I was a solo player in the beginning and joined a guild for the guild trader. Over time, I ended up becoming more social, running some content, and now even running that very first trader guild I had joined.

The only guild I belong to is Beam Me Up. I'm not social, and I don't have any interest in guilds with traders, nor do I do group content (due to mega ping - not dumping that on anyone).

When I just joined the game it was mainly for access to the guild hall with a dummy and some stations/stones, a nice plus was a guild trader which got me into trading pretty quickly. Maybe it was a trader access first actually. It was a fun guild to be in with occasional auctions and group activities, probably the friendliest place I've seen from all other guilds I've tried over the years apart from my raiding one (it was THE best one). This casual guild set me to eventually try more serious raiding and embrace pvp despite initial fear which made me stay in game for years.

Shout-out to Seven Stars Sanctuary!

Mostly to have people to chat to while I'm playing. I mainly play solo because my free time is unpredictable and I don't want to start playing with a group then have to stop or leave part-way through, but I still like having people to talk to while I'm online.

Having people to occasionally do group stuff with when I have time is an added bonus.

Trader mainly but one of my guilds has weekly "laid back" trials.
Being a total newb to trials I'll likely try them out.
Don't really do much socializing bcuz most days I'm a card-carrying anti-social soloist

Guild trader and can't solo everything I want to do.

If I’m starting a new account, which I’ve done a couple times, I really like the free ports to members since I have slow mounts and little money in such cases.

For my old established accounts, I join for guild traders, although I prefer reasonably low weekly dues since I don’t tend to do much high cost or high volume trading. Having all the crafting sets available is also very useful for me since I craft a lot and do master writs. It’s so much easier to do those in one place than to travel all over the map.

I’m also in a housing guild, mostly to admire other people’s awesome creations than to do my own. I own lots of houses, but my plans for decorating them usually end up being pretty meh compared to the wonderful works of art that many housing enthusiasts create.

Im not in any guilds atleast on my primary account anyway as i have everything i need when it comes to utilities. I make friends and help them, sell through alt account easy.

To show off our decorated houses of course!

All of the above

For a truly solo player, it would only be for the guild trader or free ports. However, many of the people voting are likely not true solo players. Many players may be mostly solo but group some, so they are not pure solo players. Where the line is drawn will vary from one to another just as a casual player definition changes depending on who is making that definition.

I combine 2 options:
- For a guild trader
- For occasional group stuff

Amottica wrote: »

For a truly solo player, it would only be for the guild trader or free ports. However, many of the people voting are likely not true solo players. Many players may be mostly solo but group some, so they are not pure solo players. Where the line is drawn will vary from one to another just as a casual player definition changes depending on who is making that definition.

I think there will be a lot of grey area, rather than a clear distinction between true solo players and everyone else.

I normally play solo, I don't join a group unless I have to (basically only dungeons and battlegrounds) and only do that occasionally. But it's not because I want to avoid people, it's because I can never tell how long I'll be able to stay online and I don't want to annoy people by having to leave a group in the middle of what we were doing. Also when I'm doing PvE I like to play slowly, deliberately going the wrong way in delves so I can see all of it before getting to the boss, reading notes and books (and I read slowly), stopping to look at the scenery etc. and I think it would annoy a lot of people if I was doing that while in a group.

But that doesn't mean I want to be completely anti-social while I'm online. I like being in a guild because it gives me a regular group of like-minded people to chat to, and because the guild channel is available everywhere we can keep the conversation going even when we're all doing our own thing in different places.

For me playing solo or with other people and being sociable is two seperate things.

Multiple reasons. I occasionally do group stuff, and I appreciate guild trader. I have a few friends in game and I enjoy "shitposting" (take that very lightly ) with them in guild or group chat.

EDIT:
Free ports are an afterthought, I learned about them after I already was in guilds. But I couldn't live without them now.