This week’s Guild Highlight feature is Guild Advancement. In Warhammer Online, a guild is not just a group of like-minded players; it’s an entity in itself capable of gaining experience and moving up through the ranks with the aid of its members. Guild Experience Points (GXP) are earned through the actions and accomplishments of the guild’s members. Guild experience points are the equivalent of character experience points. As specific thresholds of prestige points have been accumulated, the guild advances to the next Guild Rank. Here are a few examples of how your guild will earn experience within Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: Standard Guild Experience is rewarded each time a guild member receives standard experience by accomplishing goals within the game including: Defeating opponents (both NPCs and in RvR) Acquiring Tome Unlocks Completing Public Quest Completing PvE quests Participating in RvR Scenarios Completing RvR Quests RvR Keep Ownership Guild Experience is rewarded to a guild over time for maintaining ownership of an RvR keep. Battlefield Objective Ownership Bonus: While a guild possesses a claimed Battlefield Objective, a bonus is applied to all guild experience gains throughout the battlefields of WAR. Not only do you earn bragging rights for your guild via Advancement, you also gain access to a number of exciting guild features as your guild becomes more and more prestigious. Attaining new guild levels unlocks guild advancement rewards such as customizable guild heraldry, guild cloaks, guild Standards, and guild tactics. Rank Granted Advancement Rewards are awarded automatically when a guild attains the appropriate guild rank. When a granted advancement reward is awarded the guild is informed of the reward with a guild-wide chat notification and the notification is logged in the Guild News Log. Some of the exciting things your guild will unlock as it levels up include: The ability to access a guild vault Additional guild vault space The ability to create a custom guild heraldry Guild cloaks Guild Standards template Guild Standard tactics slots Guild Standard trophy slot Guild Standard trophies Guild tactics points (used to purchase guild tactics) Want more information? We like to keep with the trends these days and leave you in suspense; most of the items above will be revealed in Guild Highlights issues to be published here on the Herald in coming weeks. Stay tuned! History: Semper Dius is an Order Guild formed by like-minded individuals interested in WAR, just after the Guild Beta signup ended. They have a core of dedicated and fun members who are committed to being successful, without losing the fun factor and personal life. While they had some members in beta through random invites, the guild has really gotten behind the idea of making your own luck! Through dedication and some creative skill, the guild now has over twenty people in Beta, and those in Beta enjoy playing as a team and learning each other's play styles. They continue to grow and stand to be one of the "faces" of WAR on release. From the Guildleader: Semper Dius stands for "Ever Divine". We are a guild based on the freedom of ideas. Ideas that involve you in the guild process; you are not forced to follow a reckless action without saying that it's wrong to do so. You will have your voice heard in every guild decision. We are dedicated to doing RvR well, and take that aspect seriously. Having said that; we have a very understanding view of Real Life. We are a mature group of gamers who take people who are dedicated, but more importantly fit in with our community. We love working with other Order Guilds, and are very conscious that we never intend to be a huge guild in numbers, but we are determined to be renowned for our skill and ability. We're looking to carry on recruiting until we have hit just the amount of people we want, with the optimum balance of classes and personalities! We embody Semi-Hardcore in all aspects of game life - but don't underestimate us. I think you'll find the line of Semper Dius holding against the horde of Destruction a firm line indeed! We look forward to crossing blades with you all on the field of battle! www.semperdius.net We’ll see you in WAR, Semper Dius!