All a "guild qualification requirement" will do is hurt smaller guilds

"Richfxxx;c-1879954" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1877865" wrote:
This same concept comes up every time there is new content.

New content tends to stir things up, but in the end stable/healthy guilds usually make it through.

Kyno, normally your posts make sense and are fair comments.

On this occasion I think you are wrong and have struck a low blow to new/lower gp guilds.

But I agree with what you say about new content always stirs people up as proven by thousands of posts on this forum.

But not allowing lower gp guilds access is cruel and demoralising. They should be able to try the event even if the fail to complete it, by trying and failing that will truly give them something to strive for, because an 80 million gp guild may not necessarily have the right toons to complete it. Whereas if you can at least try it you know which toons to farm.

Sub note I’m in a 170 million guild so doesn’t affect me personally but think the 80 million minimum is bad for the community and game as a whole

Trying and failing will not give them the resources to grow. Placing a simple goal on the field and saying here is what you need to get to this tier, is a good thing for developing players and guilds. They have access to the resources and the new stuff through other means and this becomes an "added bonus" as they develop up to the point where they can participate.

There are so many examples of gates just like this in game, level blocks, character stars, character power, and guild member total, just to name a few. All of those at some level block player access to an event and rewards.

In a game mode that is built on a GP check, it makes sense to have a block of this nature.
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In a new game mode that also is the gate to provide access to the new component that will likely be needed to go far in it, we are very likely to see guilds that do qualify scoring low star counts and possibly some choosing to do both more because the base rewards could be better and access to the new stuff is spread to other locations. Give it time and see how this plays out.