Article Series: Getting into a great guild. 5 Steps to getting into your dream guild: Part 2
Getting into a great guild: 5 Steps to getting into your dream guild: Part 2. Blizzard have change the way that World of Warcraft works. Raiding is now open to most players. Due to this, pugs are even worse than ever. It's becomming even more important to find yourself in a great guild. We'll cover Step 2: Identify what is your dream guild.
Step 2: Identify what is your dream guild?
Knowing what you want:
it's important to know what you must have and what you would like. While it's all great to say that you must have a guild that will gear you up, drop everything at a whim to serve you, it's not really true. It's always nice for that to happen, but you have to work out what exactly you need. What is a "would be nice" and what is "a must have".
The difference between the two can be explained along the lines of: "If this guild doesn't have this, I won't even consider it." That is a must. "I would prefer that they have cleared Toc25 hard mode, but if they're a few bosses off, that's close enough" is more of a would be nice.
You remember before, that we went into a little details on what kind of guilds are out there. You need to choose what type of guild is perfect for you. Since we're talking about raiding guilds, you've got to choose whether a social raiding guild or a hardcore raiding guild suits you best.
Other topics you should look at:
- Loot System
- Progression. How important is progression?
- How they treat their applicants.
- How they treat their members.
- Their stability. How long have they been around?
- Their availability and Raiding times.
- How many members they have.
- The health of the guild. How often are they currently raiding.
- Their age and maturity.
- Seriousness.
- Drunk Raids.
- Attendance. This is important. Many guilds require a minimum attendance. Some as high as 95%, where others are as low as 50%. If you can only give 50%, you have to rule out those that require 95%.
- Trial Peroids
- Priority spots. Are you going to be sitting on the sidelines and only come in when their main raider doesn't turn up?
Part of working out which guild is best for you is coming up with a perfect fit.
For example, there's no point in applying for a guild that is too advanced for you in their progression and experience. Raiders work on their skills for months, if not years to get where they are. Expecting to join a top end raiding as soon as you hit max level is just silly. We can all dream, but if you have those expectations, you're most likely going to end up with dissappointment.
Searching for a guild:
There are a number of methods to find your new home.
Progression sites:
One of the best resources available is progression sites. Go to the web address that holds the progression for the server that you're on and take a look. You'll see where each guild is up to and how they rank against other guilds.
Most of these progression sites also has the web address for each guild.
The official world of warcraft forums:
Most raiding guilds advertise for positions available on the official World of Warcraft Forums found at http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=7244843&sid=1. for alliance, and http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=7244844&sid=1. for Horde.
I also suggest that you look at your Realm forum, where it lists your server. Take a look at which guilds are recruiting your class.
Guild web sites:
Guild web sites are often a great resource.
You can find out a lot of things. For example, you can often see their raiding times, their progression, and often guild pictures. Decent guilds also write clearly their expectations of their raiders and applicants.
Some guilds even open up their forums to the public. If they do this, you can gain valuable insights into how they raid.
World of Warcraft Armory:
You can access Armory at www.wowarmory.com.
From this you can work out a chunk of important information.
Their rankings often tell you who the right people are to talk with. Rank 1 and 2 is normally for Guild Masters and Officers.
The next important piece of information helps you determine how healthy the guild is. Guilds that have between 35 and 40 raiders tend to be stable raiders.
Google is your friend:
There is so much you can find on the internet if you just know where to look. Lucky for us, google.com does all that work for you.
If you have questions, just type it into google and often you'll get a link to your answer. It's quite often that simple.
The biggest hint I can give you is to look for a guild that is a good fit for you and one that you'll enjoy playing with. This often means you will pass on the top guild on your server.
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