Some PvPers will be content with doing just that – fighting other players scenario after scenario ad infinitum, while others will be in it for the rewards.  Guild Wars 2 employs a two-tiered reward system that most players will recognize: as you participate in sPvP scenarios, you gain “glory” – basically PvP XP – which…

There are some little tasks needs you complete before you enter the second phase of Hyjal tasks. Use your skill of “Call the flock of birds” to gather twelve Alpine songbirds, five forest owl and two gold wing hawk. There are 500 WOW gold on the ground, you should pick it up. It will enter…

CCP Games has announced that DUST 514 players will be able to improve their arsenal of weapons with the new Mercenary Pack that can be purchased before the game’s release. According to the press release, the Mercenary Pack gives players access to “exclusive items, rewarding early adopters with uniquely styled armor and weapons, in addition…

That all comes later, though. Initially, players will be unable to penetrate the Karka’s armor and it’s this roadblock that will kick off a series of events taking players throughout the world as they learn about the Karka’s origins and reseaplayers will learn how to penetrate the Karka’s armor and this will bring players to…

Often larger guilds try and combine the two, a hierarchical structure in terms of leaders and officers but also sub-divide of their guild into chapters, or departments, so as to make use of a matrix structure. If you can pull it off, this can work very well as each guild member will feel part of a close knit  group as well as having the benefit of a clear direction and decision making structure. This sort of combination is very hard to pull off successfully but will reap huge benefits over time.  In my experience there has to be a lot of trust in your officers and members and of them in you to make this work.   Since most guilds have more than 30 people, a matrix style structure is clearly not going to work all that well. This means that the best option is to have a hierarchical one. However,  the most critical factor in this type of structure is the quality of the leader at each level in the chain.Below are 13 tips and bits of advice to help you and me become better guild leaders.  There have been thousands of books written on how to be a better leader, so I would suggest hitting the books to help you understand more of what makes a good leader. History  shows us, that an organization rises or falls on the ability of the leaders so it makes (to me) complete sense to learn and be as good as one as possible.   Personally I’ve found books on leadership by Dr John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, Warren Bennis and Dale Carnegie to be a great help, but there are many, many more. This short  wiki article on Tuckman’s stages of group development is also a great starting to place as it helps show how your Guild will behave when it’s launched and as it progresses over time. Tips and Hints for Guild Leaders: Delegate, delegate, delegate. Not only will it take a whole load of pressure off you, it will give your guild members something to aspire to. Treat every  new guild member as though they could be your next officer and your next officer as a potential guild leader. That’s right, aim to train yourself out of a job. Also, ensure there is no over-reliance on any one person, be that for doing events or paying the bills.    

  I know this probably counts a downside for some of my old raiding buddies, but, at least these days, I like the idea of there being something to my MMORPGs besides rushing to the level cap and participating in scheduled raids. That’s ultimately the point of most traditional MMORPGs (unless they have a PvP…

  I’ve been having something of a Guild Wars renaissance of late. Part of it has to do with a few friends getting into the game again and part of it has to do with having time to breathe, which means time to play Guild Wars. And that’s how I found myself dashing madly through…

Guild Wars 2 PvP features different maps that all dramatically alter a single game type called Conquest. In the Conquest format, teams compete over a certain number of capture points. Holding a capture point and killing enemies improves your team’s score. The first team to reach the score limit—or the team with the highest score…