/guild browse - Allow invite-only guilds to declare as "recruiting"
Submitted by redstoneisgreat
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I have a lot to say about the guild browser, so much I am making multiple suggestions rather than one super long one. (I see 3 major issues holding it back from being useful, this is 3/3).
"Open" guilds are defined as "Recruiting". This one I think definitely applies to SMP, for RPG it likely applies too at least to some degree. Most guilds that are recruiting do not use /guild open, they either advertise in the discord, or advertise in chat in-game, and I think it's unlikely this would change. Searching for "open" guilds could possibly remain an option (although I do have the concern of this being misused, particularly if it wasn't possible before), but regardless there should be a better way to find guilds that are recruiting.
I think that guilds should be able to "declare" themselves as Recruiting without having to open their guild (join without an invite). This could be kept simple, or could be made into a full recruiting system (made a suggestion for Factions related to that). In terms of "simpler" approaches I see two options, although having both might be nice
1. Find and message online players. From the guild browser, you should be able to see if a guild has any players online, perhaps with a displayed number of online players in the guild browser, and perhaps a list of online players. (I think /g info doesn't sort by online players, and doesn't even list all online players, though /g members I am not as familiar with). If there are players online you could /msg those players directly and ask them.
2. Recruitment via Discord. From the guild browser, you could find a Discord link. Guilds would have an option to add their discord link. This could either go to the OGN discord guild recruitment post, or directly to the guild's private discord. I do think moderation and misuse of this would be a concern, though this concern also applies to the OGN discord itself, so not sure if this should be seen as an argument against this.
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