A novel, that is not.
THIS is a novel.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ItH...wM0GI/edit
Feel free to read and edit it, I'm trying to polish it up for my masters class in creative writing, and an extra pair of eyes on it are always welcome.
If you don't like the fact that a guild requires you to WoE once a week, or whatever it may be, think about if all castles were open and there were 20+ guilds to choose from? Suddenly guilds would be less picky for extra bodies to help out. It'd turn from required 1/week to 1/month or even less. And what's even more amazing with the set up is that if you're dealing with 20 or more guilds and you don't like it, in that set up, you'd actually be able to pull off making your own guild, making it have loose requirements, and still occasionally being able to hold a castle for chests.
The all castles open solution even makes the casual gamer happy because it gives you a fighting chance to do something in WoE, and get something from it.