This is the May 2013 Recruitment Post for [Alph] on the EU server, Fissure of Woe.
What Differentiates Us?
We are a mature Oceanic/Australian/EU guild:- but the word “mature” does not refer to age or a licence to treat people poorly/tell dirty jokes. On the contrary: we are only interested in players who conduct themselves well and will be a positive reinforcement to guildmates. This means we treat guildmates with respect and don’t berate them; we were all noobs at one point and we gained knowledge through working with each other collaboratively and asking questions.
Members come from diverse backgrounds: Ph.D. educated professionals, lawyer interns, undergraduate students and a variety of others. Guild chat can, and has, featured diverse discussion on the 2nd law of thermodynamics through to swimming and beyond. Many members have families and real life responsibilities — we know what this can mean for your playing time and respect it.
We like to try to help each other out — whether this means dungeon runs, WvW strategy, our level 80 members joining a party of level 1 guildmates for early content, or shouting out when the Shadow Behemoth, Jormag (etc.) is up, we like to do it all.
Promotion through our ranks is dependant on your behaviour and not on your main character’s level, or set of exotic equipment: whether you’ve been active in guildchat helping answering questions, whether you’ve actively helped your guildmates out in PvE and WvW, and how much you’ve supported the guild over time will all be taken in to account.
Our Focus.
Our guild is interested in both PvE and WvW (only occasional s/tPvP). We play at peak European and Australian/Oceanic times. Our current membership is approximately 60% Australian/Oceanic and 40% EU based. Our membership ranges from casual and occasional, to frequent and experienced; from folks just starting out, to higher levels. We’re happy to welcome new players and old alike who share our philosophy.
For PvE, we’re presently interested in:
- lower PvE levels (both newbies and alternate characters) to adventure with other guildmates, do personal story elements, map hearts, skill points, vistas, group events, living story elements in Flame and Frost, and be sociable.
- higher PvE levels for dungeoneering (and other end game content: dragons, etc.), and those who are willing to help and give advice and guidance to lower level characters across the playing map, including meta events (Behemoth, etc.).
In WvW, we often run with the main Fissure of Woe team in our borderlands, but our specialism is guerrilla tactics deep inside enemy territory. We’re currently looking for:
- new players from PvE to complement and enhance our WvW presence — we’re very happy to show new players around, introduce them, and help them out without expecting them to know everything instantly;
- players of all classes willing to learn and adapt our guerrilla tactics who realize that even if we get wiped-out we have served our purpose by splitting and diverting the enemy zerg.
- players from higher tiers wanting something other than zerg vs zerg.
Our further background information can be found here. NB: Our guild chat language is English, but: we have many members able to communicate in more than one EU language.
If after reading this and our background information you feel our guild and philosophy is for you, then please feel free to whisper or message (either here or in game) myself or the co-leaders for an invite.
Best regards on behalf of the Alpharius leadership,
jabberjabber.6804 (Au contact/leader); Tyrotoxism.6238 (EU contact/co-leader)
Commander Aldronia
Guild Leader of
Alpharius [Alph]: a PvX guild in Gandara
