Guild Wars 2

I run a tight knit semi hardcore guild on Tarnished Coast, Dragon Empire Alliance.

TC is a tier 1 WvW server. Guild events are at 9pm EST. 3 WvW events a week and 3 PvX events a week.

If we aren’t hardcore enough for you than I can get you in contact with the many excellent hardcore WvW guilds on our server. Most of them only recruit on out TC forums so you won’t find them here.

Hey Craven!

I run a tight knit PvX/WvW guild, Dragon Empire Alliance on Tarnished Coast. Other than the server difference I think we’d be a good fit. We have a good history of bringing on groups of friends at one time, many from other servers that want to try us out before they eventually transferred over. Please please please let me know if you have any questions or would like a trial invite

Hey Shimple,

Welcome back to the game. I run a semi hardcore PvX/WvW guild, Dragon Empire Alliance on Tarnished Coast and I’d love to have you check us out.

Well how convenient, I have a guild and we’re looking for officers

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Now looking for players interested in becoming officers/co leaders and co hosting 1 event a week and assisting in driving the guild into our next season of growth, both in size and skill. See this post for more info.

Guild : Dragon Empire Alliance
Focus : WvW / PvX
Event Times : 6pm PST and/or 7pm PST
Contact : Me ~ Beorn Saxon.4762
Size : ~75 (increasing to 125 over the next 6 months)

What I’m Looking For

Must be mature, reliable, active, have a sense of humor, willing to co host 1 event per week.

Schedule

• Sun : World Bosses (2 open spots)
• Mon : WvW (filled)
• Tues : FotM/Dungeons (2 open spots)
• Thurs : WvW (filled)
• Fri : WvW (filled)
• Sat : Missions/PvP (2 opens spots)

DEA just turned 1 year old. We currently have 75 members and 4 weekly events, over the next 6 months we’ll be growing to 125 members and 6 weekly events.

Positions are open to both members and non members. TC has a lot of great and qualified players for such a position. Non members will first be added to the guild to ensure a good fit before being promoted.

Contact me if you have questions or are interested.

This is an amazing guild that I have built over the past year and we have great drive and vision, I’m now in a spot where I need co leaders to help run the non WvW events and be social. Having past leadership or officer experience is a bonus but not mandatory.

#STOMPCITY

Come join us for some wvw and pvp fun.

Opela.9340:

Search on hold, think I found what I’m looking for!

Happy for you bro! You’re a good guy and I’m glad we got to have you for a while.

Looking for power players that want to farm some baggies in wvw tonight.

Hey iktoweya!

Check out Dragon Empire Alliance. It’s a medium sized, close knit, semi hardcore, mature PvX guild on TC.

• We have a fractal night with veterans (lvl 50s) coaching members as we collectively work towards 50.
• I’m pvp rank 60, and we recently added our own pvp arena just for practicing 1v1s and group fights. We often play ranked.
• We have wvw raids twice a week with ~15+ groups looking for fights and PPT.
• We used to have a dungeon night, but so many members run them daily we scrapped it. I personally have 1K+ dungeons under my belt, we are good at teaching paths.

We are pretty awesome and I’d love to have you guys check us out.

It’s odd, lately we’ve been finding clumps of friends that are joining together and so far we’ve had great success. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll shoot you 3 an invite.

Check out Ember Solace.

heartless.6803:

Limit each team to 4 commanders, once activated they are unable to be unactivated unless you leave the map entirely.

So now 4 troll commanders can pop tags and sit at spawn, locking our real commanders from actually commanding.

heartless.6803:

Commanders are visible to everyone, dorito is seen to all players but only appear on minimap to allies.

Make commanders similar in loot drop to siege lords so there is hefty incentive and desire to kill them.

We didn’t get commander tags to become punching bags for champion loot.

Totally broken, A for effort though.

Player hides inside enemy keep > pops commander tag > entire zerg insta ports to him for a free cap.

tower is being attacked, enemy zerg is guarding the gate, one defender pops tag and whole friendly zerg ports inside instead of having to fight through.

zerg wipes while defending a keep, they WP out and just insta port back to the commander that’s still at the keep.

two commanders pop tags, zergs just insta port back and forth to defend objectives instead of having to cross the terrain.

Okay, back at my comp. So, Dragon Empire Alliance is a medium sized guild that focuses on community, having a good time and playing competitively in WvW, PvP and dungeons/fractals. We have several WvW veterans but really started whipping our squad into shape a few months ago. Many of the members hop into PvP several nights a week including myself as it helps hone our small group tactics, and to farm the pvp tracks. I’d love to have you try us out, over this past year we’ve had many join from other servers and eventually transfer once they feel us out. We are also active in the TC community, networking with other guilds and hosting community events.

Contact me via the forum or in game if you’d like an invite. Hope to hear from you soon.

DEA is still open to players interested in WvW.

Hey endgamer, I’m on my phone at the moment so i can’t make a proper post. But I run an tight knit wvw pvx guild on TC. There’s is a link to our website in my signature. I’ll try to PM you once I’m back on my computer.

Hey Nosix,

I run a semi hardcore PvX guild, Dragon Empire Alliance, on TC that you might be interested. Currently recruitment is closed except for folks interested in WvW. But even though you are new it looks like you want to excel pretty quickly so I’d be open to letting you try us out. We have a private facebook group and use the server forum and mumble, all of which are pretty active.

MARKETING

Once you have a vision, and have roughed out the framework of your guild protocol, it’s time to get members! Like previously stated, you don’t want any player, you want the right players. Good marketing does two things: it conveys your guild vision to potential members and it filters out incompatible players.

Imagine your marketing process like a giant funnel with several check points that players must pass through before becoming a member. Each check point is narrower than the last and more accurately paints a picture of what your guild is about: what you expect from players and what they can expect from the guild. If the player passes through each check point and still wants to join, you can bet they are a pretty close fit for what you’re looking for.

There are four primary places that guilds recruit: in-game map chat, the official forum, your servers forum, and word of mouth. In-game map chat has a broad audience, while word of mouth has a narrow audience, so where you advertize will directly affect how many players you reach and how varied the type of applicant you will get. Regardless of where you recruit, all members should pass through the same filter to ensure quality members join.

As an example, you may choose to advertize in all 4 ways, but you could have one designated recruiter that interviews each player. You could also have a website that briefly goes over a code of conduct players must agree to, or even an application. You could have all of these. When I founded my guild I began recruiting in map chat, but as we grew, I narrowed down how we recruited to almost only word of mouth. During that phase when we recruited in map chat, I used ads that I knew would attract the type of player I was looking for.

Want to achieve that elusive 81st level? Want to dual wield greatswords? Sorry, we can’t help. But if you enjoy making friends and steam rolling content, check us out! ~> DragonEmpire.us

This was my bread and butter and it recruited many of my best members who are now my officers. This ad does a few things, it jokes about end game content, touches on close community and playing intentionally and aggressively. So right off the bat I’ve already narrowed down my audience to veterans that like to joke, are social and want at least a semi hardcore atmosphere. All that and I didn’t even mention PvX, NA, semi hardcore, guild buffs etc that so many people advertize. Every once in a while I get a response in map chat “That ad is so dumb!” and I would just think to myself “no, it’s working as intended by keeping you out.” And I’m able to say that because my goal as a leader is not to recruit everyone, but only the right ones.

CLOSING

I hope this helps out some of you, if you have any other tips or tricks please leave them in the comments for others. I love GW2 and this community and I hope we continue to grow stronger as a player base.

INTRO

This guide will build a framework to help you more successfully run your guild. Guilds can differ vastly but these principles are elementary, and whether or not you have articulated these ideas yourself, you may recognizing them as having been used in a successful guild you were in or currently lead. These principles can also be found in businesses, organizations, sports teams and even the military. For the sake of length, this guide will only touch on three broad principles and how they play out in GW2.

First off, running a guild is hard work and an on going task. It takes discipline and passion, a perfect guild is not built in a week. Successful guilds have vision, management, and marketing.

VISION

Leaders are visionaries, creatives. They see something that does not yet exist and envision how to get there. They have the ability to inspire and rally a group of people together to drive towards a common goal.

Before starting a guild you should sit down and ponder what your vision is, what will drive your members forward, giving them a reason to invest in your community. As a guild leader you need to realize that there are hundreds if not thousands of guilds and millions of players in the game. Your goal should not be to recruit every player, your goal should be to recruit the right members. Having the right members in your guild will enable you to accomplish your goals more easily and with greater reward – it will be more fulfilling.

In GW2 we have some broad terms that define our guilds, such as: EU, NA, PvE, PvP, WvW, PvX, casual, semi-hardcore and hardcore. These are excellent at helping players quickly narrow down possible guilds to join, but they aren’t specific enough to keep your guild driving forward for long.

Now, with in each category, PvX for example, what makes each guild different? It’s YOU, the guild founder. You are the secret ingredient that makes your guild unique. So sit down and make a list of things that define you as a player and a person. Traits that you want in your members. What time zone do you play in, or perhaps it’s sporadic, what type of content will you play the most, do you care what build people run, will you use voice coms, coarse joking, tolerance towards diversity etc? I suggest you write down three adjectives that describe you as a player and as a person, these will more greatly define your vision than a general “PvX” would.

MANAGEMENT

Leaders and managers (officers) have vastly different rolls, and it’s rare to find someone that is good at both. Leaders envision goals and define a route and drive the group forward, whereas managers help build, oversee and maintain systems that enable the guild to move forward. With GW2’s ranking system it is very easy to co found a guild with other friends that can help lead or manage, or even have ranks for sub leaders and managers.

Building a system that enables your guild to move forward is crucial. It clearly defines expectations and protocols so that members know how, when, and why. There will be less drama and greater efficiency in your endeavors.

Google docs is your new best friend. It is basically an online Microsoft word/excel data base where you can define your guilds protocols. You can share these documents with other leaders, officers and members, allowing them to leave comments or make changes. Here are a few examples documents that I use for my guild (Guild Roster, Promotion Letters, Recruitment Ads). Alternatively, many guilds have a guild website/forum where they list their rules, code of conduct and protocol. Enjin.com is one of the most popular.

As a newer guild, protocols are something that you can grow into as your roster grows, and keep them as simple and straight forward as you’re able.

Still looking for more wvw players.

Smartcat, I’d love for you to check us out on TC, I know we’re T1, but it’s a great server and our guild is uber awesome.

>>> Dragon Empire Alliance <<<

Goatjugsoup.8637:

Just came to say I think it is incredibly rude for the bundle of black lion keys to cost 2100 gems. If you buy by prepaid card as I do then you end up with either 2000 gems (not enough) or 2*1200=2400 (with a useless 300 gems).

Please keep in mind what people would be buying gems in when setting pricing because now if I want to buy the 25 bundle I would first have to get another 100 gems

This is intentional, it’s a proven way for them to make more money. Not just anet, all companies. Why do think gift cards exist? Because you’ll either throw away the left over, or spend more than the card had on it. It’s basic financials. Don’t take it personal.

I wouldn’t have posted if I didn’t think it a decent fit. Honestly, I had some reservations before posting. Our guild does have a handful of new players that we are teaching, and yes, I want them to learn best ways to play the game. But I do know myself, my veteran members and the long term community we’re building. There probably aren’t a whole lot of guilds that specialize in what you’re looking for. But I do know of all of the guilds out there, our members would be up for these types of shenanigans and something I’d like to do more of in the future. If you’re looking for something immediate then yes, we’re a bad fit. If you’re cool with a group that is up for it and doesn’t mind evolving in that direction then perhaps you’d do well here.

In response to your objections.

-We’ve run 4 man dungeons, all engi dungeon runs, class nights in wvw etc. I’ve personally run over 2K dungeons so I know the feel of stale and often I like to push our groups just to see how well we can bounce back. I desperately want to go skelking in wvw (full thief group popping in and out of stealth) or Norn form sniping.

- Most of our members are college age students and we have plenty of trolls and chuckles. We love that, we don’t love obscene vulgarity though, there is a difference. Ask my guild, I troll them all the time for giggles and vice versa.

- Our rules boil down to: rep and dont be kitten, and I’ve considered just posting that. But believe it or not, ppl dont have common sense so it’s got to be spelled out. And if you talk to anybody from WoW or a WvW guild they’d be able to tell you what strict rules are. mandatory events, daily/weekly check ins, mandatory voice coms etc, meta only builds.

I understand your concerns given your history though. Hope you’re able to find what you’re looking for.

Check out Dragon Empire Alliance.

Recruitment is temporarily closed, unless you are a vet interested in WvW or GvG.

Tarnished Coast.

I’ve been on TC since beta, and it’s a great server. The only issue is, with the 75% sale and announcement of the xpac, it just shot back up to ‘full’ status.

Welcome back!

Based off of your post, Dragon Empire Alliance might be worth checking out.

Killivaan.2396:

I find myself to be intrigued! How do I come about applying and joining the ranks?

Hey Killivaan, I can shoot you a trial invite in a few hours. Let’s chat in game next time we’re both on. Until then you can PM me via the forums if you have more questions, would love to hear more about your gw2 and gaming history and guild expectations.

Ele for sure. Zerk ele for PvE, Cele ele for PvP.

I’ve been wanting this too.

Karma was moved to account based.

And with the wallet, gold and all other currencies were too.

It only makes sense and would be very helpful.

Tonight (1/28) at 9pm EST we’ll be going on a foot venture in our skivvies to hunt down diving goggle locations! Meet up in Hoelbrak. PM me to get on our map!

Beorn Saxon.4762:

My guild will be running route two, tomorrow night (1/28) on foot and in our skivvies. Feel free to join us in Hoelbrak at 9pm EST / -5 GMT / NA, if you want to tag along.

It’s in the original post.

Welcome back!

WvW is server based, what server are you on? NA, EU?

Astral Projections.7320:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

nottsgman.8206:

thank you for this! I know I’ll be using it when I (finally) get around to doing that achievement.

You’re welcome. I just added that we’ll be running route two, tomorrow night for anyone that wants to tag along with a group.

You might want to say NA or EU and your time zone as your night might be others morning.

It does say EST. I’ll add the NA.

nottsgman.8206:

thank you for this! I know I’ll be using it when I (finally) get around to doing that achievement.

You’re welcome. I just added that we’ll be running route two, tomorrow night for anyone that wants to tag along with a group.

I made this map a while back for my guild and figured I’d share it with everyone else as well.

It lists all of the locations needed for the Dive Master achievement. I have broken them down into three routes. The numbers on each route correspond to Dulfy’s Guide, so that you can easily look up each specific location as you get to it.

It’s great for planning guild or community events, or just for yourself so you have minimal map hopping.

My guild will be running route two, tomorrow night (1/28) on foot and in our skivvies. Feel free to join us in Hoelbrak at 9pm EST / -5 GMT / NA, if you want to tag along.

Boris!!!!

Seriously please check us out, Dragon Empire Alliance. I lead this medium sized, close knight WvW/PvX guild on TC. We are right up your alley as far as maturity level and joking. We have a handful of WvW vets and 2 months ago we started training up a core of members for WvW raiding/havoc. We use mumble and have 4 weekly events at 9pm EST. Tonight is fractal night, we’d love to see you out.

>>> Dragon Empire Alliance <<<

Eating PvE and WvW for breakfast since March, 2014.

bumpity bump bump.

Hey Raigai,

WvW is server based, so let us know which server you’re on and that will narrow down possible guilds.

I run a WvW/PvX guild on Tarnished Coast, Dragon Empire Alliance. Feel free to check us out.

Check out www.forthetoast.com

It’s TCs server forum and many of their guilds recruit from there.

James!

Please come check out our WvW/PvX guild, Dragon Empire Alliance. We are on TC and I think we’d be a great fit.

Aidyn.9783:

Hiya! This isn’t my guild, but I hear great things about them: Dragon Empire (on Tarnished Coast, which is Tier 1). They do a lot of WvW but are also PvX. =)

AH! Thanks Aidyn for the plug.

Yes, I’m Josh and I run a PvX/WvW guild on TC, Dragon Empire Alliance. We have weekly events at 9pm EST and have many college aged and parent aged players, including many couples. We try to play hardcore but we are kids at heart. And we keep the guild a medium size so we can stay very personal.

And don’t be deceived, Aidyn also runs a slick LGBT PvX/RP guild on TC, Ember Solace.

Great guild! Definitely check them out.

are you in NA or EU?

Hey FE,

I run a PvX guild on TC, Dragon Empire Alliance. We aren’t a ‘fractal’ guild, but we do have fractal night once a week and most of our veterans run throughout the week as well. We have many working towards max level. You should check us out.

Welcome to the guild Fay and Max.

Join us as we prepare for HoT!

Hey Mitha, thanks to the mega server you can easily play with people from anywhere. Servers really only dictate WvW. If you’re up for it, I would suggest Ember Solace. I’m not in the guild, but I do know they are a very close to what you’re looking for ~ LGBT and some RP. They are based on TC.

Hey Tyler!

Thanks to the mega server players can easily play across servers. I run a guild extremely close to what you are looking for, but we are on TC. We have several members from other servers and I’d love for you to give us a try. If you end up liking us we could always help you transfer in the future

Dragon Empire Alliance