Guild Retainer

[Grit]

(First, let me point out that I may refer to linkshells as guilds or companies.. but they are essentially the same thing)

Theft is a measured risk within any linkshell/guild that stores items or gil for everyone to use. When it comes right down to it, the guild leader will almost always have the ability to steal a guild bank. However, stealing a character is just as easy as obtaining the permissions to steal an entire treasure chest of gil and items. Which is why linkshell "mules" in the FFXI world tended to cause problems.

With the proper Treasure Chest features you can mostly avoid thefts by non-senior members. I didn't go into full detail in my other post, but since you bring it up.. there should be a certain amount of "slots" within the treasure chest with special permissions. For example, the first 10 slots in the treasure chest would be permissioned so that only the linkshell leader or officers can use them. They would be reserved for high-ticket things that are at risk of being stolen.

Obviously SE would need to develop a drag-and-drop sort of interface for that to work.

Secondly, transactions with the treasure chest could be actively tracked with a window that pops up while you're using the treasure chest interface, and would look something like this:

Name - Transaction - Time

Grit - Removed 10 Iron Acorn - 3/24/2011 (6:11)
Grit - Added 20 Iron Ore - 3/24/2011 (6:12)

By tracking the transactions you can measure people's contributions to the guild, and quickly determine who might be hoarding valuable items or "stealing", as it were.

All of these treasure chest features could be something that is earned by your company through special quests and achievements, along with all of the different furnishings available in their guild hall. Transaction tracking wouldn't be that necessary for young guilds, but end-game guilds would probably love it.