RIFT MMO News, Guides, and Features at Ten Ton Hammer

One of the most important vehicles for social interaction in MMOGs is found in the form of the guild. Guilds are as varied as the players that inhabit them, and no two players will have the exact same expectations from a guild, but long gone are the days of guilds being a passive entity. While the idea of allowing guilds to level up and progress with their members is a relatively new one, it has spread through the gaming community like wildfire and Rift is one of the new breeds of MMOG that has embraced it.

In Rift, guilds level up by earning experience points, similar to the way that players do. As levels are gained points are earned, these points can then be spent on various upgrades known as perks. The only way to earn guild experience is through various quests that high ranking guild officials can accept on behalf of the members. 

Perks are divided into two categories; active and passive. Active perks can require a reagent to use and most have a cooldown timer. Passive perks are constant additions that help improve various aspects of gameplay for members.

Perk	Description	Passive or Active
Able Bodied	Increases endurance by 3% while active.	Active
Awakened Power	Increases attack power and spell power by 2% while active	Active
Bloody Thirsty	Killing a player heals you for 25% of your maximum health over 5 seconds while active.	Active
Earthly Ties	Reduces the cooldown on soulwalk by 5 minutes.	Passive
Efficient Consumption	Increases the gains from healing potions by 10%	Passive
Enduring Banner	Reduces the cooldown of all guild banner summons by 15 seconds.	Passive
Faking It	Increases all tradeskills by 5 points.	Passive
Favored Student	Reduces the purchase price of skills at trainers by 10%.	Passive
Foe Hunter	Increases favor rewards by 5% while active	Active
Gift of the Rifts	Increases all attributes by 2% while active.	Active
High Visibility	Increases guild banner radius by 10 meters.	Passive
Journeyman	10%  increase in chance of getting a second skill point from successful tradeskill attempts.	Passive
Killing Spree	Killing a player results in 5% damage increase per application, up to 5 applications, for 8 seconds while active.	Active
Lucky Penny	Increases coin gained from loot and quest rewards by 5%.	Passive
Planar Protection	Increases resistances by 5 while active.	Active
Shrewd Negotiator	Reduces the purchase price of items at vendors by 5%. Mounts are excluded.	Passive
Summon Camp Banner	Summons a banner that doubles all out of combat recovery rates for nearby party or raid members for 5 minutes.	Active
Summon Defender's Banner	Summons a banner that increases the armor of nearby party or raid members by 5% for 5 minutes.	Active
Summon Field Medic Banner	Summons a banner that increases the healing effects on nearby party or raid members by 5% for 5 minutes.	Active
Summon General's Banner	Summons a banner that increases the attributes of nearby party or raid members by 5% for 5 minutes	Active
Summon Guild Rally Banner	Summons a banner that allows all guild members to teleport to it's location using guild rally tokens.	Active
Summon Rift Energy Banner	Summons a banner that increases mana regeneration of nearby party or raid members by 10% and reduces energy cost of abilities by 5 for 5 minutes.	Active
Summon Skirmisher's Banner	Summons a banner that increases the damage of nearby party or raid members by 5% for 5 minutes.	Active
Summon Stalwart Banner	Summons a banner that increases the endurance of nearby party or raid members by 5% for 5 minutes.	Active