An advantage to having guild hall services?

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

I really see no reason to have guild hall services, they seem like a waste of money. anyone can go to lions arch or wherever and get the exact same stuff. at least give us a small discount on the items?

TheLordOfBlah

TheLordOfBlah

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

California

None

Mo/N

Only your guildies will be there. Its like your own personal LA.

UndeadRoadkill

UndeadRoadkill

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

The point is to show off to your alliance how rich your guild is.

zerowingcats

zerowingcats

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

California

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Great Al
I really see no reason to have guild hall services, they seem like a waste of money. anyone can go to lions arch or wherever and get the exact same stuff. at least give us a small discount on the items?
A money sink for farmers.

Dark Psychotik

Dark Psychotik

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

Morodors Malkavian Minions [Vamp]

W/Mo

I agree with zerowingcats, it was probably made to remove some gold from the game.

Mindtrust

Mindtrust

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Stockholm, Sweden

Wolffestar Clan - WSC

Mo/

well we bought the upgrades, since it makes the Guild Hall an even more natural meeting place, and it's easy to have everything around.

money sink, nah, if you got fairly many people in your guild, it's not so much money per person.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

My guild is going to get them all.

So we don't have to stay very long in towns with the trade spam on the all channel. And don't have people inviting us into parties without even opening a chat window first and saying hello!

MDeshame

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/

My guild has all of them, no need? Not having to deal with the spammers and the drive by party invite are the only reasons you need. No more running for 30 minutes in LA to get to storage, then running for 30 minutes to get to the Merchant on the other side of town. Scha-weeeet!

Lepton CFd

Lepton CFd

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

Mo/Me

They're entitled as a "Luxury." In other words, they're not necessary, but they are convenient to have. I find them rather convenient and a good way to show your Alliance members that your guild is quite rich...except as one person pointed out above, it's actually not that expensive if everyone in your guild pitches in.

Toffin

Toffin

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Camp Rankor

No Diplomacy Only War [nDoW] No Diplomacy Only Slackers [nDoS] Looking for an Alliance.

W/

I find it rather convenient to have them there. Instead of mapping into a town and running all the way to the other side of the city or deal with the horrible lag from everyone being in one town. I can go to my guild hall and do the transaction there.

The one NPC I wish they would have is the regular material trader, where you take for instance 5 wood +20 gold to make parchment there.

This is something I would pay for. Even if it was an enormous amount of gold.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

The Guild Hall services were suggested too many times to count.

ANet supplied.

Now shush.

Tarun

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

The material traders are way overpriced. A majority of things were though.

Shanaeri Rynale

Shanaeri Rynale

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

DVDF(Forums)

Me/N

Join an alliance with all facilities and use theirs . Save all your money to buy materials and other goodies for guildies..

J snukka

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

New York

I dont know about you but I don't like to run to NPC's and look for them in the Towns. Having them in the guild halls makes it faster for me to get want I want.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

IMO the guild hall services are there for 2 reasons:

1 - Many people wanted them

2 - Goldsink

Now I'm all for optional goldsinks because they remove gold from the economy, pulling prices down. If you dont like them, don't use them

MoldyRiceFrenzy

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

the things they have now are cool... but they missed the ONLY thing that really would have been important beside storage... and maybe faction trader.... THE PROFESSION CHANGER.... omg... takes so long to take boat back to mainland---> outpost---then back...

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
IMO the guild hall services are there for 2 reasons:

1 - Many people wanted them

2 - Goldsink

Now I'm all for optional goldsinks because they remove gold from the economy, pulling prices down. If you dont like them, don't use them
3. Convenience.