I think we know at this point there will be player guilds in TES:O, they haven't mentioned anything yet but it would be foolhardy for ANY modern MMO to not have them. So I figured it's time to rev up the discussion on this topic and let's get an idea of what the guild culture will be like in TES:O and offer up ideas for how we think it should work based off what we now know. To help ease us into this I've created a quick questionnaire you can quote and fill out to get the discussion started:


1: There are already lore-established guilds within the Elder Scrolls universe, so what do you think that player guilds should be called in the game?


2: Will you be joining/creating a guild in TES:O or are you more of a solo player?


3: If you do want to join a guild, what do you hope to gain from a guild (IE: what type of guild are you looking for?)


4: Do you think you'd rather join a faction-wide or a race-specific guild or is that not a big issue for you?


5: What elements of gameplay do you want to see to help support guilds in the game?


6: Is there anything about adding player guilds to TES that concerns or worries you as a player?


7: Mouth off on any other subject I may have neglected to mention.

and of course here's my opinions.

A bit of everything also, including RP, but mostly as a subset of the player base I can chat with while playing mostly solo.

I don't like the idea of multiple race guilds being "clans". To me, it's the Nordic equivalent of "house".

Plus, my planned Nord only guild uses clan in the name. Would be weird to be "Clan Dead-Sea, the clan".

I see what you mean, the name really isn't that important except as what people will use to address them all universally, obviously each one will have it's own name, whether it be a House, Tribe, Clan, Company, or what have you.

1: There are already lore-established guilds within the Elder Scrolls universe, so what do you think that player guilds should be called in the game?

"Guild" or "Company" seems legit. The Blackwood Company in Oblivion could be easily imagined as a player guild in TES:O as it's basically a company founded by Argonian mercenaries.

2: Will you be joining/creating a guild in TES:O or are you more of a solo player?

If I end up playing the game, I will probably end up going solo most of the time.

3: If you do want to join a guild, what do you hope to gain from a guild (IE: what type of guild are you looking for?)

Quality rp, epic PvP, reliable players.

4: Do you think you'd rather join a faction-wide or a race-specific guild or is that not a big issue for you?

Personnaly, I'd love to be able to join the House Redoran. That said, it will depend on my character. If I end up playing a Dunmer, I would prefer playing with other Dunmer players rather than nords and argonians (even if Im not completely against it).

5: What elements of gameplay do you want to see to help support guilds in the game?

Ways to create business so that guilds can make profit out of it, and that PvP influence said business.

6: Is there anything about adding player guilds to TES that concerns or worries you as a player?

I only hope that RP server won't be flooded with "competitive" guilds wich doesn't care one bit about the rp or the lore.

7: Mouth off on any other subject I may have neglected to mention.

They talked about addin the fighters guild and so on, but I hope that we will have some race/faction specific guilds like the Great Houses.

I too would like to see this, one of my biggest disappointments with Oblivion and Skyrim was they went from like 14-15 playable factions each with rather extensive quest chains and ranks (with the exception of the vampire houses) down to a solid 4. Though if they go with the standard model of reputation factions I can see this working well, giving each faction a series of quest chains, then following them up with repeatable dailies or turn-ins to unlock rewards from them. They have to be careful though, if you make a faction like the Great Houses of Morrowind as an actual reputation faction then it breaks lore, since at this time period not all of the Great Houses would be open to dealing with all races, they might work better as quest hubs for specific races though, or race-only factions that offer rewards equivalent to other race only factions.

1. I'm happy with anything that isn't called ramboz-who-will-rulez or similar.

2. Joining

3. RP possibilities mostly

4. Hmm.. Race specific could hold certain potential, especially since I'm heavily leaning on Ebonheart, which has race based tensions.

5. Some advantages(can't name anything that I want), something else for guilds to do that guild VS guild.

6. If there aren't RP servers, I worry that there are guild that just say: "lore? what's that, lol"

I'd like to put forth the motion that as many of us as possible band together, and roll on the same RP server.

Not in the same guild necessarily, but just so we can (hopefully) guarantee a community free of guilds like the aforementioned "deadgirlscantsayno". Anyone interested, at all?

You have my smithing hammer. Well, no, you don't have it, cause it's mine. But I'll offer you my services!

I'm down for this idea, an RP server specifically for the lore-friendly guilds would be great.

Beauty.

Guess there isn't a lot more to talk about until we at least have a list of server names, lol.