Guild Wars 2

Someone from ArenaNet really needs to explain the design logic behind the Server Based Guild Upgrades.

My guild recently transfered to a new server. (No not because of WvW, but because in the wake of recent events our server’s PvE population had dropped significantly and we wanted to go somewhere we could find a thriving community in Orr as well as leveling.) We already knew that we would lose all of our existing influence, because influence is bound to the server. What we did not realize that we would lose ALL of our existing upgrades.

I really want to know what kind of logic this has within a game that designed the guild system to not only be “multi-guild” but also be a “multi-server guild community”. With the whole “server based influence” thing, I always believed that each server could enhance the guild as a whole. I come to see that this is not the case and I am floored.

With the addition of guesting coming on Tuesday, I am curious as well to how influence and guild upgrades will work. If I guest on a friend’s server in order to play with them, will I be without my guild upgrades? Will I be building influence for my guild on the guesting server or my actual server?

TLDR: I am greatly disappointed with the current guild upgrade system. How is this system going to work in conjunction with guesting? My guess is that it will not work how the community wants it to. Am I wrong?

niwaar.5631:

Someone from ArenaNet really needs to explain the design logic behind the Server Based Guild Upgrades.

My guild recently transfered to a new server. (No not because of WvW, but because in the wake of recent events our server’s PvE population had dropped significantly and we wanted to go somewhere we could find a thriving community in Orr as well as leveling.) We already knew that we would lose all of our existing influence, because influence is bound to the server. What we did not realize that we would lose ALL of our existing upgrades.

I really want to know what kind of logic this has within a game that designed the guild system to not only be “multi-guild” but also be a “multi-server guild community”. With the whole “server based influence” thing, I always believed that each server could enhance the guild as a whole. I come to see that this is not the case and I am floored.

With the addition of guesting coming on Tuesday, I am curious as well to how influence and guild upgrades will work. If I guest on a friend’s server in order to play with them, will I be without my guild upgrades? Will I be building influence for my guild on the guesting server or my actual server?

TLDR: I am greatly disappointed with the current guild upgrade system. How is this system going to work in conjunction with guesting? My guess is that it will not work how the community wants it to. Am I wrong?

I ran into the same problem you did with the upgrades for my guild after transferring from Blackgate to Tarnished Coast. I never did understand why they made guilds multi-servered but didn’t allow the upgrades to be multi-server.

I can say, though, that your upgrades still exist on your previous server… if that is any consolation… lol.

But yea, I really wish they would reply to one of the 1000000000 threads asking for clarification on how guesting will work in relation to upgrades. In particular, will people be able to access guild banks while guesting?

Thinking about transferring but I don’t wanna lose my guild progress…