My suggestion is to have a new rule, or perhaps some kind of in-game feature to counter this, as I think most any guild except those that already do this can understand where I'm coming from.
So, things I think should be discouraged or flat out restricted:
- 100% transparent/empty emblems.
- Ridiculously small emblems to circumvent the above (i.e. "haha, my emblem is a 1 pixel black dot, it's okay! :3")
- 100% duplicate emblems (i.e. "hey, let's make our emblem look just like DA KNIGHTZ guild's, so they think we're them! o3o huhr huhr huhr") Obviously, recolors or significant changes with the same basic premise would be okay, but ones that are so similar that it's clear they're an attempt to cause confusion mid-WoE. I can see people trying to make a duplicate emblem and going "THEY'RE COPYING US" as a means of faux-attack, so seniority would take priority here to mitigate that.
I'm all for strategy. But this is clear as day distasteful, and something we just don't need in WoE, FE or SE. It doesn't help anyone (those defending or those attacking) except the guild doing it, and at that, doesn't really even help the guild doing it. At all.
Furthermore, if we don't cap on this soon, I can see attacking guilds having guilds with the same emblem wandering in, and as cool as "Gentlemen. [Begins acing them while they look around confused]" sounds, that's not how WoE should be executed. Flanking, diversions, breaches, false fronts, pincher attacks, that's how WoE strategy should be played.
Not this kiddie crap.
Suggestions, agree/disagree, your opinion on how it should be handled; all welcome. I prefer you actually say why you give it a + or - though, instead of just going "-1" or "+10,00000000000 [picture of you achieving orgasm]"
[EDIT]:
Courtesy of Celica-
Another suggested rule:
Thanks Celica, for helping make our server better! <3-While semi-transparent emblems are acceptable, if it has such a low opacity it cannot be seen (i.e. 1%, 5%, etc.), it will be treated the same as the 1 pixel route. This will be on staff digression, rule of thumb being if it's readily visible, it's fine- but if you have to squint to even see it, it is not. If an emblem is deemed too transparent for use, it will need to be changed; argument about whether it is opaque or not will not function as it will not be up for debate.