Eternium (Art 18), Tatooine (Bard 19), Technodrome (Wiz 18 / Rog 2), Thanigar (Brb 14)
I just realized I posted 4 times... 5 times in the same thread. man I'm board.
Eternium (Art 18), Tatooine (Bard 19), Technodrome (Wiz 18 / Rog 2), Thanigar (Brb 14)
I signed up with Unguilded after U5. I have been a member of guilds in the past and none of them really suited my playing times. Due to RL I mainly solo as I may need to leave at any time. Unguilded is a nice way to get the guild benefits without the hassles.
There are only about 20-30 characters, not sure how many accounts. In general I don’t think we get the sort of members that end up in guilds like KA. The only place it is mentioned is here on the forums (no blind invites, advertising or spamming in game) so the people who join have seen it on the forums and sent a tell to the officers ingame. It is not really a guild for those looking for a big flashy airship. We are only level 32 and don’t actively farm renown.
It suits my playstyle and would recommend it to any who solo or have weird play times.
A friend will bail you out of jail.
A mate will be sitting in there beside you saying "**** that was awsome!!!"
Unguilded of Orien
That is not an accurate representation of events.
And let you get the last word? Now what kind of petty jerks would we be if we did that?
First you accuse the op of wrong doing, then you insulted him.
Then you said this. This is a declarative statement with supporting argument not an offering of opinion. now if you had just said:
If you have words under your character name,IMO: you're a member of a real guild.
That would be different but even if you had it wouldn't matter, we know its your opinion because it sure is NOT fact. People are not reacting to you "opinion". There reacting to the fact that you felt the need to voice it when it was not solicited. You said a mean thing for no reason. Weather you where offering it as fact or opinion is irrelevant, there was no reason to have posted it at all, no one asked you. I know I'm splitting hairs but it seemed to work for you so I thought I'd give it a try.
/served
Eternium (Art 18), Tatooine (Bard 19), Technodrome (Wiz 18 / Rog 2), Thanigar (Brb 14)
Making declarative statements and then backtracking by saying they were just your opinion is...well, not particularly good form. So is saying "whoops well I guess I won't bring it up if you won't", but to each his own.
Oh yeah by the way for those of you interested, SINIBYTE keeps a list of some of the similar types of "non-guild" guilds out there on the different servers:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=258105
However, simply searching myddo for "unguilded" brings up a lot of matches, so it seems like certainly there's a certain portion of the playerbase that's interested in this. It's somewhat of a shame that they're basically all split up into their own individual non-guilds (and basically splitting the renown) rather than combining their renown, but oh well. Economy of Scale apparently is trying to consolidate those different guilds, but that's on Khyber. The point is, of course, to try to aggregate the renown-gathering power of each player (after all, everyone will gather some amount of renown when they play) and get to a higher level together, rather than having each player or each group work toward their own individual airships. This is a pretty good strategy to use up to around level 50 or so when renown decay starts having more of an impact, but such a guild is not concerned about getting to level 80 or anything like that anyway. However, a level 50 airship is pretty much sufficient and is easily obtainable (just a matter of time).
Just because I think it's funny, I decided to point out one thing...
The only difference between Unguilded and Intel Rq'd is the fact that we have a Raid Schedule and organization.
There are NO obligations to the guild.
All we ask for is universal things, like respect, and cooperation if you are indeed looking to raid with us.
But the thing is, we require the same thing from people we PUG with... The same things that would get you squelched, would get you removed from Intel Rq'd.
Dynacel (30 Paladin Vanguard), Eminence (30 Druid Caster), Nymari (20 Deepwood Sniper) Soulfusion (18/2 Artificer Monk)
Leader of Intel Rq'd
But see, that's a bit like saying "the only difference between a boat and a car is that the car has wheels". That there's a lack of organization etc. for Unguilded is a primary feature, not some minor detail.
That's a pretty high bar to set
It reminds me of a quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"One the way back they sang a number of tuneful and reflective songs on the subjects of peace, justice, morality, culture, sport, family life and the obliteration of all other life forms."
This is what I get for posting on the forums with a bit of information I thought was needed. You'd think by now I'd know better.
On the contrary, anyone who matters would quickly find out that the very nature of the guild means that it is not responsible for the actions of the members. Anyone spreading word that members of Unguilded are all cheats or tend to grief pugs would only be believed by those who(all of the following):
A) Don't read the forums
B) Don't think about the implications of the name 'Unguilded'
C) Don't ask questions
Of course, you could argue that they would indeed generate a reputation, but leaving it at that implies that it would be a bad one. The reputation generated would be "If you don't care to join a guild and have responsibilities but would still like to use guild navigators/buffs/slots, Unguilded is the guild for you"