So, incoming rant alert. The game is hostile to new players, that’s already a fact. I’ve encouraged many friends to play, and I’ve noticed more than 90% do not last beyond the first couple of weeks… they like the game, but it is clearly not new player friendly as the difficulty ramps up fast.
But it goes beyond that… new guilds are not possible. No guild is impossible, but new guilds are probably more of a pointless drain on resources and even worse. Why is it this way? It’s because the current guilds are ranked by trophies… trophies that have been building for 8 years… no new guild even has a chance to catch them. Which is why new players and guilds alike, simply quit.
What genuinely should happen … a leaderboard regular reset. Maybe each month, or each campaign? This would encourage a bit more guild competition, and thus inject some vibrancy into an otherwise stagnant guild structure.
The big guilds will complain, likely very loud… but ultimately, who wants to be king of a dying kingdom? Guild Wars potentially offers a fairer chance each month, but with that not even here… the stigma of new guilds being pointless will always remain.