I was thinking about ways to make the forum seem more appealing to members of the guild and ways to encourage them to use it. What i came up with is this:
I suggest that new subforums are added to the general chat area that are devoted to people's individual interests. For example some members may like an area to discuss manga and other media, this is a feature i have seen on many sites. Also I think a subforum for other mmorpg's may prove appealling as many members may be casual gamers who play a wide range of online multiplayer games. Finally I personally would love it if you were to create a subforum for the discussion of retro games as that is a passion of mine.