I like the allied guilds idea.. sort of follows Photic's distaste for Arenanet not following through on their original concepts ;)

originaly they said "adversaries live by your mercy or die by your wrath" (or something similar) where as now, it's basically a free-for all :/

the current customization "feature" in Guild Wars doesnt make much sense to me .. if a black smith can modify a weapon to be more effective in my hands .. why cant a black smith customize the same weapon for someone else once I'm finished with it? o.O

some good suggestions Ryder, thanks for sharing :)