Do you belong to a Guild?

Flaminir · April 2015

I am a Guild Owner and belong to other guilds as well.

MornaBaine wrote: »

Audigy wrote: »

Not in any guilds.

I was in guilds during all my former MMOs though and did lead two to a top spot on tournaments, but todays generation just takes away all the fun of being in a guild. It starts with TS and ends with Addons and min / maxing, attendances to trials or even paying gold to join.

Too often did I come back after a months break and found myself kicked or young ones shouting in TS how someone failed and they now lost out on an epic.

Gaming companies made big mistakes in how they implemented guilds. Joining a guild should never reward you with items, trade slots, bank slots or vanity loot. It should be a voluntary thing and not a forced one. Guilds have become so hostile and unsocial as every members activity and time influences the success and rewards for all members.
Back in the days we invited people we liked to our guilds and still won tournaments. Today you must file a long application first, then go to a interview on TS and then get a hundred rules to follow. That's just nothing for me, so I stay solo

Wow, none of that has been my experience with guilds. In any game. In ESO I co-lead an RP guild with my husband, belong to 2 other RP guilds, a trade guild and a PvP guild. In our guild's mumble there is always a good deal of laughing and goofing off. And yes we run pledges and other content consistently and even if we are having a hard time of it for whatever reason, no one gets bent out of shape or nasty with each other. We have over 100 members, of which I'd say close to 80 are active. We run the gamut on ages from very early 20's to a few folks in their 50s. I think we may have as many female players as males. We absolutely don't censor our guild chat and the only thing we don't allow are personal attacks, name calling, racism, sexism, or anti-LGBT BS. We are a "mature" guild that is anything but! LOL

Anyway, I can see why you would avoid guilds if that has been your experience but it really seems to me as if you've just had a run of bad luck and/or have been playing with people who play for all the wrong reasons. I play to have fun, not because I get any sense of self esteem by "beating the game." I surround myself with folks who feel the same way. Try it some time, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

^^^ Exactly the same as this! Except we aren't a RP guild... we do a bit of everything else though.

I always think it's a shame when there are people who have obviously had some bad experiences with a guild or two in the game & it puts them off.... there are many really REALLY good guilds out there with some fantastic people in them!

maryriv · April 2015

I only use Traiding Guilds.

newtinmpls wrote: »

Um .... didn't bother with guilds much till I ran across "The East Empire Trading Company" somewhere in Morrowind. The name totally hooked me (and they had really reasonable prices). Joined. Mostly because of the name. The guildmaster is really enthusiastic about everyone having lots up for sale so we are a "useful" trading guild (but he's very sweet about it, unlike some guildmasters better not mentioned), and the prices are still pretty reasonable.

I've also joined a few that were purely social - still in a couple that only have 4-5 members.

Lately I'm looking into guilds where I might meet & group a bit more. A while back there was a thread for a guild for couples that looked pretty interesting. After all the main reason I play this game is to be in an ES universe with my sweety.

^ This. I don't like huge guilds that span multiple slots that they force you to be in and participate. I want to do my own thing but still contribute this is the guild for me.

Other good ones:

Elderscrolls Exchange
Imperial Trade Union

And a couple more I can't think of right now.

Sighlynce · April 2015

Yes I am a member a Guild and/or Multiple Guilds.

I am active (as far as in interactions with others) in my PVP guild i have 3 trading guilds i sell and trade goods but don't really interact with them other than saying 'hey' or sending them stuff if i catch a 'does anyone have' on chat.

Casdha · May 2015

Yes I am a member a Guild and/or Multiple Guilds.

Two things to several comments,

1. I think folks forget the name of this franchise when try to comprehend how folks come to play this game, who don't necessarily care for traditional MMOs
2. I look at multiple guilds kind of like ZOS is trying to incorporate the Facebook or Twitter mentality (i.e. Social Networking). If you have a Facebook account, do all of your friends have the exact same friends as you? Do you group your friends into lists? That is why you have multiple guild options. (I could drag this one out forever but I'm stopping right there)