World of Warcraft at Ten Ton Hammer

The WoW Economist is back, if you already didn't know, and has a few top notch articles already out there. The latest one, about Guild Economics in Cataclysm, has a really good line about what if there were guild retention bonuses. What if you or the guild got a bonus for having people stay in the guild? Would it help turnover rates? Pretty thought provoking and exactly why it's an excellent read.

Retention Bonus: For every guild member you retain for more than 1 year (or for X% of Guild Member Retained), the Guild shall XXXXXXXX. The end is blank – too many possibilities (1/pt). I originally wrote that the Guild shall be awarded X gold, I mean wy not?. Then I thought why not it be Improved Penny Pincher above to say 25 -50%. Then I thought wait, what else could it be? I think some sort of bonus for retention should be awarded but maybe not just limited to economic rewards. I like the idea there is a carrot out there for Guild Management to run a Guild with high retention figures.

The WoW Economist has a good article up today. You should go give it a read.