So Im the CoGM of a trader guild, Its a real pain. Here are some improvement ideas to make trader guilds a better experience for all.
1)
Auto-stack Guild Bank Items: Add it, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ADD IT ALREADY. thank you.
2)
Guild Sales: Allow Gm's and officers (If gm allows thru guild permission), to list Items on behalf of the guilds. With the proceeds being automagically added to the guild banks gold.
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Raffles: We trading guilds REALLY love our raffles. It would be cool to have a tab in the guild store for gm's and officers (Again permission allowing) to list a package(s) of items for a set time frame. Players then can purchase tickets (Ticket price chosen by the gm or officer listing the package) from that tab, proceeds deposited to guild bank and at the end of the time frame a winner is selected and the package is mailed out by the store itself. An option for the raffle to end at a set time frame or amount of tickets sold would also be cool. Raffles could also have an option to be open or closed to non members.
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Permission/Rank Vouchers: A large portion of the reason my job as CoGM sucks is having to take information from guild history and apply appropriate ranks and permissions from that information, for 495 members. It is BY FAR the most time consuming part of being a gm or officer.
The simplest version of this idea would be for zos to add sell permission vouchers to the guild items section of the store. Buying a voucher, would give the permission to sell for a set time frame to members in ranks without the sell permission given through rank permissions. Price and time frame of vouchers chosen by gm.
A more complicated version, as far as zos implementing it, would be to make vouchers for ranks. Gms could choose a range of ranks, purchase of a voucher would increase the players guild rank by 1 per voucher up to the selected rank for a chosen time frame. This version would be more beneficial to the guild administration as it would allow for a wider range off automated management options.
At the end of the day though, I really dont care how we go about adding in some sort of rank automation but more management options for guild leaders is something that is desperately needed.
5)
MOTD And About Us Improvements: First we need a larger about us section. The amount of information about the guild that stays the same and does not change frequently is much greater than the amount of information that does change on a daily or weekly basis. Yet we have a tiny about us section and a massive motd section. As a result a huge portion of that information ends up in the motd. As a result to that NOONE READS THE MOTD because 95% of it NEVER CHANGES. Give us a larger about us section and limit it only to the guild page. Leave motd for actual daily or weekly changes like hey new raffle or hey its kick week or hey skyshard hunt thursday 9pm est.
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Guild Banners: Guild tabards are great, would be better if you could hide them so I could have the guild by my name without interfering with the true end game, fashion scroll, then I could stop arguing with my CoGm who has gm rank and gets to choose tabard colors that purple is not a complementary color to black and gold and it clashes with my outfit. Anyway, Ya know what else would be great? Guild banners! Furnishing items with the guilds tabard on it, that when you look at it the banner displays the name of the guild. Purchasable in the guild item section. That way anyone who visits my house can see all the guilds I think are awesome. Then I get to argue with my CoGM that purple clashes with my yard and throne room!