Is Ghallanda raiding dead?

[redraider]

Where are the big raiding guilds on Ghallanda now? We used to have:
THAC0
Ravensgard
Plague
Valiant Accord
Vegas
The Old Timer's Guild
White Council
The Knights of Myth Dranor
Sun War
Face Stabbing Misfits
Shadowblade Assasins
Sabbat
Runs with Scissors
New Outriders
Evilempire
Eutopia

And those are the recent ones. I'm sure I missed a few really good ones.

My question is: What guilds are still raiding hard? Are any of these actively recruiting or are they just now small groups of friends?

The only really active groups I see now are :
Souther Tenant Farmers Union - weekly schedule at 7pm est
GRR - All but Tues and Thurs in evenings
DDO Korea Season II - mostly during the day EST

Please don't flame me here. I am making no judgements, just looking for information on where the long time players are playing and what they are running.

[Sirea]

Where are the big raiding guilds on Ghallanda now? We used to have:
THAC0 still around
Ravensgard still around, with a healthy raiding schedule
Plague gone for the most part but I still see the tag from time to time
Valiant Accord still around
Vegas still around
The Old Timer's Guild still around
White Council gone
The Knights of Myth Dranor don't see them around as much anymore
Sun War gone for a while but it seems they're reforming
Face Stabbing Misfits haven't seen them for a while
Shadowblade Assasins still around
Sabbat still around
Runs with Scissors still around
New Outriders still around
Evilempire still around
Eutopia still around

in red

[Bronko]

Where are the big raiding guilds on Ghallanda now? We used to have:
THAC0
Ravensgard
Plague
Valiant Accord
Vegas
The Old Timer's Guild
White Council
The Knights of Myth Dranor
Sun War
Face Stabbing Misfits
Shadowblade Assasins
Sabbat
Runs with Scissors
New Outriders
Evilempire
Eutopia

And those are the recent ones. I'm sure I missed a few really good ones.

My question is: What guilds are still raiding hard? Are any of these actively recruiting or are they just now small groups of friends?

The only really active groups I see now are :
Souther Tenant Farmers Union - weekly schedule at 7pm est
GRR - All but Tues and Thurs in evenings
DDO Korea Season II - mostly during the day EST

Please don't flame me here. I am making no judgements, just looking for information on where the long time players are playing and what they are running.

I know that we still raid, albeit not myself as much anymore due to RL time constraints. Thankfully I have the best Officer corps on the server to keep things going.

As for the others you mentioned you might want to take a peek at the Ghallanda Rerolled roster. Many of their players came from those various guilds, including THAC0.

[Samadhi]

What Sirea said, although to back it up, we have had all but two players now return to the game from long absences, so we do not PUG nearly as much as we used to.

[Junts]

Pug raiding on ghallanda has been pretty dead since the exp exploit bans.

[MissErres]

I see raiding going on all the time, albeit they are mostly announced in private channels. I haven't done much because I've been busy just trying to get 14 previously capped characters to lvl 18, but I'm almost done with that... only 3 to go.

Raid on Ghallanda!!

[oberon131313]

my playtimes are weird, but I see just as many raids as I used to...

[Guder]

Where are the big raiding guilds on Ghallanda now? We used to have:
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My question is: What guilds are still raiding hard? Are any of these actively recruiting or are they just now small groups of friends?


Please don't flame me here. I am making no judgements, just looking for information on where the long time players are playing and what they are running.

YES, Raiding on Ghallanda is dead...and many of the guilds you named look quite different these days.
Only explanation I can offer you is to look at the very nature of man...maybe an analogy will help clarify:

Serve a man a fish and he will eat it for a meal.
Teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Show a man how to 'range a fish' with DynomiteTNT and not only will he kill the entire lake, he will also brag about how 'many he got', 'how easy it was', and 'how wonderfully UBER a fisherman he has become.'

And then he will also teach his technique as the 'WAY'....to any that will listen...UNTIL, 'Along comes Mr. Game Warden. Who will ask many questions about "just exactly what techniques he used to amass such a fine mess 'o fish?"

Sometime later...after things settle out...someone will ask why "No one seems to fish around here anymore?"

[issiana]

well i moved to argo to play with freinds there after taking a big break, and now am permadeathing on sarlona with the same friends, lol.
mind you i doubt many will remember xiane the sorc as i was a way way late night player.

[Sirea]

I see raiding going on all the time, albeit they are mostly announced in private channels.

^This. There definitely has been a shift in how many PuG raids you see on Ghallanda. There are more and more private userchat channels springing up so that raids can get formed quickly with competent players. That combined with the new high-end content and people only wanting to run it with those they trust, unfortunately you do need to be associated with a kind of an "in crowd" to get into the good groups that you know will succeed.

That and people are **** sick of running Shrouds. Shroud LFMS have definitely decreased since the mod.

[krud]

Plus, the flagging raids in Shavarath aren't very pug freindly either. Many of those are being run in the same manner that raids are (private, guild), so not as many random people are getting flagged.

[GlassCannon]

Sounds like you need to disband the private channels. I knew these would be a bad idea, but kept my trap shut about it...

Segregation.

[Anthios888]

Just to clarify - I'm sure that GRR does raid on Tues and Thursday nights. It's just that those are days Fan and I are taking a class and don't get on to lead the big organized guild raids we stay on timer for. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the rest of the guild is capable of playing the game and having fun without my brilliant leadership

[Junts]

I think it would be accurate to say that GRR is raiding pretty much every day at nearly every time that isnt the middle of the night, and I suspect a lot of the other larger raiding guilds and their associates are in similar positions.

Just last night there were 5 different ToD groups that completed and were, at one point or another, lfming as a pug.

[Junts]

Sounds like you need to disband the private channels. I knew these would be a bad idea, but kept my trap shut about it...

Segregation.

Yeah that people play DDO with their friends is such a horrible, terrible, evil thing.

[Draccus]

Just to clarify - I'm sure that GRR does raid on Tues and Thursday nights. It's just that those are days Fan and I are taking a class and don't get on to lead the big organized guild raids we stay on timer for. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the rest of the guild is capable of playing the game and having fun without my brilliant leadership

We ran some DQ and ToD last night (Thursday) and nearly failed the latter without Rocka and Fan...or because Jaerlach, the main tank, has an internet connection that's about as stable as the Somali government.

Here's a picture of his home system:

[Anthios888]

Sounds like you need to disband the private channels. I knew these would be a bad idea, but kept my trap shut about it...

Segregation. It kills communities.

Why? Am I really not allowed to invite my friend from high school to join a group with me? Or some poor Canadian like Bronco who has been so kind to me in this game? Part of the allure of MMOs is that you can network with people you meet and get to group with them in the future, just like tabletop D&D. Sure, we'd be PuGging a lot more without any way to contact each other, but it would be a pretty lame game. If you get rid of chat channels, you might as well get rid of guild channels and friends lists. I use channels a lot. They are part of what keeps my guild & guild family connected even when people have alts in other guilds or do not want to leave their guild to be able to play with us. My style has not changed at all since channels came out, but it has made it easier to get in touch with my friends instead of combing a buggy and limited friends list. Channels are less insular than guilds are because they let people to get in on some of the chat without making the commitment to join guild. I still invite PuG spots into my guild raids and join groups when things are slow - that much has not changed.

Just because you may not be outgoing enough to make any friends on this game, does not mean that the game itself has to change to keep you from crying. Maybe you should organize a server-wide public "raid" channel for those interested in plugging into raid. The convenience of having a LFG flash on your channels instead of having to keep the group window open might appeal to some folks.

[Junts]

Why? Am I really not allowed to invite my friend from high school to join a group with me? Or some poor Canadian like Bronco who has been so kind to me in this game? Part of the allure of MMOs is that you can network with people you meet and get to group with them in the future, just like tabletop D&D. Sure, we'd be PuGging a lot more without any way to contact each other, but it would be a pretty lame game. If you get rid of chat channels, you might as well get rid of guild channels and friends lists. I use channels a lot. They are part of what keeps my guild & guild family connected even when people have alts in other guilds or do not want to leave their guild to be able to play with us. My style has not changed at all since channels came out, but it has made it easier to get in touch with my friends instead of combing a buggy and limited friends list. Channels are less insular than guilds are because they let people to get in on some of the chat without making the commitment to join guild. I still invite PuG spots into my guild raids and join groups when things are slow - that much has not changed.

Just because you may not be outgoing enough to make any friends on this game, does not mean that the game itself has to change to keep you from crying. Maybe you should organize a server-wide public "raid" channel for those interested in plugging into raid. The convenience of having a LFG flash on your channels instead of having to keep the group window open might appeal to some folks.

I've gathered long ago that Glass has a bit of a reputation on his server and has a wee bit of a hard time getting into a pug raid with the serious raiders on his server.

[BattleCircle]

Scissors is still around, although it seems that life is getting in the way of playtimes for most of us. These days if we want to run SoS there is usually a pug slot or two

[Sirea]

Sounds like you need to disband the private channels. I knew these would be a bad idea, but kept my trap shut about it...

Segregation.

Cool story, bro.