Why not check out the guild I’m with. The home server for the guild is on Aurora glade. We’re a mixed bunch and we’re certainly eccentric in our own way xDD. You can check out the guild recruitment here. The guild also has a age requirement 21+.
I also feel the same way. Scarlet for a villain, all her motivations were seen as random and had no substance at all. And it was just attack at random and leave no reason as to why she was doing this. The main reason was: she was constantly in the shadows. Whenever she did show up, you never faced her, but her lackeys and minions. The only time you did face, was the only time where you never really did face her. Her potential as a villain was never really fleshed out. Her journal pretty much explained her thoughts. And even then it wasn’t really touched upon. Simply put players were fed up with a badly developed character and wanted it gone asap.
You certainly have what it takes to be a good guild leader Lexoj. Removing “dead weights” from a guild can be a tough decision at times. To help you out, take the time to read this thread to get some really good tips for your new guild.
Henrik, wrong place to post your recruitment post. You want the guild recruitment board and you should also read this thread to get some tips for your new guild.
No, what we asked was for either Scarlet to be better written and performed or, if that was impossible (sad day, if she’s the extent of ANet’s creativity), that she be written out or diminished. If any of the others overshadowed her, I don’t know what game you’ve been playing.
What you’re saying is that Scarlet wasn’t a bad character, but rather a underdeveloped character. For someone who hasn’t played the LS for that long. I pretty much thought that Scarlet wasn’t a bad villain but her presence didn’t create an impact (long enough) – and she was killed off pretty quickly. If she was given more of a presence, rather than being in the shadows for the most part. Maybe then her development might have been much better.
Guilds should hold events. And talk about them in both forums, post pictures etc (on the guilds site and this one). You want to make the guild look like it is personal and it’s ran by humans – and not by robots.
There really isn’t a holy trinity in GW2. Everyone can heal. Most would say that the guardian profession would be the tanker since they can attack and heal. However for someone new to the game, the warrior class is one of the favoured classes to start out with, whilst the elementalist is one the harder ones to master. You would have to head on over to guild recruitment board to see all the guild recruiting. Best of luck in finding a guild you’re happy in : ).
Gywn – I have in fact heard and briefly played dark souls. And yes the first one was a niche game on the PS3. And the fact that it is has a rep for being a difficult game. It doesn’t surprises me that most have not played it. Rather than basing your guild off of another game. Build your guild loosely off of it. Retain the name and ranks, but have a clear idea in mind as to what you want your guild to do. As Aria said, people play GW2 for GW2 lore etc.
I’ve been on and off Guild Wars 2 recently since I started college a couple of years ago. I have been having some difficulty recruiting people for my RP-ish guild based around the popular game “Dark Souls”. Since Dark Souls II is on the horizon March 11, I was thinking of bringing the guild back up and find some good members. I’ve been posting for a while on my guild, but I can’t seem to have any takers. Any other ways I could use to get my guild more noticed, or is there something that I’m missing?
Gwyn – the whole purpose of this thread (which Aria kindly linked you to) isn’t to promote your guild on. It is designed to help guild leaders, like yourself to get advice and tips on as to how they can attract and get new members in.
I have literally bought the game after being bored of ahem WoW after what looks like a fantastic game. I would like to get some friends also on this so will join the server you are on and maybe go from there Is the server you on a England based server?
I dont think there is an EU “england” server….
But Aurora Glade is filled with those from England and elsewhere, plenty of people on from say 6pm onwards.
feel free to hit me up, if you want
As Taygus stated, there isn’t a “England” server. If you mean, is there English speaking servers in the EU region, for the most part yes – there are a few which are aimed at specific countries who speak French, German and Spanish.
For starters, map spamming is ignored. And most players don’t take to map spamming too kindly. And it is a one way ticket to driving your guild to the ground, if you’re inviting anyone – especially if you’re starting out. However to help you out, I’ve written up a thread for new / start up guilds – like yours. You can read the post here to give you some tips. Good luck in recruiting and hopefully sustaining a successful guild : ).
I’ve recently been part of starting a new guild from the ground up. We started with 3 members (one of which, I’m married to) and we now, about 2-3 months later, have close to 40. Here’s what’s worked for us:
- Your guild should stand out for a reason. For our guild, we built our guild on the foundation of having a safe space for people, regardless of identity, so that people who are LGBT, international, with disability, etc. can all be part of a community that doesn’t discriminate against them or make them the butt of a joke.
- Respond to people in the Looking for Guild forums like a real human being. Don’t just spam people with some copy-pasted response. Read the posts that people make and if you think they would be a good fit for their guild, tell them why you think this in your response. Tell them why your guild matches their specific goals.
There’s of course a lot more, but I believe those were the two biggest reasons for why our guild took off. Just be aware that you may fail abysmally starting off. It’s harder to get people when you don’t have people, so don’t get discouraged if everyone leaves your guild because it’s not ‘active’ enough. Keep at it.
Good luck!
The guild I’m with also started off with only having 2 members (I made it 3), but it has now risen in to the double digits. With hard work and persistence, you can make a difference to the guild. And make it more enjoyable. The key is to know what you want from the guild and what the guild can offer you.
Running a guild is not always butterflies and unicorns. There has to be rain before a rainbow appears. One of the hardest parts of being a GL is not letting those storms get to you and bring you down too far. A guild can be very much like a family (I know mine is to me) that can sometimes feel even closer than your real one. Like a real family, there are disagreements and arguments. Learn to roll with the punches and you’ll do well.
Exactly Aria. Running a guild has it’s ups and downs. Dealing with different types of personalities can cause a mayor problem within the guild. As you said, learn to deal with them. It can be a headache, but it is worth it.
This could be that the other players are on a different server. Guild’s up grades are on server to server basis. In other words what ever the guilds home server is, any player on that server can have access to the guild contract. If you’re not then, you have to research it again on the server you/they are on.
I thought that I was the only one experiencing this particular issue. It seems, that more people are having the similar issues regarding this type of crashes.
I’ll throw my two cents in as well. I also am getting the same problem. I got it during marionette and now LA under attack – it keeps occurring. It is annoying and disrupts my game flow. To add even more to my woe’s, I also get the black screen. I have to reset my PC because it freezes with the black screen. I didn’t have this issue before.
Once you’ve setted up your guild. Think about hosting events. Not only will this help to create a bond with other guild members, but it keeps the guild more interesting. This doesn’t have to be guild treks. Just a fun event, like a mad race to a certain area. Or having a tea party dress up, whilst running through a certain map. Creativity is your friend.
The guild had it’s first bounty trek and it went well. Then it had a small hide and seek game, to find the leader. And we have some new members. So welcome aboard.
Well for starters you kind of posted in the wrong place to advertise for your guild xDD. You want the guild recruitment board for that. Also, you might want to read this thread. If you are still interested in forming your own guild.
Sine you’re a new start-up guild. I was wondering if you would take the time to read this post. It gives out tips for new start-up guilds. Hope this helps your new guild.
The guild is growing slowly. And two in-game events are planned for the guild. If you’re interested then check out our site to find out more about the planned events.
Regarding the guilds website. Try and be active on the site. Post up some screen shots you had with other guild members, this could be the leaders organising a small in-game event, this could be anything. Like I had with my guild members. There are some screen shots of the guild having an in-game event and some screen shots were taken, you can see them on the guilds site. You can even post them on your recruitment post. Make the recruitment post inviting. Having a mechanical approach, will just come across as a run-of-the-mill recruiter to the potential member. Who is only interested on recruiting them for numbers. Show that your guild is different.
The guild held it’s first in game event. The “mad race” – in Caledon forest. Leaders Darkmoore and commander Alekero organised and over saw the event. To see how it all went, pop on to our site and see the pics here. Of course I turned up at the finishing line, fashionably late : D. It was fun and a great time had for all. If you like the sound of this, and are interested in the guild then contact Darkmoore.
Never too late Falunel. And thanks for the tips on map chat, it is always great to give out tips so that it can help out other smaller / start up guilds.
Needing advice. We do general map chat shout outs talking about what the guild is about, kind of people we look for, ambitions (wanting to be big enough for Teq), etc. Yet still can’t seem to get any attention towards our group. Around 25 actually in the guild, 4-5 that actually ever rep though.
Mentioning some form of activity (naked run example haha) is a good idea and I think will help us, but actually talking about what we’re about needs to be somewhere too I would think. And seeing how what we’re doing doesn’t seem to work, how else should we do this?
Aria pretty much covered everything as to what I would say to you. As for the 20 odd members that don’t represent your guild, communicate with them, see where you and the guild stand with them. If they don’t respond / have no interest in staying – remove the dead weights and keep the ones that do. Re-build, re-organise, re-shuffle in your guild. Just read the tips on the thread, and see how far it will take you and your guild.
Whilst I agree that map spamming is ignored and quite frankly abused. But if used in the correct way, it can in fact be beneficial to the guild. Use it to advertise events like for example “Hey, I just set up this new guild [insert name and tag]. To commemorate the opening I thought I’d hold a silly event [insert silly event]. If you’re interested whisper / mail me for an invite”.
That doesn’t mean the huge guilds are better or worse than smaller ones. It’s all a matter of the aforementioned, very important focus and communication. Get those down and you’ll go far no matter how many members on your roster.
Exactly and well said. But some people do tend to see the quantity of members as a selling point to join a guild. It defeats the purpose of not wanting to be a faceless member, whilst in a smaller guild you have the chance to be a face and be part of something, however people seem to have an issue with that – the amount of members in it. Which baffles me.
I’m with a guild that is on the Aurora glade server and has a 21+ policy. We are a newly created guild. However we are going through our growth process. If you want to contact the leaders, you can via through our recruitment post
Is the server you on a England based server?