One of the changes of Cataclysm which I’m most going to enjoy are about the guild system. Guilds themselves will have levels and a talent tree. wow.com posted a photo from Blizzcon which shows it’s a bigger talent tree than I’d have expected. Quite exciting for guild leaders.

Repair-cost reduction is shown in the photo. That will help with guild income/expense management.

Cold Comfort is writing a series on these changes with his overview and part one published already. He provided a link to the gallery of photos from this panel, and you can browse through them to find more clues to what’s coming. I liked the idea of guild achievements, guild heirlooms and finding crafters within your guild.

I think these changes will hugely improve the dynamics of guilds. For example, it will allow smaller, less raiding-oriented guilds to still have some special qualities (like a maxed-out talent tree).