Recruiting on the Forums - meaningful?

[CaptainPurge]

How successful have you all found this to be? Granted, yes, we'd prefer a recruit who actually reads the forums as this could be indicative of more in-depth knowledge of the game than those who don't, but it seems a very small percentage of players actually get on here. Maybe General Discussion or Class but probably not server-specific.

Just scan down at the number of views of each thread....generate a quick median in your head, and then consider that a small percentage of those are possibly non-affiliated.

My 2 electrum.

[dj.kickz]

How successful have you all found this to be? Granted, yes, we'd prefer a recruit who actually reads the forums as this could be indicative of more in-depth knowledge of the game than those who don't, but it seems a very small percentage of players actually get on here. Maybe General Discussion or Class but probably not server-specific.

Just scan down at the number of views of each thread....generate a quick median in your head, and then consider that a small percentage of those are possibly non-affiliated.

My 2 electrum.

i have found my general demeanor on the forums has been very helpful in keeping the number of people requesting to join loot down. It is working quite well for me.

[Kobu]

We've gotten quite a few recruits from here. Not as many as just sending out a recruit message in general chat, but the percentage that have stuck with us has been higher for those recruited here.

[nerdychaz]

There are 2 ways my guild has always recruited: Word of mouth, and in the forums. As of 6 months ago, we were 2 players, now we are over 100 and rank 14 in size on the server, #23 for renown. Forum recruiting is our #1 way of recruiting. Always remember, Quality of Quantity and get yourself some forums.

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