Guild Finder arrives in RIFT 1.8 Infernal Dawn!

[Elrar]

RIFT is a massive game, much of which is enjoyed best with friends!

We also know that between new players joining or returning all the time and free character transfers it can be a game in itself to find others to adventure with. Fortunately in RIFT 1.8: Infernal Dawn we've made it easier than ever to find a guild and get back to the action! Whether you're looking for a guild or your guild is looking for more you can connect with other kindred players instantly via the new Guild Finder.

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[Gr3y]

What about those of us who have found a guild to roll with... but they're on the other faction? I found some friends that play defiant, but I don't want to walk away from all my world event titles, pets, and mounts on my main.

Anything in the pipeline for people like me?

[Shield Happens]

Will there be an option to list specific callings?

[Bloodae]

Guild Finder is a great idea, but PLEASE, just make it a guild finder, not a guild-recruitment-invitation tool.
Guild members management should not be automated. Let the players send a tell to the guild leaders and let people interact. Less interaction equals poor community, see WoW for example. Rift has a way too great, awesome community to screw it up.

Anyway, good idea if it only allows us to find.

[TriX]

Guild Finder is a great idea, but PLEASE, just make it a guild finder, not a guild-recruitment-invitation tool.
Guild members management should not be automated. Let the players send a tell to the guild leaders and let people interact. Less interaction equals poor community, see WoW for example. Rift has a way too great, awesome community to screw it up.

Anyway, good idea if it only allows us to find.

It's not entrely automated. If you want to join a guild, you don't get invited automatic. The system will send a message to an officer in the guild, who then can contact the applicant, eg. by tell og mail before an invite is send.

Quote:

1. When you find a guild you’re interested in just click “Message” to shoot a message to the recruitment officers, it’s up to them to contact you further.
2. If they’re online they’ll have the option to send you a tell, otherwise it will be sent to their mailbox.
3. You don’t need to be online to accept the invite either – officers can invite you via mail!

[Naialyla]

Can I suggest that if you select dungeons or raids (or both, mainly raids though) that a time menu comes up as well, so you can list the hours/days that your available? Some people have odd work hours which disables them from running a guilds raid schedule. I personally work night shift, so I'm never around for the "6pm server raid time" that just about EVERY guild seems to run. Just think it'd help if a list of hours available for raid is there, somewhat like when you fill out a job app and they ask you what hours you can work.

[Focusv5]

Guild Finder is a great idea, but PLEASE, just make it a guild finder, not a guild-recruitment-invitation tool.
Guild members management should not be automated. Let the players send a tell to the guild leaders and let people interact. Less interaction equals poor community, see WoW for example. Rift has a way too great, awesome community to screw it up.

Anyway, good idea if it only allows us to find.

What you're asking for is exactly what they're providing. Did we read the same article?

[Synergis]

Id like to be able to link my guild information in chat. Like a item. Something along the lines of a hyperlink. That people can see in game. 2 cents.

[priorwt]

Id like to be able to link my guild information in chat. Like a item. Something along the lines of a hyperlink. That people can see in game. 2 cents.

While this is an improvement, it is definitely a huge disappointment for me. I believe TRION/RIFT missed a huge need: activity time.

There are numerous guild formed and each meets the needs of its members, and chief among those needs is member availability. I've joined several guilds to find out that their raid times are not conducive to my participation. This is a MAJOR consideration that was overlooked and limits the utility of any tool.

To me, it appears that this is a swag, and one can hope that improvements will follow. As for me, not finding a guild that I can run with during my playtime is limiting my advancement and the playability of the game. We all know that without a guild, you are stuck with t3 gear at best and that means you are being passed by.

For many there be options like GW2 i suppose, for it is easier to stay busy with a new game, then to wait forever for help in finding a guild that actually works.

[Jhaeda]

Id like to be able to link my guild information in chat. Like a item. Something along the lines of a hyperlink. That people can see in game. 2 cents.

That would be really neat, in my opinion!

[Shieldy]

if you could really add information to the guild finder tool about hours of avilibility not just weekends/weekdays. like a previous poster mentioned i work nights so sifting through tons of raiding guilds only to find out they are done raiding before i even get out of work is useless to me.

[cwharland]

Feature request, add a check box for qualities related to emoness. Things like skinny jeans, white stripes, etc... It will better capture the spirit of guild hoppers! Other than that it looks great.

[Aymen]

Here's the $1M question. Will it work across servers? Also, as noted above, it's not helpful to only be able to select weekdays/weekends. Speaking from personal experience, it doesn't do me any good to find a guild that raids at 6 server on weekdays if I'm not available to raid until 7 server on weekdays.

[Snichy]

Probably a bit late now, but adding my agreement to availability times not just weekday or weekend or both. Its really not worth having an availability option at all if you cant specify a time period. I can only raid after 8pm and having to trawl through every single "weekday" guild posting hoping the leader has been sensible enough to write their raid times in the notes defeats the object of having a "tool" to supposedly make my life easier!

[Nuxt]

Guild Finder is a great idea, but PLEASE, just make it a guild finder, not a guild-recruitment-invitation tool.
Guild members management should not be automated. Let the players send a tell to the guild leaders and let people interact. Less interaction equals poor community, see WoW for example. Rift has a way too great, awesome community to screw it up.

Anyway, good idea if it only allows us to find.

Terrible first post.