most guilds ive usually left because they were trade guilds which were too inactive to make any sales

one guild ive left was because it was a guild that originally was no dues but then started requiring dues (a change i was against to begin with), but eventually they locked out selling anything in the guild store until you paid, i dont remember if they kicked me for refusing to pay dues or left because i couldnt sell anything, dont even remember the guild since it was a few years ago lol

dont get me wrong they were a good guild, but i hate paying dues (i know traders are expensive, but the traders themselves are also a problem because theres such a limited number of them and virtually the only real gold sink in the game that competition is high, and when you have 500 people collecting gold together thats going to make high bid numbers)

My guild experiences have been all positive. I only joined some guilds fairly recently, and ended up joining 5, then leaving 2 of them (on perfectly amicable terms), each one because it didn't meet my needs, or because i felt I couldn't make a decent contribution to it.

Okay, apart from the one initial reply, I'm grateful to everyone who has come here and voiced not only your thoughts but also your experiences. Though, I still don't understand what I could've possibly done to deserve a ban from guilds [snip]

All I can determine from the last messages I had sent on their servers or guild-chats was the fact which the last guil-sorry, CLAN-leader(s) of the last "guild" I listed here hated on me just for offering hugs. [snip] they might have booted me out over my questioning them on the Reachmen Clans, which only appear in the ES-games. My last ones were about marrying into one of these fictional clans, and even came with an apology in advance!

Ergo: The NPCs who appear in these games act considerably more civilized and cordial than the clan-leader players I've encountered within ESO. Never before have I ever met anyone who had so many hostilities! At least not before 'delving' into some of ESO's player-made 'clans'. They're some of the most butt-bashing brutes I think I've come across in my life!

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I've been in a guild with toxic leadership. However, I feel like the implementation of the guild finder makes it easier to avoid those type of guilds. Other than that most of the time you'll be fine as long as you...

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Am very glad that ESO is a solo players MMO. If I had to join a guild I would be playing Freecell.

SpiralStorm4 wrote: »

And a fair salutations to everyone here tonight!

I've come back to pose one question which I feel is rather important, right now...During the past couple years I've been playing The Elder Scrolls Online, I've been trying to establish a good standing within a few of the many player-made guilds one can join in the game. Unfortunately, most of the would-be 'leaders' of those guilds ended up dropping their ban hammers down onto my virtual head. And usually, without any prior warning or notice to me, whatsoever! So, here's my question: Has anyone else here been unceremoniously booted out of any of the guilds they joined up with? And if so, did any of their higher-ups contact you and explain the reasons behind banning you? I really would like to find out what in-game/online 'crimes' I've supposedly committed recently, to warrant being punished with an automatic ban and block from 3 of these guilds, which I might as well start referring to as 'clans'.

Anyone here who happens to read up on this topic may now voice their thoughts on it.

So how many guilds have you been removed from?
I ask because of the old adage 'fool me once, shame on you... etc' and you seem to imply it is multiple guilds.

The personality of a Guild Leader is usually different from a player - the leader is going to be more organised, more methodical and ultimately more controlling about how they want things to be. This has to occur because Autocratic will be more effective in a system with high risk low rewards to allowing freedoms, as well as higher chance of players lacking cultural and societal ideologies.
Guilds that claim to be 'Laissez-faire' style leadership will often be smaller; not necessarily because they are less organised, but because they are less equipped to deal with outliers of personality types that clash with the majority. Fringe personality types are not a problem in their own right, but can cause disharmony that affects morale of the player base. And since leaving 1 guild to join another has a low opportunity cost it's not something people hestitate to do often.

The personality of a Guild Member is going to be a lot more varied - the players will be free to join, leave, join leave with minimal repercussions compared to the Guild Leader. They still share a desire to control their environment, but have to do so through other means - some of which can be abrasive to others (a player who, for example, loves fishing but hates trials might get annoyed that nobody wants to organise fishing events in guild and call out the leaders for not offering a 'fair' system.)

When it comes to deciding if a guild is right for you, understand that no guild is right for you that you haven't created yourself. All you can hope is to find a guild that accepts you for who you are and what you do and is close enough to your ideal scenario (maybe one that organizes said fishing events weekly even if it has trials daily).

I appreciate you are unable to see why you caused the issues with the hedgemony but I would definitely not blame yourself for it, though I would accept that is it more likely something you did if it happened more than once. Look within yourself to decide what you want out of a guild, then try to find a guild where that is their raisin d'etre. Consider if the problems are you struggle to cope with a large number of people, with a fraternity mentality or simply with lore-obssessed individuals and use the guild finder to score a place you can call home.

Maybe you'll decide nowhere shares your vision closely enough and you need to craft your own guild that allows hugs 24/7 (I'm sure it'd get members quickly!)

P.S.
I noticed your quirky style of writing and can believe it reflects your personality; so I used a lot of long words for the sake of it...

I would say that it's normal to get kicked off at least once during a game life time, usually more than that.

In most cases, nobody has done anything wrong. It's more the result of a mismatch between concerned person and the guild, due to different cultures, sensibilities and such.

Based on my experience, the main reasons for kicking off members are:
- Upon intention, the person doesn't adhere to guild rules.
- Upon intention, the person is trolling.
- Upon intention, the person has caused an incident and hurt others.
- Upon intention, the person keeps doing that for what he has been warned about several times.
All other cases - on my opinion - can be handled without a kick.

So, in conclusion, even if it can seem boring, when you join a new guild, read its description and rules fully to be sure that it's OK for you. Because if not, you will not feel well once there. Of course, even if you like rules and description, there is no certainty it will work, but at least you start with in an environment matching for you.

Surely I was kicked from a guild, it was a trading guild and I missed to pay the taxes for some weeks. So that should be normal.

But on social or raid guilds I was never kicked, I left by myself when I wasn't interestet anymore or strange people were in it.

My guilds are nice. But if it happens to you over and over again well... 😬🤷‍♂️

The only guild I was kicked from was a mostly Australian guild. I am in Colorado. They were a trial guild and had a minimum number of events you had to join. When I joined the guild our schedules matched fairly well. Then the US sprung forward and the events were happening to late for me to join. I was kicked for not participating in enough guild events. I knew it was going to happen though and the guild big cheese is still on my friends list. No hard feelings either way.

Call me paranoid but there's something suspicious about forum users with Lady Namira avatar

I'm still in one guild that I joined in 2019. I drop the game every 3-6 months for 3-6 months, but that guild still didn't kick me off.
They are not a huge guild though. But they always keep the same trader all the time, one of those in wildlands outside big cities. They have weekly trade requirements and such and when I play the game I usually trade fine, but hey, I'm offline for several months... They seems to treat me as someone exceptional.