With regard to the recent post on Skilling Guilds (Guilds which aren't focused

on combat-related skills) in a QnA, I was curious what the opinions of the

community are on Guilds in OSRS. I personally feel that there are three

standards that I would expect to see from Skilling Guilds:

Desirability to Utilize the Guild for Skilling: I believe that there should be

some form of incentive to the member to use the facilities offered by the

Guild, with an initial focus on growing your knowledge of the skill. This is

sensible since the Guild would likely prefer to see their members improve and

grow in their respective fields. Guild can be a good place to improve one's

skills as well as to increase the potential knowledge accumulated by the Guild

because it has many expert members who adventure across the globe. It is the

Woodcutting Guild is a good example of this with it's tree biodiversity and

the elusive +7 Boost . However, the Crafting Guild is a bad example because it

is only used for the bank vault (Although it's fair to say, I'm not certain of

what desirability can be put into a Production Based Skills like Crafting

without it being controversial.).

Unique or Exclusive Content I can imagine that a space designed for the top of

the best in a certain skill would have unique or exclusive features as a

result of possessing the majority of members who have the right to claim

proficiency in their field. Since a lot of the people with expertise in the

field of adventure It is only natural that they will seek out and lay claim to

rare items that could benefit the Guild and expand its collective knowledge.

The Farming Guild is a great illustration of this correctly , in my opinion.

the Hespori Patch and the Celastrus Patch, and the Redwood Patch. But it is

the Fishing Guild is a great example of this being done in a way that is not

correct; a Fishing Boss was placed in the middle of the Desert in place of the

guild's location to Fishers was a sorely wasted opportunity (Although fighting

a huge Catfish at the bottom of the water would be cool if executed correctly

and fit better than just splashing around the people a slightly).

A Hub for Players aiming to, or already have Skills Mastery The concept of a

Guild should possess a somewhat social element including the possibility of

introducing Skilling Clans, or even a notice board on which Guild members can

submit needs and get certain rewards. I believe that OSRS should include

Guilds function as hubs for players who are looking to make use of their skill

mastery or wish to possess mastery over their skill as just an idea of course

and that would include increasing the social aspect of player engagement in

this point as opposed to simply increasing foot traffic in the first two

points. Ideally, this would include players helping each other as well, which

I believe should be built into Guilds to serve as a space for teaching.

Let me know what you consider about the ideas I mentioned in relation to my

expectations for Guilds or if there's something you feel I should to clarify

here, let me know your own personal opinions on the function of Guilds within

OSRS. Honestly, I think it would be fascinating to see larger importance be

given to something with the potential to be so powerful. Even though this

article is not addressing Combat Oriented Skills, I would like to hear what

the opinion of the community is on the need to address those Guilds as well.

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