When is it Time to Move On?
by Santyn on Jan.24, 2009, under Guild
Recently I have been having doubts about my guild. Don’t get me wrong, they are a great bunch of people, but I have noticed that my goals don’t mesh well those of other guild members. Specifically when it comes to heroics and raiding. While I want to jump into heroics to get geared up and ready for Naxx, the majority of the people in my guild would rather work on getting their second (or third, or fourth) character up to 80.
Now don’t get me wrong, I like leveling alts just as much as the next guy, but trying to put together a guild heroic run was like pulling teeth. There would be enough people online, but they never wanted to run anything.
Another issue that I ran into came in the form of elitism (for lack of a better word). On several occasions I would sit for an hour trying to drum up a heroic run. I eventually would give up and PUG it. Shortly after I started my PUG, I would glance at the guild pane and see that some of the guild officers had started a heroic run. They never mentioned their run in guild chat (officer chat may be another story) and ignored my suggestions for a run, even tough several of them had been on the whole time. After I noticed this a few times, I started keeping a eye out for it. What I noticed was that it happened somewhat frequently. It was at this point that I began to wonder if I had essentially outgrown my guild.
When I first joined Soldiers of Fortune, I was a very casual player. I played fairly often, but mostly it was just me and my pet. My guild served as more of a social outlet where I could chat and get information. I wasn’t until late in TBC that I began to really get into raiding. Between my late raiding start and the leveling rush in Northrend is probably why I never noticed the problem before.
As you can imagine, this bothered me quite a bit. I spent some time discussing it with in-game friends that were not in Soldiers of Fortune, some of whom are ex-members. The general consencus was that the best solution would be for me to move to another guild.
Well, to make a long story short, I have moved to another guild. I joined on the recommendation of some friends who are in there. So far I am happy with my decision. Getting guildies to run heroics is much easier, and I should be able to set foot in Naxx soon.
I was nervous to make the jump. Soldiers of Fortune has been my guild since I first started playing WoW and I have a ton of friends in there. The guild leader was very understanding of my decision and allowed me to leave alts in SoF so that I can still hang out with and talk to my friends there.
As always, leave your thoughts or opinions below.
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January 26th, 2009 on 3:35 am
it’s never easy to move guilds, especially if this is the one you’ve been in since day 1.
At the end of it al you have to do what is good for your character. There is no point being in a guild that makes you not want to log on, or that makes you mad when you read guild chat.
You pay for this game, you deserve to enjoy it, if there is ANY element that you don’t enjoy then eliminate it.
That is what you’ve done, Good on you!!
I hope you enjoy your new home
January 27th, 2009 on 2:03 pm
I agree it’s a difficult decision when to leave a guild. It sounds like you made the right decision. I recently changed guilds and have been feeling some remorse. I wish I had thought about it a bit more and not been so hasty.
January 29th, 2009 on 10:04 pm
While leaving a guild is never easy one has to consider what’s best for you, however; when leaving a guild I recommend 3 things.
1) Talk to several guilds and people you know in them to see if that guild you are going to join is the one for you
2) Talk to your friends in the old guild you want to socialize and make sure they are all on your friends list so you can keep in touch
3) Most importantly, please talk to your guild master before leaving, tell them your concerns they may not even know you have a problem and may try to help you. IF no please then vote w/ your feet. But don’t just leave a guild w/out saying something, first it’s rude and 2nd a GM can learn from mistakes if they don’t know about it (I’m a GM and one thing I hate is if ppl leave w/out saying anything)