Guild Hopping

Lately I’ve been changing Guild’s quite a lot. I think I’ve had four in two months. I ended up in a nice 25 man raiding Guild with a few WoW friends and we did well. It was led by a strong core of raiders and I tagged along in my usual capacity of non-idiot, fast learning DPS. It worked.

However, there was a falling out over something and that hardcore group went off to form their own Guild. I went with them for a short while, I thought I’d see how it went. Raiding-wise there was no change. A strong leader and a group of real class players and you get things done. Socially, however, it was different. Not friendly, just business-like. But as my online time has been drastically cut, I didn’t really mind.

Then the most bizarre thing. The Guild Master got hacked, allegedly. Ok, you ticket, you wait, you get restored. Or, in this case, half the hardcore raiders get pissed about it and QUIT WOW! Yep, not the Guild, WoW. This, of course, triggers Guild implosioon and I went floating for a day or two before I decided, sod it, get back with your pals where it doesn’t matter if you’re ever online or not, when you are they’ll be there for a laugh.

So I’m in Plan B (how ironic!) with a few of my old mates and no doubt a few more will drift over as time passes. We tend to end up in the same place because we’re all like minded. And WoW is meant to be a social game, isn’t it. Ok, we might not clear Icecrown Citadel with 25, but so what? What’s the point if it’s no fun?

Stick with your mates – that’s why they’re your mates.

Laters.