The classic 1k hire and fire guilds do scam noobs, of course. noobs don't have many recruitments, they will take any offer they get, and those guilds gladly use them and tell them to spam the entries or whatever. that is not a controversal issue.

I am not defending anybody, personally I have no interest into guilds or competition anymore, I was just saying my opinion from a neutral point of view. That becomes very clear. I am not defending the devs by making the assumption that they do not have a naiv time management

Why can guilds not simply go for 1k for fun and based on friendship only, as I suggested? Sparrers go for 10k wins, 20k etc. too, there had been rewards for 6k and 20k spar wins in the past, those have been removed a long time ago already and still there are sparrers seeking their goals.

Let me guess, you guys grew up getting a reward for achievements? well, in that case Graal - a non-level-based game - might not a good place for that kind of thinking anyway, just mentioning that carefully. Isn't it much more the case that, without a material reward waiting at the end of the journey, towerers suddenly realize that sitting in (more or less frequented) flag rooms for hours is not exactly satisfying?

If an activity is only exciting when there's a prize at the end, perhaps that already says enough about that activity. I like debating about anything, but I think here I am the one who is looking at the big picture.