Player Associations Archive
Thread: Free PA websites sponsored by SOE
BlazeHoliday wrote:
only for everquest wrong forum...tobad they don't do this for SWG
Ummm no, right forum. That's the point. EQII launches Nov 8th and provide this for their organizations. SWG has been out for over a year and is launching it's first expansion and still can't provide the most basic XML feed they promised in the first beta. It makes me wonder where SOE places it's priorites as I'm sure the web team is independent of the title....
Jascentia wrote:
How about requesting it for our feature list instead of saying "EQII gets this and we don't!"
As a matter of fact, I think I'll go add it to the post now.
You're probably right Jascentia, but it is just frustrating. I specifically expressed how important Player Associations were to the game concept and how nice it would be to have something akin to DAoC's XML feeds or something as far as support in this manner. The design teamagreed with the me and promised we would have those web services at launch. So I guess for me, this isn't a new request.
It's just very frustrating seeing this roll with EQII at launch. Somehow I believe the web development team is seperate from the game crew. That tells me where SOE places SWG....
wow...this stuff is incredible. On the website (http://stationplayers.station.sony.com/)
Additionally, every guild will also get their own free web site where they can post news articles, screen shots and guild specific forums. Premium services allow you to chat with your guild in-game, check to see who is online, and have your guild’s activities immortalized in a “Wall of Fame”.
For free you get:
- View you character’s health, power and other information including: class, level, played time and guild.
- Convenient web hosting for guilds, including easy-to-use tools to create websites, allowing guilds to post news, screenshots and links. Create private areas for guild members, player rosters that update automatically from the game and full-featured, customizable forums.
- Custom avatar selection tool allows you to display your class, race, level and more when posting on the official EverQuest II and Guild forums.
For 99¢/month, or $2.99/month for all Four Premium Features you get:
- Chat directly with your guild in game using an advanced Web Chat client on your Guild Website. Also displays your in game Message of the Day and current online guild information.
- View all your characters statistics including attributes, resistances, level, played and last online time, guild and more! See your characters equipped inventory automatically updated from the game.
- Upgrade your free image gallery to receive additional storage of up to 50 images or 5 megabytes
- Search for any item that has been discovered in EverQuest II. Search by item name, skill, slot and attributes.
Wow.....me and my officers woud LOVE this. LOVE IT. We spend HOURS keeping our roster up to date....HOURS. I saw this and then wanted to see the EQ2 manual and read what it had to say regarding Guilds. Here is a cut-n-paste from the manual.
The guild system EQ2 has..........wow..... That's all I have to say. I would love to have this type of functionality built into the game. I have 2 other officers who spend HOURS managing our points system.
Straight from the EQ2 manual:
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GUILDS
Guilds are associations of players that cooperate to achieve many common goals. These
associations can be small groups of friends, organized Artisans, or enormous “über guilds” that tackle some of the biggest challenges Norrath has to offer.
Forming a Guild
To form a guild, you must visit a guild registrar. The registrar is located in The Freeport
Observer in Freeport, or The House of Lords in Qeynos. The following requirements must be met to form a guild:
• Six (6) unguilded players present and grouped together, and
• 10 gold for the registration fee
You will be prompted for a name for the guild (subject to an inappropriate word filter).
The leader and officers are the only members of a guild who can invite new members. To
invite members, use the /invite command.
Guild Levels
A guild can become stronger through the actions of its members, unlocking benefits as the guild grows in prominence. A guild levels up as its Guild Status Points rise through the completion of special tasks for a city called writs, and through donations by guild patrons. Guild members can be patrons or followers. Followers are general members of the guild .Patrons are members that contribute regularly to the advancement of the guild by donating status points to the guild. Officers of a guild can bestow the rank of patron. Becoming a patron costs Individual Status Points. A guild can lose prestige and levels when its members cease being active.
Status Points
Individual Status Points are an expendable resource that players can use to purchase items from prestige merchants that are unlocked through guild level. Individual Status Points are gained through the acquisition and completion of writs. Guild Status Points are points held collectively by the guild and determine the level of the guild. These are accumulated through the completion of writs, and donation from patrons.
Writs
A writ can be obtained by anyone with a guild affiliation from Heralds located within a city. A writ unlocks a task to all guild members that are in the current group. Writs are duties a guild performs for a city or other faction in order to gain prominence through Guild Status Points. Upon completion of a writ, instead of adventure experience, the experience is added to the guild member's Individual Status Points, as well as to the Guild Status Points pool, if the player is a patron.
Guild Administration In-Game
The guild window lets members see the guild’s current roster and Message of the Day. Also, from here the guild leader may do special leader-only actions. To open the
guild window, press [U].
Basic Guild Commands
• /guildsay : Speak in the
guildchat channel
• /guild invite : Invite a player
to join the guild (officer only)
• /guild remove : Remove a player from the guild (only officers can remove other players, but a player can remove himself with this command)
• /guild promote : Promote a member to officer status or an officer to leader
status (only someone of higher rank can do this)
• /guild demote : Demote an officer to member status or a leader to officer
status (only someone of equal or higher rank can do this)
Message of the Day
The Message of the Day (MOTD) is set by the guild’s leader, and is often used to let
everyone know about upcoming events. The guild MOTD appears in the chat window when you first enter the game.
Roster
The guild roster shows the total number of members in the guild, as well as how many are currently online. The roster lists member status (patron or follower), name, level, class, rank, points (points the character has contributed to the guild), the last time the character was logged in, and where the character is currently located.
You may sort the roster by clicking on any column heading, and you may filter the list to only show members currently online by clicking the “Show Online Only” checkbox below the roster.
Leader Functions
The guild leader has access to functions not shown to other members:
• Edit MOTD: The leader can set the Message of the Day by clicking the small “Edit” button located above the text. This will open a new window where the MOTD can be edited.
• Change Member Status: The leader determines who gets to be a patron and who is a follower. A guild can have any number of patrons, but there is a point of diminishing returns, so the leader should take care only to bestow this honor upon the most productive members of the guild.
• Promote: Promotes a non-officer member to officer rank.
• Demote: Demotes an officer to member rank.
• Remove: Removes the member from the guild.
• Make Leader: Transfers guild leadership to the selected member.
Guild Web Support: Station Players
As part of your EverQuest II subscription, guild leaders will have access to Web space for a guild page and administrative tools to help you organize your guild. You can find these at www.stationplayers.com.
Jascentia wrote:
How about requesting it for our feature list instead of saying "EQII gets this and we don't!"
As a matter of fact, I think I'll go add it to the post now.
4thearth wrote:
heya mayorxp do u have a link to where u found that manual info, i would like to post it on the guild's forums im in.
http://www.californiagamer.com/eq2/eq2-manual.pdf