Manual

Friends
You will eventually find players that you enjoy talking to and grouping with. You
can make them friends so it is easier for you to meet with them online. The friends
list in your Social window (hotkey O), shows you a list of all your friends in the
game. You can add a friend to your friends list by opening the chat prompt and
typing /invite [playername] or by clicking the Add Friend button on the friends list
and typing the player’s name.
All your friends are listed on your friends page. Each friend entry shows you
whether the friend is online or offline, and displays that friend's name, level, class,
and current location.
Anytime a friend logs on or off the game, you get a message in your chat log telling
you that the friend has come online or gone offline. You can also easily invite your
friends to a group, regardless of where they are, by clicking the Group Invite button
on the friends list.
Guilds
A guild is a collection of players who have joined together to create a
mutually beneficial relationship with each other. Many guilds are created by people
who are friends outside the game, while other guilds are created by players who
have become friends in the game and want to pool their resources together.
Guild Benefits
Being in a guild carries many benefits.
Few of these benefits are dictated by the
game; instead, these benefits arise
because friends gathered together in a
guild are already inclined to help each
other out.
Guild members benefit each other by
loaning or giving cash to each other, by
trading items to each other for little or no
charge, and by donating equipment to
each other.
Many guilds also set up an efficient
structure for improving trade skill use.
Some members become gatherers, while
other members specialize in a trade skill.
The gatherers then feed the specialists
raw materials so they can improve their