Warlords is actually looking pretty good, is the TL guild something that could still happen after the WoD release? All my friends quit a while ago, would be cool to have some people to play with. Would be pretty infrequent, mostly just hanging out and doing random shit.

Also, Blizzard actually made a potentially revenue source basically free, did not see that coming, Pretty nice move on their part.

Gorsameth

Netherlands22708 Posts

September 11 2014 16:14 GMT

#3102

On September 12 2014 00:58 Squat wrote:
Warlords is actually looking pretty good, is the TL guild something that could still happen after the WoD release? All my friends quit a while ago, would be cool to have some people to play with. Would be pretty infrequent, mostly just hanging out and doing random shit.

Also, Blizzard actually made a potentially revenue source basically free, did not see that coming, Pretty nice move on their part.

The community on this forum is just to diverse. You cant make a guild work when every other person has different aspirations.

Serejai

6007 Posts

September 11 2014 16:18 GMT

#3103

There have been 4-5 TL guilds and all of them have fallen apart after 2-3 months, tops. TLers aren't generally a reliable group (I'm speaking from experience running TL subcommunities for various games over the years) which causes issues with raiding. There are also vastly different skill levels, which doesn't translate well to raiding, either.

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

September 11 2014 16:42 GMT

#3104

is there anything worse then searching for valkyr speed breed

Duvon

Sweden2360 Posts

September 11 2014 17:01 GMT

#3105

I thought having a guild was about getting to know people, rather than raiding?
Sure raiding is a big part of it on competitive level, but there's also PvP, and WoW isn't exactly the best game to be competitive in in the first place?

Gorsameth

Netherlands22708 Posts

September 11 2014 17:05 GMT

#3106

On September 12 2014 02:01 Duvon wrote:
I thought having a guild was about getting to know people, rather than raiding?
Sure raiding is a big part of it on competitive level, but there's also PvP, and WoW isn't exactly the best game to be competitive in in the first place?

If your not doing serious raiding no one who desires serious raiding will stay around.

Teoita

Italy12248 Posts

September 11 2014 17:06 GMT

#3107

You can raid current content without being competitive about it, while still being decently serious about it, being really hardcore, or being super casual about it. It comes down to the individual guild.

The problem with past TL guilds is that players have always come from all ranges of the spectrum, without never being enough to define the direction of the guild.

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

September 11 2014 17:06 GMT

#3108

WoW is probably the last MMO you go to for a community nowadays.

That shit was buried long ago.

Teoita

Italy12248 Posts

September 11 2014 17:12 GMT

#3109

It depends. You can find really good guilds to have fun with still. You just need to learn to stay with your guild, along with the few people you meet in game that happen to actually be nice as well as good players.

Also, "nowadays" is just...incorrect. It's been like that since WotlK in my experience, especially after the introduction of the LFG tool.

ViperPL

Poland1775 Posts

September 11 2014 18:31 GMT

#3110

On September 12 2014 01:42 FinestHour wrote:
is there anything worse then searching for valkyr speed breed

Well, considering the fact that Val'kyrs don't have a speed breed I'd say it's a pretty bad idea.

Duvon

Sweden2360 Posts

September 11 2014 19:13 GMT

#3111

I guess I'm a bit partial. I was in a guild during late WotLK and Cataclysm which had two RL friend groups as the core, so we stuck together for a long time, even though some had alts/mains in actual raiding guilds, shifting schedules and stuff.

nimbim

Germany986 Posts

September 11 2014 21:03 GMT

#3112

Finally took down Garrosh HC after almost 300 tries :D I know it's after the nerf, but we only raid 2 days and had to adjust for quite a few line-up changes.

Crownlol

United States3726 Posts

September 11 2014 21:07 GMT

#3113

After getting 2200 in WotLK and 1950 in Cata (threes), I spent MoP just not doing as well or having hardcore PvPers.

Anyone on here in a moderate to hardcore PvP guild? My two old teammates will be joining me, playing either ShamSG or Neverlose Comp.

Requizen

United States33802 Posts

September 11 2014 21:08 GMT

#3114

Really been enjoying leveling my Hunter lately. It's amusing looking at the specializations, because while MM and BM get spec specific abilities as they level up SV gets Explosive Shot at 10... and then nothing until 43, and that's a passive you won't use much until you get Black Arrow at 50.

But it's really fun running around 1 shotting mobs with crit Aimed Shots. Looking forward to Lone Wolf.

micronesia

United States24814 Posts

September 11 2014 21:54 GMT

#3115

I plan to keep the US tl guild on cenarius going for WoD. It will serve the role of a 'fun guild' rather than a 'raiding guild' but will probably be a good place for people to play if they aren't serious about raiding. If they are, they should join a raiding guild. However, if you join the TL guild, you can still raid with other groups/guilds if you want nowadays anyway.

Arnstein

Norway3381 Posts

September 11 2014 22:25 GMT

#3116

That's a good plan micronesia! Also, if TL guilds die, it's probably better that TL members advertise for their own guilds, so people with different interests can go to the guilds that fit them the most. That way you can still play with TL members, but also don't feel pushed to play more than you want, or not able to find people for HC raiding. The best would be a really big TL guild that covered all kinds of players though, but we probably won't see that, at least on EU.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

September 12 2014 11:17 GMT

#3117

"Demo just lost 33% dps. Surely in no magical fairy land could anyone ever think that demo is overperforming by 33%. It was." - Celastion

Why is some smug fuckwit in charge of balancing? That communication is horrible.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

September 12 2014 11:22 GMT

#3118

On September 12 2014 20:17 bo1b wrote:
"Demo just lost 33% dps. Surely in no magical fairy land could anyone ever think that demo is overperforming by 33%. It was." - Celastion

Why is some smug fuckwit in charge of balancing? That communication is horrible.

Someone who was factually wrong and had no idea what he was talking about was bitching, got what he deserved.

Gorsameth

Netherlands22708 Posts

September 12 2014 11:27 GMT

#3119

overall tho Celestion is a moron, the amount of times he dismisses class concerns, ignores evidence and outright lies to communities is staggering.

Serejai

6007 Posts

September 12 2014 11:58 GMT

#3120

It's really nothing new. That's how Blizzard as a company has operated for nearly a decade now; lie to customers, talk down to them, and the biggest thing that still pisses me off is how they cover up all of their mistakes. To this day they still deny hacks/dupes in WoW, and in most cases will ban you from the forums if you question them about it. It's quite sickening.

If recent years have shown us anything it's that Blizzard outright encourages that kind of behavior from their team members. One great example of this is Jay Wilson, and how he was promoted to a lead position on Titan for having a public meltdown over Diablo III. Tseric was another great example from back in the day, where he would literally go around belittling customers on the forums.