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Greetings mon, what sort of guild do seek?
I can recommend a few on both sides, be them rp or pve (with rpers in them).
Hi! I don’t have any valuable advice because I pretty much struggle with the same thing, but the few things I picked up during my stay on AD is that guilds and communities are very welcome to members, whether you are new or a returning veteran.
There are several guilds to my knowledge that does have strong core members, that’s correct, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t accept new members with open arms. Personally, it can feel a little intimidating to join a guild that has members that are close friends and have known each other for years, but that’s my own insecurities speaking, and not something that’s factual.
I hope you find the right guild/community for you!
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I feel like any guild that will stick around has probably already got a strong core member base already, many of which will have known eachother for years and years.[/quote]
My experience has actually been quite different, member base of every guild tends to fluctuate as some players leave and others join up. Coming from private RP servers, I was actually quite surprised how people on AD tend to switch between guilds and how it´s easy to see half of guild roster get changed in span of mere months.
My guess is that it might seem that people have known each other for years, but in reality, you only need weeks and months to get to know people and become integral part of the guild.
There´s really no getting around this issue, to find out whether guild is for you, you have to join it and take part in the RP. The only thing you can do to make it quicker is to join guilds that you´ve researched and talked to one of their officers on OOC terms. If you join guilds recruiting in Stormwind based purely on their IC recruitment pitch, it´s easy to find out you don´t like the RP at all.
Best way is to read about guilds on argentarchives and forums, find out what you like and then get into talks with them. Or ask on the forums, but for that we´ll need to know what type of RP you seek.
Oh yeah, that’s Big Fear. Which is why I’m hesitant to join any guilds.
In my head one of the solutions is to join a fresh guild, but those tend to be gambles too, since quite a few can end up dormant side-hustles for the leader.
Dropping in here with a perhaps less than ideal advertisement due to the concerns raised, but The Fledglings is a newly formed guild made out of—at least so far—people that have known each other for about a month. Save for myself and the other two guild leaders, that is. That said, we’ve only known each other since a few months back.
The guild is currently being set up in-character, with those involved and joining currently only getting to know one another. As made by design.
Important to note is that it’s a guild built on initiative, however. Aside from the stories we seek to tell that are central to the guild’s development as a whole, the members are expected to initialize and generate their own role-play.
Whether it’s of interest or not, I’ll share the link regardless!
I would personally recommend asking guild communities you’re interested in if you can trial an event and ask them some questions - it gives you a quick method of seeing if the guild itself and its concept is for you, as well as giving you a look at the other members and the guild’s IC dynamic.
I’ve been in the exact same situation, and while we can’t chastise people for having friends that they’re close with, sometimes it can be hard to push beyond that barrier and initial anxiety. Hopefully being able to get some trial runs/interactions will help you see if it’s a community you can integrate into well. Most GMs will be happy to accommodate you. I’d also recommend seeking out guilds with character-driven narratives, since you’ll never be recruit#343676 that way. Smaller guilds are also nice for this same reason.
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