Beyond 2.1: Guild banks
by Dan Crislip 
May 16th 2007 at 6:30PM
"Games for Windows" magazine has released an second article regarding further implementation of features post patch 2.1. Guild banks, a feature we've been begging for for years, will finally be a reality! Get ready to free up some character slots and delete those mules!
In every bank, a new NPC will appear where guild members can deposit and withdraw items. Offering potentially hundreds of storage slots, this will offer players the ability for free storage. At repair NPC's, a new button will appear allowing players to repair using guild funds rather than their own money.
Blizzard even has methods for hindering the abuse of this system. Using a tab system, guild leaders can allow certain levels of players access to certain tabs in the bank. This will prevent players from stealing and selling or transferring guild items. "But what if the guild leaders do the thieving?" Blizzard's website will track EVERY transaction, so their customer service can respond if there is a dispute.
I think this feature is a long time coming, and I'm excited to see it finally implemented. I'm not sure how it will work for those of us who have private mule characters to consolidate our auctions, funds, and storage between many different alts, but we'll see what happens.
You can read the article here.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, Add-Ons
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrew May 16th 2007 6:38PM
Put all your alts in the guild, and *poof*, instant transfering of items from player to player... no more of the 1 hour wait time crap with the mail system.
/woohoo
Chadwick May 16th 2007 6:44PM
Or even better, put each alt in his or her own guild.
Lots more space!
Lori May 16th 2007 6:57PM
Or for the solo altaholic, get some ppl to help form your own guild and invite your alts. Presto. A communal bank of your own. Or is that what @1 is saying. Now for multiple guilding.
Sanders May 16th 2007 7:29PM
YAY! Finally.
Acceptable Risk May 16th 2007 8:12PM
I'm wondering if they'll have a minimum guild size requirement or scale the bank size to guild size or something like that in order to keep people from opening one-person guilds just for the banking privileges.
Avonturier May 17th 2007 5:05AM
And I'm wondering what will happen on a \gdisband. Maybe everything in the guild bank will be randomly mailed to it's former members?
Addie May 17th 2007 9:25AM
Omigosh! This is awesome! ::happydance:: Three of my character slots are used by guild banks and one for my own bank. Yes, I have way too much stuff.
Hrmm - I wonder when it will be ready?
Addie May 17th 2007 9:29AM
Good questions - 'specially what happens to the stuff if you /gdisband. It says that more bank tabs are "purchasable" maybe they're cost prohibitive to discourage abuse?