Lethal Shots

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.

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