A few bloggers recently have posted about guild issues and how they went about them. Ferrel talks about how to end a great guild once the leadership gets tired. Pike at Aspect of the Hare talks about how she lucked out finding a new guild. Quite a few bloggers I follow have more often than not good things to say about their guilds. All this guild talk made me think about my own experiences and let me say that unlike most other bloggers I seem to have terrible luck when it comes to guilds.
I mean that in all my years playing MMOs I’ve joined only a single guild where it went good for a while and I was truly looking forward to logging and spending them with the people in it. Only once in over 6 years, and the one good guild did die when Wotlk came out and everyone went their separate ways due to difference in endgame expectations (the old hardcore/casual). Over time I’ve tried a ton of solutions to try to help myself find a good guild. I’ve scoured forums, checked stats sites, did pugs, talked with members and even started my own guild once, only to have it destroyed because I made a mistake and named someone officer who I shouldn’t have.
Recently the guild I’m in Aion got hit by the drama llama pretty hard and I can see checking the forums that a lot of people are very unsure about continuing playing Aion at all. My personal experience is that once a guild leader starts talking openly about whether or not she plans on continuing playing/leading the guild the death of the guild is not far behind.
It’s not all bad tough. This frequent guild switching has allowed me over time to really learn about what I love and hate in MMOs. It’s also allowed me to try numerous roles in guilds either as healer, tank, dps, officer, raid leader, etc…
What I’m looking for now is a guild who’s willing to stick together through the harder times and that truly help each other. I’m tired of the guild hoping and I just want to find that magical guild where people can resolve differences without drama. Also, I love challenges in-game and I’d like a guild who’s willing to tackle them. I’m tired of sissies guild who just want to farm easy epics and are not willing to try new things.
I expect to get my computer back from repair by the end of the week and so far it looks like I will be making a return to WoW. Aion future just seems too unsure and the bug that killed my computer is still not fixed. Fallen Earth looks promising but it’s just not my style of game. I got bored fast in Fallout 3 and my instincts tells me Fallen Earth is not for me.
So, if any of you reading this got any tips on how to find that awesome guild or if you are in one in WoW looking to recruit monkeys please leave a reply. I’m playing on US servers, EST time, available to raid any day but wednesday/sunday, ideally should not require more than 1 or 2 nights a week. I would be willing to roll whatever class you need if your willing to wait on me leveling up.
Edit: I just learned Whirlwind, the guild I was in while playing Aion died during the weekend. I don’t know the details but it looks like drama.
Hey,
Just wanted to clairfy for you my exit from the game is not because we can not get epics …it was do to.
1) Aion is a snooze- it sucks that in such a day and age they could have made a game that stinks as bad as this one. Trust me been waiting years for this game for years… got a great websight paid for mind you.. all for what so I can log on and farm quest that only give 70/120 k when you need how much to progress, which trust me I would not have minded that at all if they could have made it fun.
2) Crafting- sucks sucks sucks when you spend hours upon hours gathering your materials not bought from the broker I am talking the good old fashion way..then you have enough for 6 tries and quess what ? Fail Fail Fail…some think that is acceptble and makes it worth it fine each is to there own but it sucks….lets talk about socketing your gear 60 times and each time fail, then you get to the 4th socket and quess what? Fail….
3) PVP- ok tried this for the last few weeks- this is how it goes if you do not find a portal which you spend 2 hours running around looking for and there is no portal or it opens and it has only 2 uses left …fail…
So you go to the Abyss- wow this is where it really sucks …you find people to kill you give chase …they take flight ….you follow…. they hit there wings and sucide …..WTF??? Some did have some good fights but mostly a game centered around PVP there is none….oh wait the best part the number one guild on the Server I was going to start a Alliance with them but quess how they became number one??? They paid the Alliance to Zerg everything ……..so if we want to put our flag up quess what? We would have to pay them and spend Saturday zerging the Zone……WTf…
The list goes on and on and I did leave the guild in capable hands with the intent to come back after they fixed some of the Exp or so I thought which it turned out which he did not call nor did he inform me that he was just going to run away with everything and disband everything…….
So sorry for your troubles but I agree there is no such thing anymore for guilds…even in WoW …..
Best of luck
I love my guild. I loved my BC guild too, but they disbanded (GM stepped down and nobody else wanted to run things).
I’ve been in my share of bad guilds though. I stuck it out with 1 guild for at least 4 months at the start of Wrath and realised I was showing up consistently late on raid night in the hopes that I wouldn’t have to go. And I love raiding.
In my experience the best way to find the right guild is to:
a. Stay on 1 server and PuG a hell of a lot of instances and raids (preferably your main character) – make note of who is nice and which guilds they are in
b. Look for guilds that have been around for a while, preferably ones that got their roots in an earlier expansion (these are the guilds that will have weathered a hell of a lot of drama already and have stuck it out)
c. Be aware of what guilds are around your current progression level and don’t be afraid to look at guilds more progressed than you are. Find out what times/nights they raid. Make a short list.
d. Keep pugging and if you end up with a group with a member from your short list, and they seem like a nice enough person, ask them if they’re recruiting, mention that you’re looking for a new raiding guild etc…
I cannot tell you how much I love being in a guild that has been around (ok, under a couple names) since lvl 60 Molten Core/BWL. I just never worry about the guild falling to pieces around me, even when we go through some bad spots, can’t fill the roster etc.
Good luck.
Ouch Synister…
You pretty much summed up my feelings about the game and those of my RL friends who kept playing for a week or two. Right now everyone of them is unsuscribing.
I don’t think WoW is a magic answer but at least the game is stable and the player pool too. I’m a big fan of MMOs so I know that if I spend too much time without one sooner or later I’ll start playing one again. Might as well be a solid one instead of trying all sort of weird stuff.
And I still hate the argent tournament.
@Cassandri
Right now I’m wondering wether or not I should start on a new server or not. I have quite a few high levels character on Mug’thol but the community is atrocious there. Lots of “I’m too leet for you” crowd and lots of kids. I’m thinking about maybe going back to RP or PvE servers even if there’s less people.
I’m telling myself that doing a fresh start might be what I need.
PS: Grats for you blog Cassandri! It’s rare a blog visual impress me like yours! I’ll definitly be checking it out often.