I think that's how many guilds work now, which is why they end up with a mass of GR1-3s. Unless there's some reporting system out there, a person who does a ton of work but isn't around the guild leaders isn't going to get many favors.

Also note that if everyone is GR1-3 then the only ones who can GF are the leaders .

Thus I prefer a system that rewards both outstanding work and simply 'doing your duty', along with ways to know who is doing it.

Moondancers have been a little lax on the favouring recently...we used to do it a -lot- under Merloch and then Ibaesha, but I guess the system just kinda slowed down over time. We should work on that.

Yes *plots* Though it would be nice to see the witching path filled.

Though I'm very appreciative of my various novice teaching favours

Doesnt mean I agree with it. I think guildfavours should all be equal.

Ahh. Fair enough.. Why didn't you say that?

I thought I got that point across when I said a guildfavour is a guildfavour

I believe that you would have gotten your point across better if you had said:
"A guildfavour should be a guildfavour."

Because the way you worded it, you're wrong. One guildfavour does not equal another, if done by different ranks.

No, guild favours should not all be equal.

I -like- the fact that there's a vast difference between a GR5 favour and a GR19 favour. I just wish that there was a feasible means to offer a 'lesser' favour if someone's done something to warrant it, but there isn't someone around to offer the favour.

That is your opinion. I dont feel the need to horde guildranks like other people.

Having some shmuck on the street say "Hey, he's good people" means a lot less than having some important, well known person say, "Hey, he's good people."

This is a good thing.

But I digress...

I want to be able to GF people who're just 'doing their job' without firing them up through the social status tree!

The fact that you conceed that 'other people' - aka the vast majority, DO feel the need to 'horde guildranks' (which, by the by, would surely be fairly standard behaviour in a hierarchical society such as that which the Lusternian organisations provide) simply acknowleges the poverty of your suggestion.

Other people does not mean vast majority unless I stated it as such. Also just because a greater number of people believe something is correct does not make it so.

Eh, Nyla, other people are the vast majority. Most people feel compelled to gain rank in their guild, and we expect that; if people didn't want guildfavours, guilds as a whole would break down, since the system depends on this kind of hyerarchical incentive. Because of that, I do think being able to control the power of favouring (Which would mean more favours, which would mean more people work for their guilds) is a great idea.