I have a vision for a (not necessarily Halforums') guild.
It would be an economic powerhouse stretching its tendrils across the galaxy.
I and a few others (I have some names in mind from the SWGEmu forums as well) would establish contacts & friends across the galaxy. Crafters, resource harvesters, PvErs, PvPers, Rebels, Imps; it will not matter. Anyone who can offer a particular service or ability will be remembered.
Once this network of contacts is firmly established, we form exclusive contracts with crafters and resource harvesters (and a few outside trustable people) to make the exchange of goods and services happen quickly and more cheaply than through the bazaar.
Essentially, we would be middlemen: the binding glue of an extensive trading & information network. If one of us hears something interesting while playing music in an Ent group, we pass it along to the guild for possible use.
The long term goal is to make it so whenever someone needs something done quickly and without a hassle, they come through us.
If, for example we form a long term exclusive contract with an armorsmith, a weaponsmith, and a slicer, if someone needs weapons or armor, they go through us to get the best pre-sliced equipment to buy.
The beauty of this system is that it won't matter if they are Rebel, Imperial, or neutral. Since they go though us, a Rebel can buy a DWG5 made by an Imperial contact we made, because we deliver it and pay the Imp. It can break open the possibilities for cross-factional trade.
This is just an idea I'm tossing out for you guys.
I plan on going with it, but I wanted to see how many would be open to it.
