whatever they want. Instead, it should be directly linked to specific features, as it is now for the subforums. Thus, the money would come directly from the treasury, and never enter the crew's hands as pure gold.

One suggestion would be, as many have mentioned, a Guildhouse. The original house should be free, as Gaia Homes are, but funds could be used to furnish the place and purchase any further extensions. Where there is already an option to use Gaia Cash in The Faktori, another could be added to use Guild Credit. Unique guild-only furniture items would be nice too.

The buying of new features would be ideal, as well. Layout designs, changing titles (from "Captain" to "Supreme Overlord", for example smile ), and such would really help each Guild build its own unique atmosphere, which in turn might help recruitment and member participation.

Money for contests, giveaways, and other such things should come from the crew and/or members themselves, and not through the treasury. This is why it's usually a good idea to have a Guild Mule (like me!). Yes, you still have to be wary of whoever controls the mule using the cash for whatever they please, but really, that's the way of life. You just need to make sure you can trust the person.  

[-F4-OwlyGanNi-]

i suggest in the moderator panel, it will allow us to see our member's IP adress. just to help us track of possible scamers and to avoid mules getting into our guild it will be useful for protection ^_^  

[LillianSaire]

I think IP stuff would be risky for Gaia. They might have to work harder to get IP bans to work, or it could be a privacy issue.  

[shall she sail seas]

@ -F4-OwlyGanNi- & LillianSaire:
IP banning isn't all that effective. If a troublesome member has the knowledge and/or determination, they could easily change their IP with a router or a website that masks their real IP... and these are only methods that I personally know of. There might be more out there.  

[XenjinHattori]

I don't think we have the right to ban people from guilds with IP Addresses. Banning should be left the the Admins. Not only that, IP addresses provide too much information to Guild Crew and such, information that some people do not wish to provide. I think it would do more harm than good.  

[Silent elf]

i wonder when there going to launch the new stuff smile