Guilds are for players, and created by players. If you can’t find any guilds on your server that you really like, or if running a guild sounds like something you’d enjoy, you can form your own. Of course before you do there’s a few things you’ll need to know before you get started.
One of the most important things you’ll need to understand is that running a guild can be challenging to get started, and stressful to operate. But running a fun guild full of people you like has it’s advantages, and can be very exciting.
The first thing you’ll need is to do is speak to a Guild Master in one of the major cities. You’ll need to ask how to start a guild, and pay the 10 silver for a guild charter, as well as decide on the name that you’d like to have for your guild.
The guild charter will be a page placed in your inventory that you’ll need to get 10 signatures on before your guild can be formed.
Ideally you should already have 9 other players ready to sign your charter, but if not you’ll simply need to find some. Something that works well is to offer 1g or 2g for people to sign it. It usually gets a few takers in a main city, and afterwards you can head down to one of the starting areas and find people that are just starting, the 1g or 2g will be a lot more to them.
After your guild charter is signed by yourself and 9 others, you’ll need to go back to the Guild Master to create your guild, and also your guild tabbard.
You’ll also now have access to the guild tab in the social screen. In the tab you’ll be able to change the names of member ranks, set the limits of what each rank is capable of doing, write daily messages and a lot more. The best way to get to know this area is to go there and check it out, it’s easy to understand.
But this is far from the end, it’s just the beginning of starting a guild. You’ll still need to set the limits/rules for your guild, recruit players, choose captains, remove bad players, set up events, and every once and a while enjoy the game, lol.
This is a very, very helpful tip. I am going to start my own guild thanks to you!
Cheeko Chiketo
February 24th, 2009