Confirming that with the new guild system we are going to allow guilds to have a maximum of 50 members. The current alliance system is going to be rebuilt as a result, but not in a way that people are expecting:
All guilds will continue to have a 25 member limit by default and leaders will be given a choice as to whether they would like to expand to 50 members. For guilds that don't increase the member limit we will allow you to ally with ONE other guild. This alliance will be represented in your guild profile, and any points that a guild generates will be split with between the two guilds. If you decide that you would prefer to downsize from 50 members to participate in the alliance system you will need to reduce your members down to 25.
Through offering a more flexibile system we hope to allow smaller guilds to maintain their own identity and partner up when beneficial to compete with the larger guilds. It should also allow non-competitive alliances to maintain some sense of normality in the new system.
Thoughts?