WoW Guilds, The Changes That Cataclysm Will Bring To Warcraft.
At a recent press conference, Blizzard unveiled the positive changes that we can expect to see with Warcraft Guilds. Introducing new ideas and features.
WoW progression in other areas such as levelling and instance runs has had a lot of love from the developers over the years. It’s about time the social aspect of guilds was overhauled.
These changes affect the whole way guilds operate, and for that matter co-operate. And frankly it’s fantastic news.
On logging in after patch 4.0, the first thing you might notice is the new guild GUI. The old style guild communication is gone; this is a whole new system. A screen showing your guild achievements through the various instances is displayed, along with the new achievement point total. Yes guilds now have guild achievement points.
The famous guilds such as WoW Defiance and WoW Relentless are well known for having realm firsts. But only because they tell us. But what about all the other guilds with legendary atonements and realm firsts? Well from Cataclysm they will be prominently displayed on a guild ticker for all members to see. A sort of live CSS feed of events.
One area that I was particularly pleased to see was a system of bonus payments from loots being paid directly into the guild bank. I don’t know about you, but paying my 5g a day does get a little irksome. So this new system will stop that. You can allocate guild “talent points3 to a loot bonus that will increase the value and amount of loot you get, but this “extra” will be credited straight into your guild bank. Leaving you with the same amount you would always have had.
Finally, the way that guilds deal with professions is due to change. Every member of your guild will have a profession link in the guild tab. No need to call or whisper for a link. You can see what abilities all your guild mates have - right down to item level if they are on line.
Their are even achievements for guilds that have maxxed out all professions. These additions to WoW progression make welcome news. It shows that both social gaming is being taken seriously, and that Blizzard is looking carefully at the current balance of professions in game. If WoW’s ascent is to last this is an issue that needed to be addressed.
Good news all round for the player then.
We have the Blizzcon 2009 video on this topic at The Warcraft Blog. For the best gold guide currently available visit The Warcraft Advanced Gold Guide
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