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A Tale of Two Druids
04-06-2008 wowgoldgathering
If you want to know why, the long version is below:
I apologize for the lack of posting recently. Things have been a bit strained lately in my guild, which has led to not playing my druids very much, which has led to a lack of interest in this blog. And, unfortunately, I think my time here is coming to an end.
My guild has been running through Kara for months now, and recently there has been a lot of friction between certain members and officers. Some people want to start taking raiding more seriously, others want to remain completely casual. We don't have the numbers for two completely separate groups, so we were going to try an "every other week" rotation. One week would be "progression week," where people had to show up on time, have all their consumables, take minimal AFK breaks (only short breaks after boss fights, unless of course it was an emergency), and group makeup would be a little bit more selective. The other week would be "casual week." The initial idea was to allow the newer-keyed and lesser-geared members a chance to get in and have their chance at seeing the bosses, without slowing down those who wanted to get down to business. Unfortunately it also turned into people being in battlegrounds when we were forming the raid, signing on RIGHT AT raid time expecting to join the group, and taking long AFK's in the middle of fighting trash or right when we're about to explain a boss fight.
The whole idea behind alternating weeks was to allow the groups to be run in two different ways, catering to more people in the guild so no one would be left out, while still allowing some cross-over between groups, especially in the case of tanks and healers. Unfortunately, a lot of people (myself included) got tired of the WAY too casual atmosphere of the casual weeks, and a lot of people thought the progression raid leader was being too demanding and trying to take over the guild. This has led to a lot of people not showing up for either raid, and we haven't been running Kara at all the past couple of weeks.
Things have really started falling apart. We lost quite a few casual people earlier, when we tried to start taking things more seriously and they felt they were being left out. More recently, it's swung in the other direction, and the serious raiders have started trickling out, frustrated by the complete lack of runs. Basically, the guild is dead, as far as raiding is concerned.
I really have no interest in looking for another raiding guild. If this guild ever got to that point, I was going to give 25-mans a try, but honestly I don't think they're for me. I like small groups better. Kara's a blast, but I still love running all the 5-mans as well. This guild, Kara has been all I've been doing with them for a while. It's like pulling teeth to get people together for a 5-man run. Kara runs have stopped completely. The only thing the guild does together is premades for battlegrounds, which I have no interest in. But even though I no longer feel this guild is the place for me, I'm not sure how well I'd do in trying to find a guild that was for me: one that was casual, ran lots of 5-mans, possibly did raids if they had the people and the interest, but that it wasn't necessary to be a part of the guild. And even if I could, I seriously doubt it would be the same without the friends I've been playing with since Nas was in her 20's.
Whenever anything major like this happens, my first thought is always, "This would be a good time to just quit the game altogether." I will be quitting eventually. My husband and I both agree that we don't want to still be playing this game when we have kids. But I hate the idea of some external force making me quit. There's still a lot of things I really enjoy about the game, and I don't want to give others the satisfaction of taking that away from me.
I do think, though, that I'll be taking a break from my druids for a while. I feel bitter that I leveled up Kali so that I could DPS when we needed DPS and heal when we needed a healer . . . and now I can't even get her keyed because no one wants to do anything. (I realize when 2.4 hits I won't need a key, but that is SO not the point.)
I was talking to one of the officers last night. I told her that I might be leaving soon, reason being that guild has a bit of an identity crisis right now. Basically it's just a group of solo players who share a chat channel, and that's not really a guild. She agreed that we've lost our focus, and that the officers should decide what they want the focus of the guild to be, and be okay with people leaving if it's not what they're looking for. The officers have been trying to make this guild everything to everyone for so long, and it's finally come to a point where it's not working anymore.
At any rate, I may go back to those characters in the future. If nothing else, I'm sure I'll level to 80 when Lich King comes out, and maybe try to find a guild that more matches my interests for end-game. But for now I'm going to distance myself from them.
Where do I go from here? Return to my alt-aholic roots, of course! I have a shadow priest that I've been working on, she just hit 24, but honestly I'm wondering if I just want to start over on another server. I'd love to create a ton of different alts and level them all up together, taking full advantage of rested bonus. I'm not sure if I want to make them all alliance (since I know all those quests so well, and I can focus solely on the different playstyles) or start over with Horde, something completely new to me.
I've got my anti-PuG paladin, of course. Also, my husband and I just started up two characters yesterday (he's a mage, I'm a warlock) to be played exclusively together. But I still want some alts I can mess around with on my own time.
Anyway, this long and rambling post is coming to an end, and with it, the end of this blog. I realize I could still write about druidish things without playing them, but I think I would just feel like a fake, if I did that. I'll probably start a new blog to discuss my alts, in a much more diary-like, less informative manner. I'll post a link as soon as I do that, in case anyone feels like reading about my adventures in the lower levels.
At any rate, thank you to those of you who have read this blog, commented, and helped to shape it into what it became, short-lived as it was.
I apologize for the lack of posting recently. Things have been a bit strained lately in my guild, which has led to not playing my druids very much, which has led to a lack of interest in this blog. And, unfortunately, I think my time here is coming to an end.
My guild has been running through Kara for months now, and recently there has been a lot of friction between certain members and officers. Some people want to start taking raiding more seriously, others want to remain completely casual. We don't have the numbers for two completely separate groups, so we were going to try an "every other week" rotation. One week would be "progression week," where people had to show up on time, have all their consumables, take minimal AFK breaks (only short breaks after boss fights, unless of course it was an emergency), and group makeup would be a little bit more selective. The other week would be "casual week." The initial idea was to allow the newer-keyed and lesser-geared members a chance to get in and have their chance at seeing the bosses, without slowing down those who wanted to get down to business. Unfortunately it also turned into people being in battlegrounds when we were forming the raid, signing on RIGHT AT raid time expecting to join the group, and taking long AFK's in the middle of fighting trash or right when we're about to explain a boss fight.
The whole idea behind alternating weeks was to allow the groups to be run in two different ways, catering to more people in the guild so no one would be left out, while still allowing some cross-over between groups, especially in the case of tanks and healers. Unfortunately, a lot of people (myself included) got tired of the WAY too casual atmosphere of the casual weeks, and a lot of people thought the progression raid leader was being too demanding and trying to take over the guild. This has led to a lot of people not showing up for either raid, and we haven't been running Kara at all the past couple of weeks.
Things have really started falling apart. We lost quite a few casual people earlier, when we tried to start taking things more seriously and they felt they were being left out. More recently, it's swung in the other direction, and the serious raiders have started trickling out, frustrated by the complete lack of runs. Basically, the guild is dead, as far as raiding is concerned.
I really have no interest in looking for another raiding guild. If this guild ever got to that point, I was going to give 25-mans a try, but honestly I don't think they're for me. I like small groups better. Kara's a blast, but I still love running all the 5-mans as well. This guild, Kara has been all I've been doing with them for a while. It's like pulling teeth to get people together for a 5-man run. Kara runs have stopped completely. The only thing the guild does together is premades for battlegrounds, which I have no interest in. But even though I no longer feel this guild is the place for me, I'm not sure how well I'd do in trying to find a guild that was for me: one that was casual, ran lots of 5-mans, possibly did raids if they had the people and the interest, but that it wasn't necessary to be a part of the guild. And even if I could, I seriously doubt it would be the same without the friends I've been playing with since Nas was in her 20's.
Whenever anything major like this happens, my first thought is always, "This would be a good time to just quit the game altogether." I will be quitting eventually. My husband and I both agree that we don't want to still be playing this game when we have kids. But I hate the idea of some external force making me quit. There's still a lot of things I really enjoy about the game, and I don't want to give others the satisfaction of taking that away from me.
I do think, though, that I'll be taking a break from my druids for a while. I feel bitter that I leveled up Kali so that I could DPS when we needed DPS and heal when we needed a healer . . . and now I can't even get her keyed because no one wants to do anything. (I realize when 2.4 hits I won't need a key, but that is SO not the point.)
I was talking to one of the officers last night. I told her that I might be leaving soon, reason being that guild has a bit of an identity crisis right now. Basically it's just a group of solo players who share a chat channel, and that's not really a guild. She agreed that we've lost our focus, and that the officers should decide what they want the focus of the guild to be, and be okay with people leaving if it's not what they're looking for. The officers have been trying to make this guild everything to everyone for so long, and it's finally come to a point where it's not working anymore.
At any rate, I may go back to those characters in the future. If nothing else, I'm sure I'll level to 80 when Lich King comes out, and maybe try to find a guild that more matches my interests for end-game. But for now I'm going to distance myself from them.
Where do I go from here? Return to my alt-aholic roots, of course! I have a shadow priest that I've been working on, she just hit 24, but honestly I'm wondering if I just want to start over on another server. I'd love to create a ton of different alts and level them all up together, taking full advantage of rested bonus. I'm not sure if I want to make them all alliance (since I know all those quests so well, and I can focus solely on the different playstyles) or start over with Horde, something completely new to me.
I've got my anti-PuG paladin, of course. Also, my husband and I just started up two characters yesterday (he's a mage, I'm a warlock) to be played exclusively together. But I still want some alts I can mess around with on my own time.
Anyway, this long and rambling post is coming to an end, and with it, the end of this blog. I realize I could still write about druidish things without playing them, but I think I would just feel like a fake, if I did that. I'll probably start a new blog to discuss my alts, in a much more diary-like, less informative manner. I'll post a link as soon as I do that, in case anyone feels like reading about my adventures in the lower levels.
At any rate, thank you to those of you who have read this blog, commented, and helped to shape it into what it became, short-lived as it was.