23 Aug 2006 at 19:26 - 3
Short answer
yes
Longer more defined answer
The only thing I've noticed a guild "siding" is for is to default when your faction is 0, to be able to control towns and outposts by transferring enough alliance faction to do so, and to help put you on sides for AB's
Both Luxon and Kurzik sides of the map are accessible for any player. I myself am in a Kurzik guild and find myself farming (unsuccessfully) on the Luxon side for kraken eyes. Those things just don't drop too often for me.
As far as having to "beat up on your Luxon buddies", you shouldn't have to. Just do enough Kurzick quests in order to gain enough faction to use the traders. From there you can have the armor crafted.
Anywho, in order to buy through Kurzik, you need to have more Kurzik faction than Luxon. Be careful though; whenever you spend faction from one side, the opposing faction is diminished from your personal faction totals. If your Kurzik faction is higher than your Luxon, you will only be able to buy from Kurzik merchants. Personally, I would rid myself of all Luxon faction (or as much as possible) and then stock up on the Kurzick if that's the way you wanna go.
Just muster the faction to be able to buy from the trader, have the money and materials, and away you go.
edited for spelling