The recent news from Blizzard about the increased importance of guilds in came has bought some other great new features to the forefront.
WoW progression in other areas such as levelling and instance runs has had a lot of love from the developers over the years. It’s about time the social aspect of guilds was overhauled.
It’s pretty fundamental. It’s a massive overhaul in the way guilds work and the whole dynamic of social play. Though it’s too early to be certain, it looks like very good news indeed.
Logging on for the first time after patch 4.0 the first changes you might notice is a whole new GUI for guilds. Now showing your guilds progress through the instances, and its proud new showcase of guild achievements. (And the achievement points that will go with them).
The famous guilds such as WoW Defiance and WoW Relentless are well known for having realm firsts. But only because they tell us. But what about all the other guilds with legendary atonements and realm firsts? Well from Cataclysm they will be prominently displayed on a guild ticker for all members to see. A sort of live CSS feed of events.
One area that I was particularly pleased to see was a system of bonus payments from loots being paid directly into the guild bank. I don’t know about you, but paying my 5g a day does get a little irksome. So this new system will stop that. You can allocate guild “talent points3 to a loot bonus that will increase the value and amount of loot you get, but this “extra” will be credited straight into your guild bank. Leaving you with the same amount you would always have had.
The way guilds deal with professions is also due to change. Every member will have a permanent link to their profession in the guild tab for all other members to see (and link to if needed). No more shouts and whispers “Can someone link me …” It will all be there.
Their are even achievements for guilds that have maxxed out all professions. These additions to WoW progression make welcome news. It shows that both social gaming is being taken seriously, and that Blizzard is looking carefully at the current balance of professions in game. If WoW’s ascent is to last this is an issue that needed to be addressed.
Good news all round for the player then.
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