I apparently took my own post to heart last night. But first, let me share with you my guild dilemma. I know probably 4 people in this new guild of mine the guild has already become very cliquey. And when the 4 or 5 people that I know that were in “Found” already have their own instance running group and the other cliques doing their own thing it doesn’t leave a lot of room for me. I did join up with some people in the guild in the afternoon and attempted the most fail heroic Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom ever attempted. Like it was frustratingly bad.
And I ended up typing /gquit. Now this wasn’t because of this one instance. It was a combination of frustration (which the instance contributed to), being ignored for group requests in general, and the overall atmosphere. Supposedly a lot of these folks know each other in some way or another. I don’t know how Ciths found them but there we were. I hate being unguilded so to take my mind off of it I went and did some dailies to raise some Ebon Blade faction. About an hour or so later the guild master whispers me just as a PUG I joined managed to kill Archavon the Stone Watcher on heroic. I even managed to put out 3300 DPS too.
Well the guild master coerced me back, talking about how it would be different once we start raiding and what not. I figured I would give it another attempt. I even had to decline the amazingly generous offer from Dezdemone to come join their guild “Epilogue” over on Icecrown. And you better believe I considered it.
Some loans I gave out started coming in last night so I decided to spoil myself a little. I had a pair of Giantmain Legguards crafted for me. And then I decided to have an Ice Striker’s Cloak made too. I figure that was a good start. After being convinced to join this guild again, for whatever reason, some of the Found guys invited me to do their heroic runs with them. Either they didn’t have another DPS or someone said something, but what’s that saying? Never look a gift-horse in the mouth? So noted.
Well the rest of the night proved fruitful. How fruitful? Well, how about Drake-Mounted Crossbow, Interwoven Scale Bracers, Handguards of the Savage Emissary, and Vereesa’s Silver Chain Belt fruitful? Not only that, we picked up all kinds of the special achievements for killing the bosses in certain ways or meeting various requirements.
And that’s not even counting the blues. I am pretty pleased with the state of my gear. I am even at the hit cap thanks to the massive amounts of hit rating on the Sphere of Red Dragon’s Blood. You can check out the state of things over on the Armory. Which I happened to notice, I am not the only Drotara on the Armory anymore. There is some female Orc Hunter who is named Drotara as well.
There is suppose to be a 10-man Naxxramas tonight, so we’ll see if that happens and/or if I get a spot. I am unsure why the guild leader tried so hard to get me back. I’ve never met him before and I am pretty sure the only person in the guild who knows about my little corner of the web here is Ciths and I don’t think he cares too much about Hunter talk. Maybe he just doesn’t like hemorrhaging guild members. But I guess we will see what goes down tonight and in the next few days. Who knows what’s going to happen.
And on a side note, Strand of the Ancients is all kinds of win. I love that place. Thoughts, comments, opinions, yadda yadda. Post ‘em! Although it does seem the comment count has dropped since the switch. I am going to wager a guess that this is due to the comments not appearing on the front page like they did before. Having to click through to another page for them to appear is more of a hassle. Which is understandable.
Drotara,
Nice gear, some nights are great like that. First, your "how to use Cheeky's spreadsheet" post was awesome and I was wondering if you would be able to update something for the new version. I personally seem to be missing some basic information like how to save a profile. Second, I would have sent this private, however, there is no contact information listed under the contact tab.
Lastly, the information you provide here at your blog is fantastic, and hope that you continue not only blogging on your personal achievements but the tools and knowledge that you gather through your experiences.
/bow
Aoq
Thanks for the response. I actually did write up a small update to the new Cheeky's Spreadsheet. You can find a link to it up on the sidebar under the useful posts list. I am still trying to get some contact forms working for the contact page. Sorry about not having that up.
Thanks for the compliments too. :)
As an officer in my guild (for now), one of my pet peeves is that people will perceive a problem, but never say anything, and then not too long after that, leave because nobody did anything about the problem. It's important to discuss things with people, to get your perceptions out there. Not to point fingers, just to say "I really feel left out", as an example. If someone said that to me, I'd follow through, you betcha.
Not saying ours is a model of guild amity. Far from it. But this is just common sense.
Glad things appear to be working out better now. Happy ending :)
I completely understand. In my old guild that was a problem we had too. The perceived problem but no one bringing it up. I think the reason I did what I did at the time was because I didn't know who was in charge, who was suppose to handle various aspects of guild operation, or even who anyone was. But the guild leader taking it upon himself was the major reason I rejoined. It showed an initiative to make the guild into something.
Appreciate the "Guild Dilemma" post. I have a dilemma also, and maybe you can help me, and likely some other guild-less soloers out there that want to venture into group play. I joined my FIRST guild last week. Found it on the web, liked their site, e-mailed the leader and BOOM got an invite. Have introduced myself meekly on guild chat, tried to figure out the guild bank thing, asked for (and got) a quest item from a guild engineer (which was really cool), but in general, i'm clueless how to get involved or get to know people.
Playing 10 months, have a 72 who has NEVER grouped an instance.
Any advice HOW exactly to get to know people in a guild? How best to communicate? How to ask for remedial help without appearing stoopnooobulus? Is there a guild guide somewhere? am i just too old and should go play backgammon like my wife wants me to? ick, i'd rather farm 1000 Rhino skins with my favorite Gorilla.
Help.
I think one way is to try and find people who are leveling around your same level. Group quests and instance runs are great ways to volunteer and make yourself known. I was making it a point to offer transmutes to guildies so they knew what my professions were and encourage interaction. As long as you have a strong understanding of your class and can perform your job in an instance you won't have to worry about that.
Remember, in the end, you all one thing in common. Well, two. You all play WoW and are in the same guild. Make sure the guild's goals align with yours and it'll work.
Hey Dro, not sure if you know what is causing this, or if there is anything you can do on your end but… When I try to access your blog from home, I get the 'Invited Users only' message, even when fully signed out of all Google dealies. I can access it at work just fine, while signed into my gmail. Kinda wanted to see it last night to play heroics, looked up the xbow which got me to go to UK, where at least I got the hat!
Yikes, Dro, nice haul. I'm sucking hind tit on loot thus far… exactly 0 hunter-related drops in any heroic I've run. It's hard not to get frustrated, as every other hunter I know seems to be telling stories similar to yours (ie, 5-6 upgrades already.) What few upgrades I've snagged have all been rep rewards. My biggest complaint with WoW (and don't get me wrong, Wrath was an awsomely handled expansion) has always been and continues to be the complete randomness of PvE loot. But moving on from my wanking to your guild issue… this is the worst time for any large-ish guild. Small-group content places incredible stresses on guilds because you've gone from an all-inclusive activity (25 man raiding) to a minimally-inclusive activity (5 man groups). Guild after guild failed in the TBC expansion under similar stresses, as people who had been united by raiding found that they suddenly felt left out, alone, and unhelped when the cliques formed up for 5-manning. This is a commonplace problem, one faced by any guild that's not exclusively "friends and family." The only cure for it tends to be raiding.
What web address are you using to browse to the site? If people are still using qqpewpew.blogspot.com they will run into a problem since we aren't on Blogger anymore. Perhaps it was an old bookmark or something? If that's not the case and you are running into issues when you go to http://www.qqpewpew.com please let me know.
Will do. I'd be willing to lay money that it's the stupidest possible reason on my end that's causing the issue. I'm not bright sometimes. Thanks!
I have this a awesome officer who throws icebreaker questions out in guild chat when things start to get quiet. People participate as they desire or are able to. It gets people talking, and laughing and we learn about our guild mates,