My letter to POTCO

[Davy]

Samuel, remember the maximum of 50%? Guild bonuses would not be based on membership numbers if the maximum bonus was 50% for 50 members.

Guilds are NOT a contest to get the most members. Guilds are not even a contest. Guilds are a way to have fun while playing the game with friends.

As for the guild servers - guilds don't want their servers crowded. It also would not cost POTCO much, if anything, to add the servers. Maybe a penny per guild server, which would add up to a whopping 25 dollars.

A guild wants a guild server so it is EMPTY and they can plunder alone with their guildies, not a crowded server in which you share every enemy with 5 level 7 basic access players button mashing with their cutlasses.

[Shadow Cat]

Even if Disney wasted their money on guild servers, I wouldn't play on them. Honestly, it's kind of boring seeing the same faces over and over in the game when there are so many other people to interact with.

[seaturtledude]

Originally Posted by Shadow Cat

Even if Disney wasted their money on guild servers, I wouldn't play on them. Honestly, it's kind of boring seeing the same faces over and over in the game when there are so many other people to interact with.

Agreed.

[Bilgepump]

Originally Posted by Davy

Guilds are NOT a contest to get the most members.

But putting in a guild rep bonus would turn them into one. And what about the smaller guilds? They'd be giving up their crew bonus for a smaller guild bonus.

Originally Posted by Davy

As for the guild servers - guilds don't want their servers crowded. It also would not cost POTCO much, if anything, to add the servers. Maybe a penny per guild server, which would add up to a whopping 25 dollars.

Last I looked, a server was an actual physical piece of hardware, as in a rack-mounted computer, plus network connection, plus power requirements. I don't know how they implement the game on the back end, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't done like that. Sure, you can set up virtual servers, and maybe have a couple of dedicated boxes to host the umpteen virtual servers required for each guild, but that costs money and has some serious support needs, and doesn't have any real benefit to Disney.

I do like the level-limit server idea, and the unlimited access server idea.

[Chris]

maybe not guild servers but member servers would be great!

[nitnek]

I have the same opinion that Chris

Nitnek.