What does being in a guild mean to you?

[Ilindith]

I was in a group earlier, with 4 others being in different guilds and another person without a guild. As soon that person joined all I could see was "can i get guild invite please?" "pls guild invite someone" and then asking everyone individually if they would invite him to their guild. I told him randomly asking for an invite might not really get him in a guild he will enjoy but then..."just want buffs". Oh, I see...Oh and he also got an invite like 1min later.

I find it pretty sad that guilds have turned into this. And this works both ways. People looking for a guild just for buffs, and guilds inviting just for renown for said buffs. Doesn't it mean anything nowadays to join a guild? Friendship? Fun? Are these reasons to join a guild slowly dying?

I've talked to people that do not really enjoy being in their guilds now, for various reasons. But they stay anyway. Why?
"Well, because the buffs are good..."

Personally I think this is the major reason I have not been in a guild for so long...or seriously tried to look for one anyway. Most of the time, the reason I am given to join is "We have awesome buffs, our guild is 60+" or w/e high level. I try to always be polite when declining, but I'm always thinking the same thing "I don't give a **** about your ship buffs".

I am not putting all guilds in the same boat though. I am well aware some guild don't do that kind of stuff. But let's be honest here, a sad majority are now working that way. And even more sad is that those that don't, have pretty much shut themselves not to be infected like all the others, thus making the good guilds out there pretty much inaccessible.

/sad panda
/rant off
/discuss

[Ilindith]

inb4 lulz ur back

[mudfud]

Thought u were leaving game.
Anywaysssss welcome back.
Yeah I see this alot. I don't even use ship buffs, heck I haven't used the ship since the guildchest was removed, and now I just trash the masterworks since I can't offload them there.

While shipbuffs can be good, it just annoys the heck out of me that when Im in a group, it's about to start and you hear or see something like "getting ship buffs". I mean dang we been sitting in group or whatever for however long why not do them then instead of at the last minute.

Now if they were spamming to join a guild for guild potions that another story.

[Ilindith]

Thought u were leaving game.
Anywaysssss welcome back.
Yeah I see this alot. I don't even use ship buffs, heck I haven't used the ship since the guildchest was removed, and now I just trash the masterworks since I can't offload them there.

While shipbuffs can be good, it just annoys the heck out of me that when Im in a group, it's about to start and you hear or see something like "getting ship buffs". I mean dang we been sitting in group or whatever for however long why not do them then instead of at the last minute.

Now if they were spamming to join a guild for guild potions that another story.

I was convinced to give it another try, fresh start, no gear, no plats. I find myself picking up copper pieces and cure light pots from barrels/crates D:

And I am the same as you. Last time I was in a guild I would never even bother getting on the ship for buffs. All I ever did was go on it to put +1 tomes in the guild chest instead of selling them to a NPC.

[Templarion]

What does guild mean to me? Unfortunately, they mean buffs.

I have irl friends I play with and they are in the same guild with me. However, I have little to do with other members in the guild. We usually play together or I just pug with random ppl. Of course playing with guild mates is fun and I have nothing against them but it looks like I play with them as often as any other stranger.

It would be nice to have guild raids etc. organized but that would require some timing and organization and I don't even think I want to do that.

If guilds did not have those wonderful, overpowered buffs I would not be part of any.

[Phidius]

It means I'm not getting spammed with guild invites when I re-roll/TR and find myself in the trashy part of Stormreach. Oh, and shared storage space for my multiple accounts...

[Der_Incubo]

It means I'm not getting spammed with guild invites when I re-roll/TR and find myself in the trashy part of Stormreach. Oh, and shared storage space for my multiple accounts...

This is pretty much what it means to me, the buffs are nice on lowbies i suppose, dont really have any lowbies tho, and the TRs dont really need any buffs. Its kinda nice havin the same guild name that used to strike fear into others in different games over the years too.

I imagine it would be nice being in a guild of hardcore players that are always raiding/doing something. But dont think i would be able to stand being in a guild that blindly invites any unguilded player they see.

[Nattyboh]

Sad when folks are in a guild just for buffs. I'm in my guild because its full of all the people I have fun running around with. Constantly giving each other chit, drinking in raids nights (then again i may have a problem), etc.

If the social aspect wasn't important to you, then why are you playing an MMO in the first place? (Not questioning the OP, just throwing it out).

There are plenty of great games out there. I want the game with great people.

-Natty

[licho]

I would say: Its your game, play as you like.
If somebody want to guild up for buffs, res, minimal guild level items, fast traveling... and he manage to find similar thinking folks, thats cool for me. And i understand them, for a very begginer this 20/30 res crystals are a salvation. Items with guild slots, are quite annoying... and so on.

However, i prefer guilds with minimal social aspect (at least trying to group up, passing some stuff, chating...).
Also it tends to occure that running with guildies makes run more funny (not same as easy and succesul).

[IntrepidBear]

Heya all.. aka "Lem" here..

I see people asking to join just for ship buffs really.. and leaving a guild because they did not have a cool enough ship, or not the buffs they wanted, etc.

kinda sad to me,
I remember it used to be, you would be on a 'trial few runs' to see how you played, and how you got along with other guild mates... then if it 'clicked'.. poof you were in..

I was in a really fun guild, we supported each other, helped each other get whatever quest they needed, shared loot, had fun.. it was based on comeraderie, really, not drama.
I was away for a year, and when I got back the guild was near dissolved and because I was not around my toons were out and on their own. I was like ??? huh??? where'd everyone go??

I'm not sure where everyone scattered, but have met some of my player friends again, in other guilds, or they started their own guilds. We meet now and then in quests and give friendly cyber hugs.
I did start my own guild, me myself and I, on a challenge really... ( someone said I couldn't do it solo.. well..!! )
I worked my lil b*tt off to get my own ship, but lo and behold, it is pretty darn expensive to get all the amenities on it. I think that itself is taken for granted by the 'noobies' expecting to be blindly invited to buff up.

But the buff up is not what it is just about..
I kinda miss the comeraderie of a nice big guild, the fun and laughs, etc.. but is it still like that out there?? I dunno..
I love joining a pug when everyone is having fun and not 'cranky' lol...

so.. maybe I'm an old fashioned DDO' gal..
I sometimes get surprised players when I just pass on a great loot item in a chest because I know that person needs it on their toon.

Peace all..

[RJBsComputer]

For me, a guild is about logging in and having a party invite waiting for you when the loading screen clears. We would run quests just to run quests. We ran quest because someone wanted to elite out their toon. We spend all night trying to run a new quest because we where LEARNING how to run the quest.

In party, we let the classes do the class jobs and we would fight to have the highest breakable count....not kill count. Most of all, we took care of each other and had each others back.

[LoveNeverFails]

second what most others have said here. I loooooooooove talking **** to guildies...

and actually completing being a last priority.

[QuantumFX]

To me a guild is more about hanging out with players you enjoy. The ship buffs are nice. But staying just for the buffs? Sounds like an abused spouse situation to me.

[elricken]

My guild is a tight knit bunch, my favorite people on the server basically. A family really, (albeit a dysfunctional one given the content of teamspeak and guild chat) there's not another group I'd rather hang with on Sarlona. A guild to me gets **** done while having hella fun doing anything and everything in game.

[Der_Incubo]

I do all those fun hidden bombs, grease into lava things in pugs.. maybe thats why i keep gettin called a d-bag..

[barryman5000]

My guild is my home on DDO. I usually start off my DDO time running around the ship and poking and/or slashing at guildies. Sometimes I just help them beat the dummy. They do the same for me.

The guild has a rather fun guild chat. We don't allow people in the guild that will be rude among many other negative things. Anybody that wants to be a butt can go find another guild. To be in the guild you have to know that DDO is a game!



The buffs are nice but really I'd drop it all to stay grouped with all the cool people in my guild.

[mws2970]

It means friendship with my guildmates and having lots of fun running quests together. We are Clowns, after all! :P

[Arysta]

My guild is like family to me. We're a pretty close-knit bunch of people from all over the world who share the same interests and playstyle (for the most part). We do not do random invites, and actually have sort of a screening process for potential members (which is usually entails interested parties running with an officer or two for a few quests, just to make sure we'd all "fit" together). We do have some members that also belong to other guilds, either for ship buffs or because they love their other guild, too.

We don't just play DDO together either. A lot of us are real life friends, or have met eachother after meeting ingame. We also have an online roleplaying night on Sundays for those of us who don't have regular PnP groups to play with.

It saddens me to see that guild renoun is so important to some guilds that they invite anyone, and those people in the guild generally don't know their own guildmates... Some of those guilds get a bad rap eventhough they have some great people in them.. And that ship buffs apparently play such an important role for a lot of people (we just finally got our level 50 airship.. lol a lot of us aren't even used to getting ship buffs at all yet; nor do we tend to hold up parties getting them either).

[Seikojin]

For me, guild = grouping. Either with friends or peeps I met in game.

[Thaxlsillyia]

you are not getting your stuff back

Guild = grouping with people on a regular basis and more help understanding the game. the xp shrine and bank/bar on ship are not bad either.