I am going to be downsizing various aspects of the guild, for several reasons:
1) I believe that some features within the guild (ie. the several different types of points, the myriad of shops, the countless Abilities, etc) are a bit confusing and, quite frankly, unnecessary.
2) It has become a daunting task for me to try and keep up with so many different features taking place within the guild all at once.
3) A simplified version of the guild will be easier for everyone to utilize and enjoy.
So I ask, is there any feature in particular you want to see
stay in the guild (ie. Spotlight Challenge, Abilities, etc)?
Any feature that is not spoken up about will be removed.
I'm not too up to date with a lot of the features going on, since there
are too many and it's confusing. But since opinions are being taken I might as well put mine in as well.
Fist off, the spotlight challenge should stay, it's probably the most regular and popular within the guild, even though i don't do it myself. Also, as SerenadingCelebi said above the shops on Join avenue should stay as well as abilities (got to keep my golden truant ability).
Personally I think that Sacred Fire points should go and so should V-create points. Additionally the idea of having so many ranks in the war team is divisive and somewhat unnecessary. We should really just have 'members', 'substitutes' and a 'commander' as it's more simple. It also gets rid of the need for constantly exchanging your types of points for others, when i think that no one really cares that much (about war team rank, especially as the amount of wars we have is virtually 0).
As for Sacred Fire points, i understand the fact that they are rare and you only get it for doing certain tasks, but it would be easier if you just got
more MP for doing those things. 1SP = 3MP/BP, so instead of getting 3SP for doing something you should just receive 9MP/BP, as it again removes the need for unnecessary currency exchanging.
I would also like to get rid of BP and only have 1 currency of points, but I appreciate that for the shops (join avenue) to work we need them so I guess I can tolerate it.
I have a question too: Can you trade MP for BP? If you can then you can use a hole in currency exchange system to get double the amount of BP from SP.
Finally, and I think i've mentioned this before but please can we stop using
this red as it's physically painful to look at and its looks atrocious with the default green background. It's too bright and it makes message harder to read, making it more difficult to get your point across, and it just looks naff. I propose we use
this red instead as it looks nicer and is easier to read.
All that said, let's just remember that guilt features are
not what make a guild great. The quality and enjoyment of clan life is increased by having interesting discussions about pokemon news, the competitive metagame etc. While the whole of Serebii, as a forum, is made for that, what makes a guild different to an ordinary thread is the members who are loyal and know each other well. The guild should be a friendly place to discuss this kind of stuff in peace. This is something this guild has been seriously lacking, the member's abilities to discuss pokemon isn't that it used to be
(or what it ever was in THT) so I think that's what we need to work on. No amount of guild features that involve individual participation can bring the guild together, we need to do things together or discuss, then hopefully the thread will become a bit more active.
imo the guild is too structured with too many arbitrary rules and restrictions and not enough battling/chatting etc. but maybe that's just me. I hope the thread becomes more active anyhow