Smithing Association/Guild

[Tuathanach]

After hearing many complaints by smiths about price of ore and price other smith sell at etc, I have thought about the idea of a Smithing Association. Which could be used to argue for the rights of smiths. It would be able to set the standards for pricing of what smiths pay and what they charge for goods, ensuring all smiths get a fair price for their work. Is there interest in forming this association?

P.S. This would not have any enforceable rules and no expectation would be given for GM's to intervene if people do not follow the guild standards. I think it would be good to have several of these associations, including a miners association, which would allow RP between the two big negotiating over price, or miners could strike and leave smiths without raw material etc.

[Mouli]

Is there any miners around ? didnt see any for age...
but I love the idea of the association anyway

[Pakarro]

Is there any miners around ? didnt see any for age..

Pakerl looks slightly sad and maybe disappointed....

[Tuathanach]

Miners are just an example, a Hunters association would be another, who fight for fair prices for hides and animal parts . I see also no reason why we couldn't also have a musician/artist association to help artist be found easier for RP events.

[Bonifarzia]

If someone asks me about a well organized group of blacksmiths, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Iron Hammer. Their Shop  Catalogue looks fantastic, and the prices seem consistent and fair (if not a bit too low, I cannot really judge that).

A guild mate once complained that the biggest problem for trade with crafted goods are few players that hand out finest weapons for almost zero tria. Even if that happens rarely, it creates a lot of confusion for new players about the value of such items.

[Mouli]

The biggest problem now almost everyone is a crafter... and with the reduction of looted weapon rate, lot of those artifacts hunter went into crafting now...
  how many armor crafters do we have In game ? (20 actives ?)
  how many characters can make Q300 weapons ? (too much)

I would say 40-50% of the actual active characters can craft Q300 items...
IMO there is no business at all for the crafters atm, we  need more active players...