I don't know about other players, but the guild halls in this game look like they have a lot of potential for improvement... like big, open spaces just waiting to have certain things added to them so guildies will feel like coming together and hanging out more there.

Ideas I've had so far just looking at the hall would be:

Cosmetic improvements: The place looks like a wreck, or an abandoned area that was just set apart for the guild to use. Let the knights fix it up some and clean it out!

Auction House Rep: Have an area open up where one of the Strangers comes and sits in your Hall, offering you access to the auction house from a private location.

Guild Banks: We seen them in almost every game. Let players put things they are willing to share with the rest of the guild into a communal bank. Mats and other items would help other guildies develop their arsenal, and being able to put in old, rarely used weapons and armor for others to take and do something with would help the guild as a whole too.

Battery Core (energy bank): This would be a place where a guild member could go to recharge their ME. It would be donated into, by other members putting in whatever amount of ME or CE they wanted, and it would also accumulate ME on it's own, allowing players to keep playing longer. This item would be upgradeable as well, allowing for a higher max energy to be stored.

Common Room: What kind of music do Spiral Knights like to listen to? What games do they play as they travel through space? How do they pass the time? this would basically be a place that would be a kind of combination bar, lounge and lunchroom, where all the knights in your guild could go to relax and just hang out together. Guild members would be able to pay for various items to make the place their own style, and it could have certain bonus granting abilities as well such as:

Energy Crystalizer: An item that allows those who hang there to turn a certain amount of Mist Energy into Crystal Energy each day. Not enough to unbalance things, but enough to let people without access to a credit card get a bit of CE to craft stronger stuff.

Barkeep: A robotic servant who gives drinks that give temporary stat boost, such as sword/gun speed or damage, defense, or other stuff. Can even give status like "drunken" where your aim is a bit off, but you take less (from being all numb) <- *idea only*

Energy Gatherer MKII: Functions like a Mist Energy system in the knights armor, but for an area, not just one person. All knights in the room gather Mist Energy at an increased rate.

Games: Various simple games to distract bored, but otherwise social knights such as cards, darts, target practice, fencing, etc. It would keep high scores and allow people to have a bit of fun outside of missions.

The BEST thing about the Common Room idea is it would allow the game makers to develop more into the culture and such of the knights, letting the players feel a bit more involved with them. The music could be original, and the games as well. The room would also allow the guilds to get closer as a group, as they hung around and did various things together.

Statues: Did a guild member do something of note, like become the best in PvP or clear a very tough level? Then erect a statue of them someplace for the others to see, and give them something to strive for themselves! Clicking on a statue will tell you what it was crafted for, and list that players achievements for others to view.

There's other ideas, but you all get the picture I think. Each new area would expand off the main one, and allow for some of those blocked off areas to be made larger and cleaned up a bit... less like a ruin and more like an actual base.

what do you think? If you like the idea, or have any other good ideas for additional areas or rooms to add to the Hall, post here!