On my server Bronzebeard, there is very much a lwo population of people fighting for spots in some of the few guilds that actually raid on Horde side. Since the server was set up, we've got ourselves into a mess when it comes to guilds and raiding. There are a hell of a lot of smaller, "casual," guilds and only 5 major raiding guilds on Horde side. With only 25-man raids available, people literally fight over the spots in these raiding guilds when they become available.
Now those of you who read my blog will know that I am in the process of converting one of these small guilds into a casual raiding guild. We are still waiting for 2.2 to be implemented so that we can start raiding but when we realised that players aren't going to join a guild that has little to know end game progression under our belts, we decided to explore somethign very, very risky - co-operation.
I am an ex-member of a couple of the oldest guilds on Bronzebeard and one of these guilds is a casual guild called Blueshadow Cult. I left BSC due to internal politics created by the then GM but since then things have changed and a new GM has stepped up to take over.
Now a lot of you will be about ready to tell me how stupid I am but when me, my GM and other officers discussed the idea of a co-operation, guild drama ensued. I was sharing a job with another player who claimed ot have led raids through SSC. I didn't believe him due to the fact that in two weeks of setting up for raiding, he managed to make a few posts on the website and that was about it. He left the guild in the end and that's where the politics ended but nobody, to my knowledge was sad to see him go. The reason he left is because he wanted a merger, which we weren't happy to look at. Mergers are nasty, horrible things and they tend to end up with nasty, horrible arguements. We down sized this merger idea to a co-operation and we all agreed, as most of us were ex-member and ex-officers of BSC, that BSC was the only guild we would approach with this idea.
What we offered Blueshadow Cult was the following:
- Organised and casual raiding on two days of the week.
- No forced specs of forced raid attendance.
- Officer access to our forums.
- Fair chance at items as if they were Merc Crew guild members.
This seems fair enough and they thought so too. Last night, after speaking to the GM of BSC in a little more detail, the plan was accepted and so with the implementation begins a new relationship between these two guilds.
Of course, we are still recruiting raiders into Mercenary Crew but I have a feeling that at some point in the future, the ones who don't wish to raid will begin to become angered at the way the guild is going and with the GM of Merc Crew becoming increasingly worried that he has lost control of his guild, we may have to face other problems in the near future.
If you are interested in seeing how Mercenary Crew are progressing, or even if you are interested in joining us, our website is at.
