GUILD HIDEOUT & GENERAL GUILD SUGGESTIONS

Give them to console.

This post was going to be about quite a few things but i feel those ideas need to be fleshed out a bit more before sharing them, however below are the changes i personally think would not only bring aspects of this game back to life but also bring in a lot of money for GGG.

Edit: please do give this a read but if you are going to contribute to the guild topic in general try to do it in this thread https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2333534/page/1%3Cbr%3E

A great deal of focus on leagues and new mechanics have been introduced over the years, even some really nice quality of life changes such as the level-downscaling system but in all this time one things has fallen to the side: Guilds

Please consider these ideas and if possible contribute your own thoughts and ideas to this thread :D


Guilds: The needed

First of all the invite button for guild needs to be moved down the context menu so that it is not directly next to invite to party, this small change would drastically improve quality of life with trading and such as almost every user I've promoted in my guild has requested that i demote them because they are constantly accidentally inviting people to the guild.

Guild ranks also need to be expanded by at least 1 or more this would allow for much more complex management of guild stash tabs and allowing for internal progression which is needed and healthy for any group of people, This would also allow an intermediary rank where a user can not kick but can still invite, or if two ranks were added the second rank would simply be able to access any configured tabs but not be able to invite or kick, Officers would be able to rank users up but not obviously to their own rank of Officer.


Guilds: The wanted

Guild hideouts where members of configured rank can decorate and also hang out as a group in a communal place, These hideouts bundled with the current system of unlocking hideouts and gated by challenging group content would help revitalize the guild system and create more community than ever before.

On top of the guild hideouts there are quite a few interesting features that could be implemented, such as..

Custom stashes configured to specific tabs instead of showing every single tab in a guild this can be quite overwhelming in large guilds.

The ability to gate off certain rooms and areas to certain ranks within the guild hall, this would syngergize with the custom stashes allowing for progression of what the user has access to in a guild

For example a guild could have a reception area for their newest members who still have not proven themselves, in that room could be a few stashes containing non-valuable items that one might consider 0 risk of people running off with, as the user gains rank they would gain access to higher tier rooms, chest of gear with higher value and the feeling of accomplishment and pride of being in a guild would only be strengthened.

Multiple map devices allowing configured ranks to input maps and run them within the guild hall also allowing anyone of similar rank to join in, This kind of brings me back to the early days when i would do maps with people in the A3 map device area and it was really a nice feeling.

Edit(got too excited and forgot this tid-bit):Master missions accessible through the guild hall enabling guild reputation with that master to buy decorations for the hideout, This is not exactly compatable with todays new master system so perhaps simply allowing users to spend their own reputation to buy things for the guild hideout is an alternative.


Why should GGG consider this?

What would this do for GGG? well enabling sales of larger Guild Hideouts, increasing the sales of member slots and guild stash tabs and perhaps the ability to buy hideout items for your guild.

Guild hideouts would be expensive but only compared to a single hideout for personal use, as seen with the custom leagues people are definitely willing to shell out some extra cash for that community experience i can only see this profiting GGG and the community of PoE as long as there are some decent hideouts that can be obtained by doing content in addition to the payed hideouts.


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If you actually read through this mess thank you for your time i hope this idea is one many users can get behind i see no downsides other than, how the f do i decorate this massive hideout :P