Guild Wars 2

Clearly, scaling upgrade requirements would be abused (create a small guild, upgrade for cheap, add 500 members), so I present to you:

Guild Locking!

You can lock your guild at any time, which limits the number of new members you can add to 5 (i.e. a 10 person guild can now have a max of 15 members). You can pay mats/gold/other currency to add more maximum members or unlock the guild. Cost to add/unlock would be based on how many upgrades you have built and how many extra member slots you want. A locked guild allows scaled upgrade requirements, based on guild size.

Edit: lol the topic posted before I was done.

an guild hall costs are all ready set when you register your guild you start with low members. after that i think it goes up at 50 an so on. once maxed to 500 nothing to worry on

Or, you could do the upgrades at a slower rate and take advantage of cheaper mat prices next year. Suggesting waiting or being patient is unpopular I realize, but none of this is that difficult to begin with.

Omne.4603:

Or, you could do the upgrades at a slower rate and take advantage of cheaper mat prices next year. Suggesting waiting or being patient is unpopular I realize, but none of this is that difficult to begin with.

Even with lower prices, it’s still a huge amount for a small five person guild. Farming is also a current option, but there is opportunity cost associated with spending the mats rather than selling them, and it’s a lot of work for few people. Also, patience is great, but telling a small guild to wait a year to catch up to large guilds is not great. Guild halls are a big feature of HoT and the upgrading process should be enjoyable, not overwhelming.

If what the high costs are supposed to do is make the upgrades take more time,
then just add a timer (like influence upgrades had before) and thats it.
Lower costs, but wait some time until it is upgraded.
That’s the best way for it to work the same way for small and big guild.