Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, I am a very active player of GW2 and I thought I would try running a small guild in preparation for HoT, influence hasn’t really been an issue since I have been boosting upgrades with influence I bought with gold, but as I get more upgrades having more members is becoming more and more important, and well, that has been a major problem for me as of late… I did get a few people to join but those that did either never came back online or just left after a few days. I don’t understand 100% why that would be, I am frequently online and I am openly very chatty but nonetheless… Am I doing something wrong or should I just try harder?

Oh yes before I forget some information, the guild is currently only 2 members big, the guild I am attempting to create has a focus on PvE as well as some WvW and more uniquely light roleplaying, currently I am on Borlis Pass.

Thanks for any replies!

IMO the most important thing for any guild is to have some defining characteristic to set you apart from the 1,001 other guilds out there.

It can be anything, hardcore WvW or dungeon speed clears, casual dungeon runs only, a shared love of cookies (real example), anything. But something to give your members something in common with each other so they have a reason to choose your guild over the other options and a reason to talk and play together even when they don’t really know each other.

My advice would be to sit down and create yourself a brand, figure out what it is your goals are, create your brand around that and work towards building a brand in that image. Be sure to control your brand and keep the people you interact with happy. A fan will tell his friends, and hater will tell everyone. It’s important to keep customer service in mind and make sure that any situations that arise are dealt with swiftly in a mater that keeps your brand integrity safe.

For growth, I highly recommend spending time with strangers and helping them along in their path. Just by meeting random people you can quickly increase your members as people befriend you. It’s hard to think, but Gaiscioch [GSCH] started as just a handful of people that wanted to create a chatroom to communicate with each other while they helped random newbies along. From there we grew and grew.

You will need at least 1 playmaker in your organization. Someone to stand up and lead regardless of how many people show up. You need someone that is tenacious and committed to being the face of your community. They need to be active in the genre that you are targeting and be ok with being a public figure people can get to know regardless of their guild affiliation.

Lastly, love what you do, do what you love, and keep your sights on where you want to go. In the end your happiness will determine the life of your guild.

Don’t over sell it, just let people know exactly what to expect if they represent, even if it’s not much more than a pleasant guild chat with a group formed once in awhile. Right now I’m looking for exactly what you described but for Maguuma server, so there’s people out there that want what your guild is, you just need to be clear about what your guild is so they can easily see it.

This might help: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Tips-on-new-start-up-guilds/first#post3724796

Good luck.