A Guide for Guild Wars Alliances and Faction

Upon entering the very first Guild Wars city players can join a guild and alliance. These are categorized as small groups of people, up to 100 people in one guild, which have the same interests and share the same goals. Each guild can then be part of an alliance, up to 10 guilds in one alliance. This gives players access to up to 1000 people all working together.

Having so many people to play with and learn from greatly benefits game play. However, some players prefer smaller guilds with close knit friends. Small guilds and alliances do have advantages while larger ones have some disadvantages. Trying out a few different guilds of multiple sizes and different people will help a player make his or her decision. A Guild needs to fit with the players game play style.

Guilds are the main focus of the Guild Wars game. While in a guild members get a cape and guild tag located after their names.

There are thousands of guilds in the game that players can join. When someone is a member they gain access to the guild’s hall which holds many treasures. Guild leaders can buy merchants of all types; dye, rune, weapon, hats and place them in the guild hall for people to use. The guild hall is a central location for guild members to go to and do everyday activities in the game such as sell their stuff, get new skills, rune their armor, and have idol chit chat with other players.

Guilds also have the opportunity to participate in Guild verses Guild (GvG) games which raise their ranks on the Guild Wars Ladder. One of the main things most guilds in the game do is join an alliance. Being part of an alliance allows for contact with additional gamers and therefore more people to play with.