Guild banks are now scheduled for Patch 2.3
by Dan O'Halloran 
Aug 19th 2007 at 4:15PM
Guild banks were initially intended to go live with the Burning Crusade launch. Apparently Blizzard wasn't happy with them and postponed their implementation until "a later date." That date has been confirmed by a blue on the WoW Europe forums as Patch 2.3.According to this preview article, guild banks are designed so that every member of the guild can deposit or withdraw cash or items. Limits on transactions can be set so a new recruit doesn't walk off with all the good stuff. Also, all activity will be viewable by the guild so the guild officers can't keep the best things for themselves without everyone else knowing.
My favorite feature of the new guild bank system is the ability to use guild funds when paying for repair costs. A new button will appear on all repair NPCs and repair-bots. This function can also be set by the guild leader to work for only certain ranks within the organization.
Soon we'll be saying goodbye to the guild mules and hello to an era where guild resources are viewable, if not available, to all.
Update: we have tons more patch 2.3 info!
Filed under: Patches, Items, Guilds, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Josh D Aug 19th 2007 6:46PM
Woot!
Khallah Aug 19th 2007 5:36PM
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
Thank you Blizzard! :D
kingpin.uk Aug 19th 2007 9:08PM
They better have a window which shows recent removals and additions, including totals,. to the bank otherwise it will be kinda hard to manage.
Ehiz Aug 19th 2007 6:36PM
this no doubt is going to cause lots of drama
Regis Aug 19th 2007 6:19PM
Would be nice if you could send BOP patterns that drop in instances to the bank instead of destroying them if no one wants/can use them at that time. But not gear, that would be too much exploiting.
Acariquara Aug 19th 2007 6:38PM
@3:
Paging Captain Obvious...
Hokuto Aug 19th 2007 8:06PM
I bet, just like the VoIP feat, some guilds will keep the ol' good mules.
Just because.
robodex Aug 19th 2007 8:12PM
What happens if a guild collapses? :\
Daveti Aug 19th 2007 8:40PM
@7: I too am curious what happens to the contents of the guild bank should the GL happen to /gdisband one day...
slamb1 Aug 20th 2007 4:24PM
Awesome! Now I can have... let's see remove an average of 4 mule characters per realm, alts on about 20 different realms, carry the 3... I should have like 2,000 freed up character slots when this goes live!
White Rabbit Aug 19th 2007 9:09PM
I can already see it now, guild leaders demanding every member to "donate" a certain amount of guild into the bank each month. if you don't pay you're out
Ingenuity Aug 19th 2007 9:25PM
blizz should check out kingdomofloathing.com
see how there guild banks works, works pretty well all things considered.
Jamus Aug 19th 2007 10:20PM
I wonder how this will affect the AH?
Geoffrey Aug 19th 2007 10:21PM
I'll keep my normal bank,thanks.
Cathormac Aug 19th 2007 10:48PM
@10
ick, that's a good point
Khallah Aug 19th 2007 10:50PM
Crossing features for inbuilt XML inventory export for guild websites.
Khallah Aug 19th 2007 10:50PM
Crossing fingers for inbuilt XML inventory export for guild websites.
Argall Aug 19th 2007 11:28PM
I can't wait for this too. Personally it's dumb if a guild requires "dues" and I don't like the whole repair thing. Adding money into the equation can cause more trouble than just items.
But for items this is awesome. It doesn't matter if guilds still want to keep a mule.. that's their business and if you think abuse doesn't occur on that, you're naive. It's not blizzard's fault some guild leaders want to be power whores.
For my guild, it'll be excellent. We can throw those random boe blues in there for someone to claim, extra leather, cloth, gems, minerals, etc for others can use it.
I wish it was sooner. 2.2 is a week or two away yet, and 2.3? Probably by early-mid Fall...
Argall Aug 19th 2007 11:29PM
I can't wait for this too. Personally it's dumb if a guild requires "dues" and I don't like the whole repair thing. Adding money into the equation can cause more trouble than just items.
But for items this is awesome. It doesn't matter if guilds still want to keep a mule.. that's their business and if you think abuse doesn't occur on that, you're naive. It's not blizzard's fault some guild leaders want to be power whores.
For my guild, it'll be excellent. We can throw those random boe blues in there for someone to claim, extra leather, cloth, gems, minerals, etc for others can use it.
I wish it was sooner. 2.2 is a week or two away yet, and 2.3? Probably by early-mid Fall...
Argall Aug 19th 2007 11:41PM
I can't wait for this too. Personally it's dumb if a guild requires "dues" and I don't like the whole repair thing. Adding money into the equation can cause more trouble than just items.
But for items this is awesome. It doesn't matter if guilds still want to keep a mule.. that's their business and if you think abuse doesn't occur on that, you're naive. It's not blizzard's fault some guild leaders want to be power whores.
For my guild, it'll be excellent. We can throw those random boe blues in there for someone to claim, extra leather, cloth, gems, minerals, etc for others can use it.
I wish it was sooner. 2.2 is a week or two away yet, and 2.3? Probably by early-mid Fall...