there are hard to resolve problems with roster limits. if the guild really wants to use numbers then they just use 2 tags, even if you are able to use gms to deter this sort of behavior guild recruiting and attendance requirements start to have to become really onerous if you want your guild to compete.
I dont really want to see raiding turn into how it is on blue where guilds raid trakanon with over 50 people. raiding with a massive army takes anything interesting out of the raid itself. I just don't know an elegant solution to this issue.
I think a possible solution is that if 2 guilds get pretty close in raid viability/numbers they could mutually agree to a recruiting hault. Nihilum's roster is viable on their website already and a publicly posted roster is a good way for guilds to keep each other honest in such an agreement. Even without agree to an outright suspension of recruiting, guilds could agree to monthly quota or something along those lines. Obviously this solution has its problems, the main one being both guilds have to be in a position that they would agree to it. Enforcement, alts, etc are also problems.
I certainly agree with the spirit of trying to avoid outright win via numbers behavior, but i will say that right now its hard to say Nihilum is a zerg guild. They do much of the content they currently raid with bare minimum numbers to actually succeed. I was not around in the past to speak to their former presence nor can I speak to what they will do in the future, but certainly i can understand the fear of a numbers race because there is a strong incentive to do so when the competition gets close.
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