Our guild, AFK, has been constantly hovering around 490 to 500 members since launch. Because of substantial reserves built up by current and former members we have an initial 5,100G store fee.
Failure to deposit within your first three days will result in probation and then removal. Information on our guild is below, so if we line up with a guild of which you want to be a part, join us via signing the topic below.
We generally focus on areas that do not require an exorbitant fee to get a trader. The reason is to keep more gold in our members' pockets by not requiring recurring fees.
PS4 Community (Message boards for guild) AFK Guild (ESO)
Member Perks:
1. Guild artisans listing of trusted crafters with all traits, most motifs
2. Secured guild assets (have never, and will never, have a bank thief)
3. Guild has been in existence since week three of launch with the same active and ethical guild leader who has an excellent reputation as a fair and trustworthy person.
Our model was formerly a no trader fee guild that relied for six months on member contributions and guildleader funding. For a few months in 2015 we switched to a hybrid premium/free setup that alternated traders weekly but that did not work out as well as hoped. AFK has since retained a no-weekly-fee model (other than the initial fee to be fair to existing members who have paid in over the months) until server shut down or a potential guild dissolution way down the road.
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*New members deposit 5,100G upon joining AFK to access the traders, internal store and ancillary guild services.
What do I have to do as a member?
We have only two recurring requirements to remain in AFK:
A- Buy or sell via the guild store (frequently but by no means exclusively).
B- Read the message of the day "MOTD" in the guild interface menu to follow quarterly inactivity checks (deposit a de minimis amount of gold (less than 10G) to establish active members vs. inactive members) as well as check your roster rank quarterly to ensure you are not on probation for failure to comply (or if I missed your deposit.)
This way proceeds are going back to the reserve so we can continue to bid effectively on a trader each week. I remove those taking up space and open spots on a quarterly basis to free up spots for those actively participating and capitalizing on our guild's synergy. Those removed members will need to repay the 5,100G to the guild bank as if they were a new member because they weren't contributing towards traders by the guild's cut on sales.
C About the guild leader:
I realize there is a custodian nature in running a guild and I have run several guilds in the past as a treasurer or quartermaster in Everquest, WoW, and a few text-based MUDs. I am also a currently licensed CPA in public accounting and my intent for forming this was to grow a giant network in which players could buy, sell, trade and prosper. With no intention of taking advantage of people, the day an auction house is put in this game then we will distribute residual funds to remaining members. I have a second account which sells items from the guild bank and deposits the proceeds back into the guild bank so that the guild's assets and my personal assets are not co-mingled. I do stack from time to time if we are near the 500 guild bank item limit.
Finally, I am frequently personally thanked via PSN/in-game mail messages by several of AFK's awesome members for being a great GM/GL an/or how much they enjoy the guild.We have had dozens of members join and stay since launch in June 2015. Returning ESO players reach out to me for an invite back (and are invited so long as we have room) after finding they were removed while playing FO4 and other games.
You may respond to this thread for you and your friends to join the queue for invites. Invitations go out on a first in, first out basis. Thank you for your interest!
Edited by Seepuh on 2 May 2017 01:12 PSN: Seepuh
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