a change of pace
I've spent the last several weeks raiding with Twisted Faith. It's been pretty good. Managed to raid with them right up to Yogg - I was there for their first kill of Vezax, but we didn't manage to get Yogg down. I got a lot of nice gear upgrades, mostly from the 10 man Ulduar runs I did with them, plus a few from 25 man (only tier gear I got was t8 gloves from 10 man). Last time I checked I was 21st priest on the server, but of course that's just based on ilevel of gear.
I gquit Twisted Faith last Friday night. The reasoning behind it was complicated, and more so because I was very upset when I did it. I don't really want to go into it, suffice to say that I had become very paranoid about what the higher ups in the guild were saying about me behind my back. I felt extremely guilty about it also, because I was their last raiding priest, and I knew I was screwing them up for the next couple of raids. But I just couldn't stay any longer in that kind of environment. I play this game to enjoy myself & relax in the evening after stressful days of looking after my toddler, I just don't have the energy to deal with extra stress from people in game.
Panadoll's been guildless for the last few days, which was very freeing - I felt like a huge weight was lifted when I left TF - but still felt weird. I don't particularly like being guildless. I had a look at other high end guilds that I could apply to, but they either weren't looking for disc priests, or their raid times were bad for me. One thing that has been good since leaving TF, is that I don't have to stress about getting my daughter to bed in time to get online for raids. I've been able to relax & draw out her bedtime routine a bit, which has been really good for both of us.
So I was in Ironforge last night, on my mage alt Dollfase (now in a guild I created a little while ago on my DK alt, called Hiding On My Alt), when I saw a recruitment ad for a guild called Sanguinary. They were looking to recruit for 25 Ulduar, and their raid times were 3 days a week, 9pm - 1am. So perfect for Panadoll, cos then I wouldn't have to stress about getting to raids on time & I'd have an extra day in the week to level alts & muck around. I logged over to Panadoll & whispered the guy to ask how far they were progressed through Ulduar. He said they had 6 bosses down. Which, tbh, is not great. A big step down from TF. I didn't reply to him, and then he whispered me to say he'd armoryed me & asked if I was interested in joining because they could really use a disc priest. I replied that I'd be interested if they had a MT healing spot, and asked him if they had many holy pallies raiding. He said there was a lack of raiding holy pallies in the guild. That... kind of sold me, lol. So I joined Sanguinary.
It feels weird to go from a high end raiding guild to a guild still progressing through Ulduar bosses that I see now as relatively easy (they're up to Auriaya/Hodir etc) but I think this will be a good change of pace for me. Damager won't be raiding for a few weeks, as he's in the process of moving (to Sydney ^_^) and when he finally does start playing again, he says he's going to leave TF as well (he's had a lot of problems with the guild also). So I think when he gets back into the game, I'll probably try to find a more high end guild home with him. But for now, Sanguinary is comfy & relaxed. I'm liking the guild so far. We'll see how it goes when I raid with them for the first time tomorrow.
I gquit Twisted Faith last Friday night. The reasoning behind it was complicated, and more so because I was very upset when I did it. I don't really want to go into it, suffice to say that I had become very paranoid about what the higher ups in the guild were saying about me behind my back. I felt extremely guilty about it also, because I was their last raiding priest, and I knew I was screwing them up for the next couple of raids. But I just couldn't stay any longer in that kind of environment. I play this game to enjoy myself & relax in the evening after stressful days of looking after my toddler, I just don't have the energy to deal with extra stress from people in game.
Panadoll's been guildless for the last few days, which was very freeing - I felt like a huge weight was lifted when I left TF - but still felt weird. I don't particularly like being guildless. I had a look at other high end guilds that I could apply to, but they either weren't looking for disc priests, or their raid times were bad for me. One thing that has been good since leaving TF, is that I don't have to stress about getting my daughter to bed in time to get online for raids. I've been able to relax & draw out her bedtime routine a bit, which has been really good for both of us.
So I was in Ironforge last night, on my mage alt Dollfase (now in a guild I created a little while ago on my DK alt, called Hiding On My Alt), when I saw a recruitment ad for a guild called Sanguinary. They were looking to recruit for 25 Ulduar, and their raid times were 3 days a week, 9pm - 1am. So perfect for Panadoll, cos then I wouldn't have to stress about getting to raids on time & I'd have an extra day in the week to level alts & muck around. I logged over to Panadoll & whispered the guy to ask how far they were progressed through Ulduar. He said they had 6 bosses down. Which, tbh, is not great. A big step down from TF. I didn't reply to him, and then he whispered me to say he'd armoryed me & asked if I was interested in joining because they could really use a disc priest. I replied that I'd be interested if they had a MT healing spot, and asked him if they had many holy pallies raiding. He said there was a lack of raiding holy pallies in the guild. That... kind of sold me, lol. So I joined Sanguinary.
It feels weird to go from a high end raiding guild to a guild still progressing through Ulduar bosses that I see now as relatively easy (they're up to Auriaya/Hodir etc) but I think this will be a good change of pace for me. Damager won't be raiding for a few weeks, as he's in the process of moving (to Sydney ^_^) and when he finally does start playing again, he says he's going to leave TF as well (he's had a lot of problems with the guild also). So I think when he gets back into the game, I'll probably try to find a more high end guild home with him. But for now, Sanguinary is comfy & relaxed. I'm liking the guild so far. We'll see how it goes when I raid with them for the first time tomorrow.