Hokay everyone, so this post is a two parter. A few of us want to start working toward making raids happen so firstly, I'd like to get a show of hands of who is actually willing to do some REAL raid progression? We need people that can be on for raids, and are willing to take the time to get the gear etc. We are more than willing to help gear people that are dedicated, but we need to know you are going to actually be around for raids.
The second part is more of a discussion. As we all know recruitment is slow at the moment, and the lack of geared and dedicated players will likely be the #1 thing holding us back. A few of us came up with an idea that may alleviate this. Once we have a good count of how many players are willing to gear up for raids, we could take to the official forums, wsc forums, etc. and look into forming a circle with another small guild to fill in the gap in raid players. This would require us aligning our raid times with said guild, and may create some looting issues if we don't establish a loot system up front. I know this may be a tall order, but I am willing to compromise if it means getting into raids faster. Eventually we may be able to switch fully over to guild only runs, but I don't see that happening right away. I know this may be.. controversial, but circles make it easy to ally while keeping our guild in tact.
The second part is more of a discussion. As we all know recruitment is slow at the moment, and the lack of geared and dedicated players will likely be the #1 thing holding us back. A few of us came up with an idea that may alleviate this. Once we have a good count of how many players are willing to gear up for raids, we could take to the official forums, wsc forums, etc. and look into forming a circle with another small guild to fill in the gap in raid players. This would require us aligning our raid times with said guild, and may create some looting issues if we don't establish a loot system up front. I know this may be a tall order, but I am willing to compromise if it means getting into raids faster. Eventually we may be able to switch fully over to guild only runs, but I don't see that happening right away. I know this may be.. controversial, but circles make it easy to ally while keeping our guild in tact.