Posts with tag guild leadership

Ready Check is a twice-weekly column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, ZA or Sunwell Plateau, everyone can get in on the action and wonder where all the good resto shamans have gone. Seriously. We need you.

Many of us involved in raiding, endgame or otherwise, have been in a situation where a member of our raid force has quit, or we've decided to get a specific niche spec on board. Suddenly, a vacancy's open -- but how do you fill it? This article talks about the different approaches to endgame recruiting and other ways you can plan for contingencies such as your only enhancement shaman suddenly getting a girlfriend. This is from a guild's point of view, but for those interested in getting into raiding, this might give you some idea of the challenges you might face.

Why does this relate to endgame specifically? A lot of guilds recruit at various stages in their lifecycles, but the requirements for endgame are somewhat harsher; not only do you want someone who will perhaps fit in on a personal level, but more importantly you need someone reliable who will do their job, and come equipped to do it from day one. In general, although we'll get to this a bit later, you don't recruit someone in level 65 greens who's never been beyond a 5-man straight into a Sunwell guild. But what are the options when it comes to finding more suitable players?

I'm sure in your visits to the official forums that you've seen plenty of ads like this. I see these offers for "New Guild On Next PvP Server" in my realm forum, my sleep, in the eyes of newborn babies and everywhere else. At first I found them annoying, but as they multiply I have become more curious about how these kind of guilds do once those new servers open. If I were a person thinking of joining a guild like this I'd worry that it could be hard to separate the nice folks looking for a fresh start, and those that were run off from their last server for boorish behavior.

Isn't it easier to start on a new realm, make some friends as you level up and guild with them? Then again, if you want endgame ASAP, these guilds just might be the ticket. I'd love to hear from someone in one of these guilds or a guild leader starting one up. How is all that working out for you? Is this method effective?