Guild System?Follow

one thing that i really hope works out is a detailed guild system, but i do have some questions about it if its available in the beta or if it become available after the next push.(remember the "if this is out in the beta already statement", I'd like some information besides 10 people makings guessings or repeating that its not out yet).

1) Is there a hierarchy in the guild?

2) Is there a guild member menu that tells you who is on/off/total members?

3) Is there any guild realty?

4) Is there any symbol of what quild your in on your character or your name?

I know theres more i want to ask and probably more i could find out if i just looked around, but id like some first hand knowledge.

As of right now, and some of this is bound to change:

1) Yes, there are five different rankings for guild members - Initiate, Member, Veteran, Officer, Leader.

2) Not explicitly. You can type /who afterlifex and it will give you a complete list of who's on...if there's more than 3, it brings it up in a separate window, so you don't just get text spam by doing this. I'm still waiting for a guild tools menu.

3) No. I've heard mixed things about player-owned property, so I won't comment further.

4) Yes, there are tabards. Your guild leader can design a tabard in one of the main towns for 20g, and then you can buy one for 1g. It gives the players that have them a unique look.
Additionally, there is the usual over-your-character's-head:
Vampyreknight
<Afterlifex>

(I just used Afterlife for an example. I'm in a different guild.)

Player and guild housing is planned for sometime after release (as mentioned several times by big B.)