Guilds and recruitment

My guild is pretty small. We have around 70 toons, but alot of them are alts or people who don't play very regularly. We have 10 level 80s, but at least 2 are alts, one hasn't played in over a month and one does not group. That leaves 6 players at 80.

So, now that I've been 80 for a while, I'm ready to set my sites on raids, as are a few other of our other members. But with only 6 players that just won't wash unless we PUG the other 4 slots -- something I am loath to do as I have enough trouble with PUGs in heroics, much less a raiding environment.

So we are trying to recruit.

If you've never done so, try to avoid recruiting as much as you can. It kinda blows. If you're posting to trade chat, you probably want to create a macro to make it a bit easier, however you only get 250 characters with which to represent your guild. That limit kills me as I want to say so much about our people and what we are looking for.

We have a really great group of people, players who have been with the game for years, and played with each other for a while as well. We are really tight knit and we want people who are interesting, respectful and who play well to fit in with us. We are not a progression guild, but we do want to progress.

I really think that at this point in the expansion it is hard to recruit people who have not done alot of raiding or who know how to play. Either you're a good player and have been at it a while, in which case you're probably already in a decent guild that raids at least occasionally. Or you are just making it to 80 now and you might be somewhat inexperienced.

Or you're not in a guild because you've been kicked out of your last one because you're a jerk.

Now, I know this is oversimplifying things somewhat, but that's what it feels like when you are recruiting -- everything is stacked against you.

When talking to people about our guild I try to be as honest as I possibly can. I don't want someone signing up for something that we just can't deliver. We had one new member leave us I think because they were told that we were starting raids soon. Well, as I mentioned above, we are at least 4 players away from raiding, and that's only if the 6 we do have are geared and can all play at the same time (a detail that we haven't 100% worked out yet).

All that said, if you are reading this and you are on the Norgannon server or are likely to transfer, and are seeking a guild, check us out at http://elvenfellowship.blogspot.com

Have a nice day.

P.S. Guilds are not only hard to recruit for, they are hard to keep together, with that said, my sincerest condolences to a paladin blogger who I've read for a long time now, Honorshammer, for the demise of his guild.