Guild Wars 2

This is probably going to sound strange to a lot of folks but I used to play WoW and paid the guild master over paypal as part of my membership.

I really enjoy gathering crafting mats and asked people in chat if there were any raiding guilds that were looking for someone who wanted to gather mats for them for free while they raided. I got a reply from someone who tried to convince me to raid but said he wasn’t interested otherwise. I offered to pay him a weekly membership fee, which took him by surprise I think because people usually do that for free. I belonged to his guild for 2 years, paid fees every week, and my guild mates mailed me orders that kept me busy which was exactly what I was looking for.

I think they all got a bit of a laugh out of the fact that I was paying and working for them for free but because it’s what I wanted out of the game, it was perfect for me. I quit playing wow because my computer was getting old but now I have a new one and picked up GW2. Also, paying was not a problem for me and in a sense made my membership feel official.

My question is, I don’t want to get booted for breaking any rules so I was wondering if arenanet has an policies against my paying a guild for membership. My old guild master billed me weekly, is it against arena net’s policies to bill someone for guild membership?

I do not believe that paying your guild leader a weekly fee is against any of ArenaNet’s rules.Actually since this is a social game and Guilds are like social clubs u can probably go anyway u want to.Most guilds don’t ask u to pay a fee(whether real money or in-game money) and i believe that the ones that do are pretty good.Personally this is the first time i am hearing this and it caught me by surprise a bit as well.I’d advise u though to get some payment for your work.I mean you are spending a part of your time farming mats for them…

I actually enjoy the farming part. there was some mutual benefit there that I WANTED to farm and they wanted to raid. I’m still more than happy to gather for free but pay to stay.

Assuming it is okay, I’d like to work out a long term deal with someone who has a guild. I’m currently leveling but I’ll gladly pay membership fees until I’ve hit the level cap and then start farming.

I will send you a list of materials I need farmed.

That being said there isn’t traditional raiding in GW2 like there was in WoW. So you may want to try at least a couple of the activities in the game before you say you aren’t interested in them. Also some Guilds do charge a Membership fee, so there should be no issues if you want to pay someone to be a member.

I can’t respond to your PM RagingDragon – I have a new account and have to wait a couple of days but will be in contact.