Guilds I Have Seen

WTF Spagetti's blog entry about various types of guilds (he lumps them into the three general classes of social, casual raiding, and raiding) got me thinking about how The Solo MMO Player defines the guilds on his realm:

The Frat Boys: These guilds like to get together and trash the place, kill all the NPCs, block the entrance to the Auction House, mess with players out minding their own business, etc. and whose peak WOW experience was last year's zombie invasion.

The Users:  The guilds that invite as many folks to join as possible so that they can use them to cherry pick the best drops for the officers and then boot the members who complain about this treatment.  This guild is only interested in what's in it for them.

The Losers:  These are the new guilds which are started by those no one else will allow in a guild so that they can lord it over somebody.  The officers are inexperienced and domineering and these guilds don't last long.

The Fruit Cakes:  These guilds are distinguished by officers who are nuts or who allow their crazy significant others to rule the guild.  You can usually tell who is off their meds by the amount of Scripture they quote alternating with angry rants against you, the new guild member.  Run away, run away!

The Pro Athletes:  These guilds are the ultra serious raiders, with cut-throat competition for who has the best stats, gear or raiding slots.  Join at your own risk, assuming that you can meet their very stringent criteria and raid every night of the week on top of reading everything possible to prepare for raiding.

The Taxi Drivers:  These are leveling guilds with a twist.  They look for high level players to walk low level players through instances.  Very few folks here know how to play their characters as everything is given them.  Avoid if you want to learn to play the game.

The Kmart Shoppers:  These guilds want one thing and that's the "best" loot, whatever that happens to be this week.

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Rift: Currency Summary

There are way too many currencies in Rift!  This recently updated list is helpful in knowing what you need for various items.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Currency_(Rift)



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Rift: Rogue PVP Builds

A discussion of rogue builds in PVP (dated June 2012).
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/classes-telara/rogue-discussion/rogue-guides/322076-quiescent-presents-soul-soul-guide-how-pvp-rogue.html#post3844006

This site collects rogue builds, including PVP.  It is not dated so I can't tell how recent the builds are but if you click on the link, you can see when the build was last updated.
http://www.riftroguepro.com/rogue-builds

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Rift Mobile Authenticator without a Smart Phone?

Supposedly the BlueStacks emulator allows one to run the Rift Android mobile authenticator on a PC. The first URL has a link to the download, and the second (dated last January 2012) talks about BlueStacks.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1151408-Rift-Mobile-App-without-android-apple-smartphone

http://samsunggalaxyandroid.net/2012/01/bluestacks-app-player-out-of-alpha-beta-bound-soon/

Apparently BlueStacks is still in beta.
http://androidcommunity.com/bluestacks-app-player-for-windows-enters-beta-20120327/

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Rift: Fishing Guide

Comprehensive Rift fishing guide--Once you travel to a section, use the commands at the bottom of the page to go elsewhere.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uUEL-XNzdy3rS3pdJRPWhfNocPM_F0YsfjOX8x5IFz4/edit?pli=1

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Rift: Higher End Gear Guide

An aid to higher end gear progression via a variety of ways.
http://alpha.guildlaunch.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7996385

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Rift: Planar Vendors

Planar vendors by zone with locations, levels, etc.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Planar_Vendors_(Rift)

Another short list for just rare planar vendors.
http://riftwardrobe.wikia.com/wiki/Rare_Planar_Armor_Vendors

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Rift: Gear Recommendations by Vendor

This site recommends higher level and PVP gear, and lists merchants that sell it in Shimmersand, Iron Pine Peak and Stillmore.
http://www.riftrvr.com/guides/shimmersand-iron-pine-peak-and-stillmoor-pvprift-gear-guide/

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Rift: Where to Buy Planar Focus

A explanation of planar focus with a list of vendors.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Planar_Focus

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Rift: Lists of Planar Essences

Most thorough list of planar essences I could find.  Clicking on one gives you some information about it.
http://www.riftspot.com/item/list/7#items

Zam's database isn't as large but you can search for just Greater or just Lesser Planar Essences.
http://rift.zam.com/en/itemlist.html?level_low=50&statval1=0&type=greater&slot=essence&page=1

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