Deciding whether to quit this guild or notFollow

Hi Everyone,

As some of you may have noticed I am new to WoW, very new, but I am catching on pretty well. I was just recently invited to join a guild, and, for some reason, I am not liking it. They are really nice people, and the guild master is really cool (I accidentally ran into him in Iron-forge and he bought me gear and gave me some gold [I didn't ask him to do that]). An one last thing, there are close to a hundred members in the guild.

So what am I not liking about this guild? No one ever talks, which is because no one is ever online. I am looking for a more social guild. One where players probably talk more than play, and play more at a leisurely level. I also would like to see the guild be more active. Why am I bringing all this up? because of a follow up question: Are most guilds in WoW like this, and would you quit and try to find another guild if you were in my position?

If there needs to be any other information you'd like to know please just add.

Thanks to all who answer!

{EDIT}

What i mean by "active" ion the second paragraph is that the guild on-a-whole does things together. I do not mean active in the sense of doing a mandatory x-amount of raids a day.

Edited, Jan 21st 2012 3:57pm by ovshanevo

It's hard to say whether most guilds in WoW are like that, because I haven't been in most guilds. My guild has its quiet times, even when there's lots of people on. Some people suck at multi-tasking. If you want a more social guild, go to your realm forums on battle.net and ask around for one.

That's the truth!! I get on average 2 guild invitations each segment of time I spend in game and that's after selecting the option to not get guild invitations. A friend told me that stops automated requests so the ones I'm getting are from actual people. My level 5 AH alt even gets invitations.

It's a matter of play style preference. I am a lifelong "soloer" and prefer to either solo or group up with one to 3 other people that have become friends in game. I don't need a lot of social interaction to enjoy the game - especially here in WoW I find the quests and various NPCs a hoot in and of themselves. I'm not into dungeons, raids, or leveling quickly, so guilds with those goals are out.

During my years in EQ (began in 1999) I have been in 3 guilds total, all of which invited me - I have yet to go looking for a guild...lol. When I was invited to the first guild in EQ, I didn't even know what a guild was. EQ was still very new, the high level limit was 55, everyone was learning together, so I did learn quite a bit by just listening to guild chat in the first guild. It was a smallish family guild (and by family I do mean family - many parents & their children were in the guild). However, there was always some drama going on. After about 4 years I was invited to a second guild by some people I had met while out soloing. It was a slightly larger guild, still "family" in nature, but no drama. I was in it until it pretty much dissolved when SWG and EQII came out. I eventually left EQ for 3 years.

Returned to EQ last summer, was interested in transferring to the FV server so I created a new character there to see if I liked the server before transferring over. First day in tutorial I'm invited to a guild. After talking to the GL, telling her my preferred play style, etc. I joined. This guild has over 800 players on the roster, the majority of whom have not signed in for 1-3 years. This guild seems to have the philosophy of inviting most anyone and then its up to the individual how they want to be involved...or not. At one point I spoke with the GL (who is a wonderful person and leader) and said I felt guilty that I wasn't really contributing anything to the guild in the way of being involved in grouping, raiding, etc. The GL said that there were many people in the guild who soloed, played sporadically, etc. and they enjoyed me being there. Thus the only reason I am still in that guild.

I may eventually join a guild in WoW, a very casual, non-raiding type of guild, but for now, I'm enjoying the game immensely without being in one.

Interestingly, there seem to be many variations on the guild theme. Some stress leveling to the extreme of deliberately gearing up newbies and dragging them through tougher content. Some really only care about Raiding and heroics and pretty much just tolerate you until you get up far enough to join them. Others are purely social - chat groups, basically. Thinking back to the early days of the web and earlier services like Compuserve, I sometimes cynically wonder if there might be a guild or two out there dedicated to more 'personal' types of socializing.

What I think makes a good guild are:
1) big enough that someone experienced is usually online;
2) willing to help members with information and advice as well as a willingness to help each other through tough spots in the game.
3) Supportive, acknowledgment of achievements
4) Leadership who still play and care about what they're doing.
5) Mature, tolerant members (mature as in play style, not player age)

Just my personal opinion, but I think a good guild can really enhance the WoW experience

If/when I join a WoW guild, this list would be what I would be looking for. Re: earlier chat services, I began in the early '80's on IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Anyone ever used it? The "Granddaddy" of all chat programs, it is actually still very much alive and active. Two friends I met in a rp channel there were who invited me to play EQ in 1999. Because I had been so steeped in chat venues and never heard of an MMORPG prior, I approached EQ as a chat venue with a bit of fighting thrown in here and there. After I took a 3 year hiatus from EQ, I continued on in this IRC rp channel (we had never left, just added EQ). Almost 4 years ago a visitor came to our channel and told us about SecondLife. At first we told him that we (a small group of friends) had been together for 15 years on this channel (the second oldest of its rp genre on IRC), we preferred text chat format, and were not looking to change. I was curious about SL, so I checked it out and eventually the entire group took our rp to SL and the rest is history.

Re: guilds - My first EQ guild talked about all kinds of things in guild chat, not just game related. We were also very active on our website forums which were sometimes more fun to read than being in game. Many EQ weddings within guild; in fact, EQ weddings in general were a big thing back in the day. GMs would actually come to "officiate." In my second guild I became friends with several people on a RL basis outside of game. Jump ahead to my current EQ guild and those that are the most active in guild chat are generally just "gratzing" each other on level dings, linking some new equipment for "attaboys," wanting to know how much damage x weapon will do vs. y weapon. For me, my eyes just start glazing over. About that time I turn off guild chat and continue doing my thing.

I was thinking of doing just that, then a friend of mine told me about needing signatures. If I can pay 5 people to sign up then that idea would definitely appeal to me. Is there any number of characters that have to be kept in guild. I just have two atm, but could create a few more if needed. Thank you for that suggestion.

Pigtails, you need to call me. We think exactly alike. ERP FTL though. That is just creepy to me. I mean, I can get my mind around phone sex, or even chat sex, but pretending to be a night elf that should be killing hordes of twilight's hammer who is instead shagging in Darnassus's bushes... it is a bit much for me.

Haven't you ever been in Goldshire's inn on a Saturday nite??

No, these are whispered invitations and when I say "Thank you but I'm not looking for a guild atm" the person generally just says "Thank you."

EXACTLY!!

Guild etiquette? Suppose you meet a player in a pug or random setting and like the way they work. Is it proper to inquire whether the like their current guild and they don't, invite them to switch allegiance?