If travel remains the way we've seen it so far (no teleporting) then the size of the map will pretty much keep any guild from controlling the whole map or running smaller guilds out of the game. Travelling across the map takes hours at the moment, so if any guild spreads out too far, then smaller guilds will definitely be able to attack the larger guilds' towns guerilla style and face practically zero opposition.

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