Guild Wars 2

As title … I’m looking for:

1) PvX guild – I primarily play PvE and WvW, and would prefer if there are people doing both. So calls like “Golem 50%” wouldn’t be out of place, and “Anyone want to do FotM 10?” may find players.
2) WvW focus – Would be best if there were a sizeable part of the guild that play WvW fairly regularly, and are aware of its basics. There doesn’t have to be guild WvW events. If I log on to a random map and find a few other people wearing the same tag, or if people discuss about the current matchup and what’s going on in the different maps in guild chat, that’s good enough for me.
3) English – I can speak a couple of other languages, I strongly prefer if the primary language in guild chat is English. It doesn’t have to be English per se, as long as it’s still something a native English speaker can understand (so e.g. Singlish is fine). Occasional other language is OK as well.
4) No steep entry requirements – I strongly prefer if there is no entry form that I need to fill, then screenshots to show that I do have a level 80 character with max ascended items, then a 1v1 duel with one of the guild’s champions, then log on to Teamspeak for an interview, before I get an invite.
5) East Asian timezone – I’m not currently in East Asia, but the East Asian timezone is most convenient for me. I’ll also consider guilds in the Central Asian or Oceanic timezones.
6) I’m not willing to transfer servers (apologies).

In return I generally play a couple of hours every day and can 100% rep.

Ping me here or in-game.

Bump still looking.

hey Jeydra,

not sure if this guild is what you are looking for but [King] is an Australian guild. so they might be active at your time. and they are a BG guild that WvW quite often, but also pve a little. check out their site black-kingdom.enjin.com

their voice chat is the BG ts, so if u are an approve ts member. just hop to their channel if you see 4-5 people and say hi. no real req for joining, just dont be a party pooper.

mind you, [king] does wvw 3times a week or more. but, its not required.

Thanks for the suggestion. If you know anyone from the guild do leave the IGN, otherwise you can just ask them to toss me an invite (I really prefer not to fill out application forms).

If King doesn’t send me an invite I’m still looking!

Hi Jeydra,

[NOC]turnal are an Oceanic guild (Core are NZ/AU), based on Blackgate.
We currently have 30-35 active every night, extending up to 40+ during guild events.

We have our own Team Speak server, combined with using the Blackgate community Team Speak for WvW (a massive bonus to being on Blackgate if you enjoy WvW)

We are “PvX” participating in both WvW and PvE, with weekly scheduled events.
(Perfect example I am lvl40 fractals, but also WvW commander)
Including full Guild Missions every Wednesday night.

Here’s our recruitment post:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/recruitment/NOC-Nocturnal-Blackgate-PvX-AU-NZ/first#post2691604

And site:
www.nocturnalaustralia.enjin.com

We have several players in Western Australia, as well as NA players based in HK/Korea/Japan. You can expect 15-20 players online during East Asian prime. 30+ when we are pushing hard @ WvW.

Feel free to contact us.

Cheers!
Blade

I did consider NOC but there’s one problem: you expect me to show up for all guild events. I generally play at least two hours every day, but if I don’t want to play for whatever reason I don’t want to feel like I have to play. When I played for KA before transferring to Blackgate, my participating in guild events was more of oh-guild-events-are-happening-now things when I log on, and I don’t make an active effort to actually be there.

Unless you’re willing to waive that requirement I’m afraid I can’t apply to join NOC. Sorry!

Jeydra.4386:

I did consider NOC but there’s one problem: you expect me to show up for all guild events. I generally play at least two hours every day, but if I don’t want to play for whatever reason I don’t want to feel like I have to play. When I played for KA before transferring to Blackgate, my participating in guild events was more of oh-guild-events-are-happening-now things when I log on, and I don’t make an active effort to actually be there.

Unless you’re willing to waive that requirement I’m afraid I can’t apply to join NOC. Sorry!

All we ask is that if you are online and there is a guild event running, you come hang out and join us. We don’t expect you to specifically log in (specially if your not in the mood for gw2) just to attend a guild event.
And @ NOC Real Life always comes before In-Game.

Either way hope you find what your looking for, and find a home on BG

OK … I pinged you a couple of times in-game just now but you appeared to be AFK (or the game had bugged out and listed you as online when you were offline). Send me an invite whenever. Thanks!

Bump!

Can’t believe it’s so hard to find a duplicate of SoS’s CCTV in Blackgate …

Apologies for missing point 4) in your opening post.
I think you will find most communities request a quick application via forums.
It helps activate you on the forums, lets you quickly learn what a guild is about, and let the guild learn quickly what your about. An Ice breaker if you will.

I’m not sure if KING require an application, so they may be worth looking at.

Wish you all the best mate, and welcome to tag along when we are out WvWing on BGTS.

Well the thing is this kind of requirement indicate the guild is too serious for my liking. I also doubt it’s very useful. A guild may have its own website and forums, but how many people in the guild actually actively read that? I know in one of my previous guilds I registered on the forum only to discuss whether or not to implement 100% rep – since I was representing CCTV when I WvW, if they implemented it it would mean I had to leave the guild. Beyond things like this though that involve only the guild, there are few things can be posted on guild forums that aren’t better suited to other forums (like this one). It’s also my experience that guild forums also tend to be pretty dead, which means it’s an unnecessary commitment.

Joining a guild should be a mutually beneficial experience. I take from the guild by participating in guild events, making use of guild chat, etc. I give to the guild by writing useful guild chat myself, representing it, and participating in guild events. Requiring applications makes it seem like the guild is an exclusive community to which any new player needs to answer the question, “why should we let you join?”. But unlike jobs in real life for example, virtually any active player will be an asset to a guild (barring the super serious guilds). I’ve already said I’ll be active and can 100% rep in the OP. If the guild doesn’t trust my word on this, I’d rather not join it.

Then there are guilds that view themselves as a family and therefore want to know if a would-be member will “fit” the guild before letting him or her join. In the past week I actually joined a guild that asked me to log on TS before I can be accepted as part of the “family”. But this is a guild in a video game. I’m here to play the game, not to join any family. And I am certainly not revealing anything about real life to anyone that I just met in an online game! It’s not that I mind getting on TS. I will get on TS and use my voice as well, but only if the situation demands it – for example, to report a SoR zerg moving to SM, or to do a countdown in CoF p3. But I’m not logging on to chat. As for ice breaking, we’re in the same guild playing the same game. I don’t see how that does not suffice for ice breaking.

If it’s only an application NOC is far from the guild with the strictest entry requirements. Some other guilds have stated they require all members to have level 80 characters kitted out with at least exotic equipment; others go further and require specific classes. I don’t agree with all that. GW2 isn’t that hard that specific class compositions are required. It’s also a game that should be fun for everyone involved. If someone wants to play his Elementalist, he should be allowed to even if it’s bad for team composition – that’s why in GW1 when I played with others I pretty much let them run whatever they want, filling out the holes myself or with henchmen.

tl; dr: many guilds seem to view themselves as some exclusive community, sufficiently so to ask the question, “why should we let you join us?”. In the context of a guild in a video game, I view this as a very arrogant question. I will not join any guild that asks that question in its different guises.

Thanks for being gracious about it. The afore-mentioned guild that wanted me to log on to TS sent me snide PMs after I left saying how it’s my loss and that I wouldn’t have fit into the guild anyway. Definitely don’t regret leaving that guild.

Best wishes to NOC. I’ll see you in WvW.

Hello here is our guild info:

From Our Ashes [Rise] is a PvX guild on BlackGate that emphasis community and togetherness. We enjoy all aspects of what Guild Wars 2 has to offer and we play pretty much all of it. Having an atmosphere of friendship will make the game more enjoyable while still having a competitive attitude. Most of us have come from different backgrounds and areas of the game, but we are all here together now and we will Rise to new levels.

We run a two week guild schedule of events that focus on different aspects of the game. We want to experience all the game has to offer and want to play through it together.

Whisper Obran, Greggerz, Bruzie, Tiffany Lockheart, or Rotti for more info or for invite. http://fromourashesrise.enjin.com/