Dutch guild, East Indian Guild has been selected as this week's Guild of the Week:

The hardest part of founding the East Indian Guild was choosing the name. The Dutch practically invented the concept of "guild," so the founders, Merenwen and Nicky, turned to their history for naming inspiration. The guild leader lives in an old building that once belonged to the United Dutch East Asia Company (a famous 17th century multinational Dutch trading guild). Consequently, a name was born. Originally intended to be an international guild, they decided to have an English name. But the first few members who joined did not speak fluent English, so the leader switched the guild to Dutch-only but left the name in place for posterity.

Regarding PvP:

Any member is welcome to join the team, even with a PvE character, because when it comes down to it, fun is more important than winning. Players may also bring their own builds because the team trusts they know what they're doing. That doesn't mean the guild won't give help when asked, but it is often difficult to play another person's build without information on how to play it. Even when they know the ideas behind a build, players often perform better with builds they (partially) came up with themselves. When the team needs a healer for example, EIG doesn't shop around for a Monk specifically. While Monks may be powerful healers, Paragons, Ritualists, and even Dervishes can also heal quite well. It also brings in an element of surprise, as most enemies expect Monks to be the healers. While they may not be able to create top-100 teams (yet), it does give them some advantages over players who cannot think out-of-the-box.