Things in Rut's life were on the whole fine and dandy. His son and heir had just turned seven and was first in his class at plant recognition and scored the highest in the forage timed exercise held at the local Ranger v Druid Sports Day. Rut's competed in the Dad's tree climbing competition but unfortunatley was subsequently banned from future events after smacking the local referee in the gob for what he considered a dodgy decision that went in favour of his arch nemesis GrassCutter the druid, who's son was in the same class as Rut's boy.
His wife had fully got over the incident with the hairy female druid and Rut earning cash as a strippa-gram, and loved her husband dearly. Rut's little twin daughters had just turned 16 months and were just being introduced to their mini-bows from Bows-R-Us.
Work was going well as Rut's had just received a promotion and now was in charge of mob skinning and meat extraction at the local plant. This meant extra cash even if Mrs Rut's found the odd Gnoll ear or finger that had accidently caught up in his uniform.
All in all Rut's knew he should be content in life, but felt that something was missing. At night while his wife snored loudly beside him he would gaze over the tree tops of Surefall Glades and felt that he wanted to belong to a group of fellow like minded Rangers and other comrades of different races and classes. He had once gone to a meeting of the Ranger-Masons at the local pine lodge but it was at the point of their welcome ritual that Rut's had to chant with just a loin cloth on and have someone pour tree sap over him, while a colony of fire beetles were let loose that he decided that it wasn't for him. He also felt that the absurd antler hats and bear skin aprons with funny squiggles were going to clash with his spandex lycra.
However he saw an advert in the local rag the SG Times of organisations called guilds that intrigued him. Now Rut's knew that joining a guild was an honour and not a right. He felt that on his adventures he acted how he wished others to treat him. He assisted others whenever he could, be it buffs, money or advice for younger adventurers. He apologised when he felt he had inadvertently offended someone and always went about with a sense of humour and a spring in his step. Rut's felt that belonging to a guild would help him with advice from more senior members and someone to belong to.
So he offered a prayer to the reliable God of Forums for any further information, or even the possibility of a Guild hearing his pleas and wishing to speak to him,
"How does one go about joining or getting offered to join a Guild if ones suitablity is right. Are there different types of Guilds and do some have criteria for joining. Your help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Your singing prancing Ranger Boy Rut's Bowtwanger"
P.S. Please could you bestow great fortune and luck, as well as rippling muscles and good looks great character and personality upon Baron JORAH for giving his spare pair of boots to me while at HHK the other day, as well curing that terrible case of athletes foot I've just picked up from him.
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Always a pleasure to hear from ya, Rut. Glad things are going well with the missus.
There are those who feel that there is little value to joining a guild prior to the higher raid levels. I tend to disagree there.
The first thing you need to decide is what your play is like and what you want to accomplish. This is because there's different types of guilds. Not in a game sense; to EQ, a guild is a guild, but rather in a social sense. You have guilds that are almost strictly social type organizations, where it's basically a glorified chat room. You have those where they try to maintain a family atmosphere, but also strive to level up and attempt lower level targets over time such a introductory raids or epic work. And you have those that exist primarily to raid high level targets and advance to the highest levels of the game. There's combonations to that, of course, such as a guild composed mainly of lvl 55+ people who are working through Velious, Luclin and LoY raid content but have no immediate designs on Plane of Time or anything.
The last type is, honestly, out of your league for now. Such guilds often have strict restrictions in regards to level, gear, alterate xp abilties earned and even classes. If they have enough rangers already to take out their targets, they don't need one more around taking up a raid slot and vying for loot. The second type usually has looser restrictions, primarily in regards to level. If the bulk of the guild is lvl 46+, there's little for a lvl 30 ranger to do and the young character often feels left out while the guild is off killing Vox or whatever. The first type usually takes whoever wants to join them.
So, once you decide what you're looking for, your best bet is to start finding guilds that meet your desires. Group with people in various zones or in LDoN if you have it and see who seems to have a clue. See if they're guilded. Send them a tell asking them about their guild and what they're all about. They might refer you to a guild officer. See if the guild has a website you can look at. Hopefully the website will have a roster of classes so you can see if you'll fit into the mix as well as a messageboard. I personally feel that most healthy guilds will have a fairly lively messageboard (though many guilds keep part of their boards private from nonmembers). If you want to raid, see if the guild has been doing so. A single post from 11/03 asking who wants to raid Kedge Keep with 2 responses is probably a good sign that the guild isn't actively doing much on that front. Most guilds will make their membership requirements known on their board as well as what you have to do to join. Commonly you're asked to group with some members for a time first so they can see if they want you. You might join the guild on a probationary status where you're free to leave without regrets and they're free to say "Sorry, you're just not a fit". You can also check your server messageboards to see if anyone is actively recruiting.
Once you're in the guild, try to be active. After all, that's why you're there, right? If someone is asking who wants to go to Kaesora with them, tag along. If the guild is planning to raid a target you can help with, go with them. Once you're in, you'll get a chance to see what guildchat is like and what sort of atmosphere is there. Don't demand favors, gear, powerlevelling, etc but if you're in a bind, do ask for help. After all, a guild should support its members.
As I said, I feel low level guilds can be worth it. At the very least, it's networking and gives you a chance to meet people and find out information in the game. The friends you make at lvl 27 might be the same people helping you finish your epic quest at level 55.
Edited, Sat Feb 14 14:06:29 2004 by Jophiel
There are those who feel that there is little value to joining a guild prior to the higher raid levels. I tend to disagree there.
The first thing you need to decide is what your play is like and what you want to accomplish. This is because there's different types of guilds. Not in a game sense; to EQ, a guild is a guild, but rather in a social sense. You have guilds that are almost strictly social type organizations, where it's basically a glorified chat room. You have those where they try to maintain a family atmosphere, but also strive to level up and attempt lower level targets over time such a introductory raids or epic work. And you have those that exist primarily to raid high level targets and advance to the highest levels of the game. There's combonations to that, of course, such as a guild composed mainly of lvl 55+ people who are working through Velious, Luclin and LoY raid content but have no immediate designs on Plane of Time or anything.
The last type is, honestly, out of your league for now. Such guilds often have strict restrictions in regards to level, gear, alterate xp abilties earned and even classes. If they have enough rangers already to take out their targets, they don't need one more around taking up a raid slot and vying for loot. The second type usually has looser restrictions, primarily in regards to level. If the bulk of the guild is lvl 46+, there's little for a lvl 30 ranger to do and the young character often feels left out while the guild is off killing Vox or whatever. The first type usually takes whoever wants to join them.
So, once you decide what you're looking for, your best bet is to start finding guilds that meet your desires. Group with people in various zones or in LDoN if you have it and see who seems to have a clue. See if they're guilded. Send them a tell asking them about their guild and what they're all about. They might refer you to a guild officer. See if the guild has a website you can look at. Hopefully the website will have a roster of classes so you can see if you'll fit into the mix as well as a messageboard. I personally feel that most healthy guilds will have a fairly lively messageboard (though many guilds keep part of their boards private from nonmembers). If you want to raid, see if the guild has been doing so. A single post from 11/03 asking who wants to raid Kedge Keep with 2 responses is probably a good sign that the guild isn't actively doing much on that front. Most guilds will make their membership requirements known on their board as well as what you have to do to join. Commonly you're asked to group with some members for a time first so they can see if they want you. You might join the guild on a probationary status where you're free to leave without regrets and they're free to say "Sorry, you're just not a fit". You can also check your server messageboards to see if anyone is actively recruiting.
Once you're in the guild, try to be active. After all, that's why you're there, right? If someone is asking who wants to go to Kaesora with them, tag along. If the guild is planning to raid a target you can help with, go with them. Once you're in, you'll get a chance to see what guildchat is like and what sort of atmosphere is there. Don't demand favors, gear, powerlevelling, etc but if you're in a bind, do ask for help. After all, a guild should support its members.
As I said, I feel low level guilds can be worth it. At the very least, it's networking and gives you a chance to meet people and find out information in the game. The friends you make at lvl 27 might be the same people helping you finish your epic quest at level 55.
Edited, Sat Feb 14 14:06:29 2004 by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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Rut, go to
http://64.246.58.86/~venrilsa/index.php?s=cc71c88d75964787fad24cbd3d9418c3&act=SC&c=2
and check the Guild Listings section. Descriptions of many of the VS guilds.
You may want to avoid the rest of the board - too many adolescents who still think swearing in a forum is cool....
http://64.246.58.86/~venrilsa/index.php?s=cc71c88d75964787fad24cbd3d9418c3&act=SC&c=2
and check the Guild Listings section. Descriptions of many of the VS guilds.
You may want to avoid the rest of the board - too many adolescents who still think swearing in a forum is cool....
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