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   DYRL84
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   i used to play AGE OF CONAN solo and decided to join a guild for the first time to experience more "end game" content found during "raiding". on the surface the guild had a lot of nice people and relative to other guilds we were behind in raid progression. a lot of guildmates had told me that this particular guild was the best guild that they had ever joined. but what i had experienced was a lot of politics, favoritism, brown-nosing, deception, hidden agendas, and subtle coercion similar to what george orwell portrayed in ANIMAL FARM...not fun at all.

   guilds are not for me and mmorpgs that almost require you to be in a guild to get the best loot are also not for me. in retrospect i am a soloist by nature and admire the genius of other innovative players who think outside-the-box and transcend cookie-cutter character builds to create amazing solo farming builds.

   what were your mmorpg guild experiences?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   EdOfNoName
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   I'm in a Guild Wars guild (actually an Alliance). Our founder insisted that only people we knew could join. Sometimes groups of two or three of us play together. Sometimes five to seven of us will all gather together at someone's house to play. I've never had the "join a guild with random people on the internet" experience.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   AnimeEmperor
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   I've had good and bad experiences with guild. I ran a rather successful guild in the first days of Guild Wars, but I left my officers in charge when I went on vacation and when I got back they had had a fight and formed their own guilds taking everyone with them. I never played that game again.

   I've had success with WoW guilds. If it isn't a proper fit you just quit the guild and find another. It's best to either discover a very friendly easy going guild, or a very serious playing guild. If they're just focused on the stats and the playing then there is very little drama.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   cobaph
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   RO guilds with a valued War of Emperium. Happens all the time where everyone turns out to be bitchy and greedy, or suckups. There's usually already a social structure set up in the guilds. I can't even count the guilds I've been in in RO, let alone all my MMO experience.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   DYRL84
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   Ya MMOs can be tough. First you have to find a game that you are willing to plunk down the cash for especially if it has a monthly subscription and hope that it doesn't fail in the near future (if it's a new game). Then you have to find a guild if the game is set up where you almost have to join a guild to experience endgame content like loot, crafting, and raiding.

   Raids. I have seen guild officers who were the nicest people in guild but changed during raids where egos, power trips, nepotism and greed dominated their personalities. I was going to post links to Youtube videos about raids gone wrong but I decided against it because the content may have been too offensive and disturbing to those who haven't raided in MMORPGs or have not been in guilds.

   I loved Diablo2 because you could go off on your own and farm or craft endgame content without having to be in a guild...yes it's a hack-and-slash and not a true MMO but I had tons of fun. And what I liked about Guild Wars was that you could solo some of the instances or find a decent pick-up-group without too much trouble.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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