Guild Wars 2

First, we’d need to define “inactive” and “dead.” I believe that if the guild were to be totally disbanded, the name may become available for use by another guild. I am not sure about that, but such is my assumption. However, please keep in mind that general member inactivity would not result in automatic availability of the guild name because we do not have a policy that prompts us to disband a guild simply because the members become inactive.

I hear from people all the time who step away from Guild Wars (or even Guild Wars 2) and come back some months later. For that reason, we do not have a process for doing any sort of system purge that removes characters and/or guilds.

RoyHarmon.5398:

omphin.1752:

Is it possible to claim an unused Guild name? I have been trying to create a guild with the name “Omega Squad” and i have never seen a guild with that name on the server (desolation) so my question is. After a time if a guild becomes inactive or dead, can the name come up again for people like me to claim it?

I think it’s important to point out that there is only one (1) Omega Squad guild in the entire game, across all servers. The fact that you have never seen it on your server doesn’t mean that it’s inactive at all; it could be active on any— or every— other server. That way, the same guild can have members on multiple servers.

Thank you Roy. That’s a comment I meant to include, and you’re absolutely right. Acronyms/handles can be shared — there may be several WIN guilds — but the actual guild name is unique.