Guild

Overview
A Guild, within the context of Dungeons and Dragons: Online, is a group of players who may share common interests and objectives. More often than not, a Guild operates on one, designated server.

Note: This page is not intended for Guilds in Dungeons & Dragons Online to promote their guild. It is intended to hold information involving the new Guild System.

Creating
You can create a Guild by going to Social Panel in your menu bar (commonly in the top left hand corner of your screen) and selecting the Guild tab. Enter in the name of the Guild you wish to create and then click on the Create button. If all goes well and if the name is not already taken you will then become the leader of your very own guild.

Premium and Free to Play accounts will need to purchase a Guild Charter from the DDO Store to be able to create a Guild.

Customizing
All official guild commands listed within the in game help file. All commands are usable by the leader of the guild, createrank however seems to be broken and won't work.


 * (Admin): usage: /guild < create | disband | recruit | accept | decline | quit | expel | promote | demote | motd | successor | resign | rename | createrank | removerank | changeranklevel | changerankname | ranks >


 * create  - Create a guild with yourself as the leader.
 * disband - Disband your guild.
 * recruit  - Recruit the target into your guild.
 * accept - Accept your current guild recruitment request.
 * decline - Decline your current guild recruitment request.
 * quit - Voluntarily leave your guild.
 * expel  - Expel the guild member from your guild.
 * promote  - Promote the guild member to the next higher rank.
 * demote  - Demote the guild member to the next lower rank.
 * motd  - Set the message of the day for your guild.
 * successor  - Make the guild member the member who will succeed you as leader when you resign.
 * resign - Step down as leader. (This will automatically promote your successor to leader.)
 * rename  - Attempt to rename the guild. This command will only work if you guild has been credited for rename.
 * createrank  - Creates a new guild rank.
 * removerank  - Removes a guild rank.
 * changeranklevel  - Changes the level of a rank; where this rank falls in the promotion/demotion hierarchy.
 * changerankname  - Changes the name of a rank.
 * ranks - Displays all the guilds ranks in order, highest to lowest.

Joining
Joining a guild is based on that specific guild's requirements. Some actively recruit from the General Chat channels whilst others require you to fill out an application to join the guild. Whichever method is employed, there is a type of guild for everybody - small, large, social, raiding, casual, permadeath, etc.


 * There are four levels of seniority in a guild
 * Member:
 * Gives you access to the Guild's Airship
 * Gives you access to the Guild chat feature.
 * Officer:
 * Adds the ability to:
 * Add or remove Members only
 * Purchase new upgraded Airships
 * Add to or change the people and shrines on the Guild's Airship
 * Change the
 * Successor:
 * This is only a flag.. You can be a Member Successor or an Officer Successor
 * Leader:
 * Adds the ability to:
 * Add or remove any patron from the guild
 * Promote or demote patrons of your guild to or from Officer
 * Assign a Successor
 * Resign as guild Leader
 * Disband the guild

Inactive Leadership
This seniority becomes important in the event that the higher powers become AWOL as such:
 * After 180 days of Leader in-activity the Successor may usurp Leadership.

Recruiting
The recruiting process of a guild is up to the Leader of the Guild. If you have a Guild Level of 5 you can send a Guild Recruiting Sigil via the ingame mail system, just go to a mailbox, compose a message and the option will be made available to you.

You can advertise for guild members in a public area in the General chat channel, or post information about your Guild on the DDO forums for the server your guild is on, or even invite those you group with on a regular basis.

The Officers of a guild also have the ability to recruit new guild members.

Guild Level
There are a maximum of 100 Guild Levels, a guild goes up in level by getting Guild Renown (see below). The higher the level the more benefits a guild has, which includes bigger airships, amenities and crew for your airships.

When a Guild reaches level 26, the Guild Renown will start decaying. The higher the Guild Level the faster the rate of decay. A Guild Level will never go below level 25 once a guild has reached that level and there will be no decay at this level either.

You can find a list of benefits unlocked as your Guild progresses at the Guild Level page.

Guild Leader Boards
List of Guilds per server is available on http://my.ddo.com/leaderboard/guild/

Guild Renown


Guild Renown is the XP System for Guilds. The more guild renown your guild accumulates the higher in Guild Level it can achieve. Whenever an NPC is killed in a quest you are involved in there is a chance you will gain some renown from that kill whether or not you were the one that made the kill. Renown can also be gained from chest rewards and end quest rewards, these are known as Heroic Deeds.

If your Guild gains too much Renown in a single day, then the percentage chance of any of the guild members gaining renown for the rest of that day decreases.

Guild Renown can be as low as 5 Points to as high as 1,500 Points In chests at least), as of Update 5.1 (July 20, 2010).

Guild Airships (Guild Housing)


Guild Airships are the DDO version of Guild Housing, an extensive guide to gaining and populating them can be found at the Guild Airships page.

Guild Crafting
Certain items from the game when looted from chests will have the ability for Guild Augment Crystals to be crafted onto it. More information can be found at the Guild Crafting page.