Feldon Well it’s official. The almost entirely negative feedback about the price of the T1 and T2 guild halls and other issues have driven SoE to respond and make some improvements.
>> Guild Hall Pricing Update <<
Level 30 Guild Hall (Tier 1)
Cities: Qeynos, Freeport, Neriak, Faydwer, Gorowyn
Purchase: 50p 100p
Upkeep: 50g, 50k status 1p, 100k
Description: A 5 room guild hall (not based on the 5 bedroom house on Bayle Ct in Qeynos)
Level 50 Guild Hall (Tier 2)
Cities: Qeynos, Freeport
Purchase: 250p 500p
Upkeep: 2.5p, 100k status 5p, 150k
Description: A 10 room guild hall which will have an atrium and other improvements not seen in the Fan Faire demo.
Level 70 Guild Hall (Tier 3)
Purchase: 1,000p
Upkeep: 10p, 200k status
Cities: Antonica, Commonlands
Description: A 25 room guild castle as seen at Fan Faire
Travel Concerns
First, you’ll be able to purchase a house item from the city status merchant that will allow you to port from your personal house straight to your guild hall. Secondly, we’ve reduced the cost of the “Call to Guild Hall” amenity greatly. It will now only cost 1p, 250k status to purchase instead of 10p, 2 million status. In addition we’ve lowered the recast timer on Call to Guild Hall so you can use it every 15 minutes instead of once per hour.
Tradeskill Tables
Another concern was having to purchase amenities for each tradeskill table when you already have them available in your personal home. We’ve decided to allow you to place your existing tradeskill tables in the guild hall and have removed them from the amenity list. Keep in mind that this removes 7 amenities so the original count of 40+ amenities at launch is now around 35.
We hope that these changes will have a positive impact and resolve some of the concerns expressed so far. Smaller guilds should have a much easier time getting into a Tier 1 guild hall and now have an easier upgrade path moving into the Tier 2. The amount of upkeep required to maintain a guild hall still greatly depends on the choice of amenities you decide to purchase.