Is it time to move on, or just settle?
When I first started playing WoW a few years ago, a friend asked me to roll on his server. Knowing little about end-game content, progression, and servers in general, I did so, and I've been on my back-water, dead realm ever since.
My server seems to destroy any promising guild that may happen to transfer/form there, as there are very few progressive Horde guilds left that have not disbanded. A smaller, more casual server has its upsides, to be sure, but the longer I stay, the more frustrated I get.
Earlier last year I left one of the best guilds on our server for various reasons, one being that they are a late night guild, and between school and looking for a job, I could no longer commit to staying up until 5 AM to raid on a regular basis. I was accepted into a guild that was, at the time, also one of our server's best, but they had more acceptable raid times.
I was incredibly nervous when I first joined as they had such a good reputation, but I quickly found my new in-game home with them, and have been raiding with them ever since. Our GM is a doll, our RL is excellent, in general I feel very close to all my guildmates, and raiding with them is a blast. The only problem? It looks like our glory days are behind us.
I think our most crippling issue is that people are inconsistent. It's hard to down progression encounters when you have to re-teach someone new every week how to properly kite Heroic Anub, or are missing key players for bosses we haven't downed yet. Recently another good guild on our server disbanded and a bunch of raiders joined us, so I'm hoping that will pump some new life into us. We've been hurting for consistent dps for a while now, surprisingly.
Unfortunately, I've been torn on what to do if we can't get back on our feet. To be brutally honest, we're doing pretty badly right now. And for a while now I've been really longing to know what it's like to be part of a server that has a majority of good players, who care about technique and proper gearing and strategy. I've been dying to know what it feels like to be part of a real hardcore guild. The thought of leaving my guildmates and my server behind is really unappealing though. I've made so many friends there, and, like I said, I enjoy my guild and the people in it. I just don't know what to do.
I was curious how the more dedicated raiders here would feel about the situation if they were in my shoes. Is it worth it to transfer to a server where I can finally experience the raiding environment I desire, or should I settle and remain content to be among friends? For a while it looked like I was going to get the best of both worlds, but if we can't get our act together, there's a chance it's not going to happen. I don't blame our leadership or my fellow core raiders who also stay consistent, our server just doesn't foster a healthy environment for hardcore raiding. I really think the best thing for us would be to just up and transfer together as a guild, but as I'm not in a position of leadership I haven't voiced any of my concerns and, frankly, I'm wondering if guild leadership is tiring of progressive raiding.
What would you do?
My server seems to destroy any promising guild that may happen to transfer/form there, as there are very few progressive Horde guilds left that have not disbanded. A smaller, more casual server has its upsides, to be sure, but the longer I stay, the more frustrated I get.
Earlier last year I left one of the best guilds on our server for various reasons, one being that they are a late night guild, and between school and looking for a job, I could no longer commit to staying up until 5 AM to raid on a regular basis. I was accepted into a guild that was, at the time, also one of our server's best, but they had more acceptable raid times.
I was incredibly nervous when I first joined as they had such a good reputation, but I quickly found my new in-game home with them, and have been raiding with them ever since. Our GM is a doll, our RL is excellent, in general I feel very close to all my guildmates, and raiding with them is a blast. The only problem? It looks like our glory days are behind us.
I think our most crippling issue is that people are inconsistent. It's hard to down progression encounters when you have to re-teach someone new every week how to properly kite Heroic Anub, or are missing key players for bosses we haven't downed yet. Recently another good guild on our server disbanded and a bunch of raiders joined us, so I'm hoping that will pump some new life into us. We've been hurting for consistent dps for a while now, surprisingly.
Unfortunately, I've been torn on what to do if we can't get back on our feet. To be brutally honest, we're doing pretty badly right now. And for a while now I've been really longing to know what it's like to be part of a server that has a majority of good players, who care about technique and proper gearing and strategy. I've been dying to know what it feels like to be part of a real hardcore guild. The thought of leaving my guildmates and my server behind is really unappealing though. I've made so many friends there, and, like I said, I enjoy my guild and the people in it. I just don't know what to do.
I was curious how the more dedicated raiders here would feel about the situation if they were in my shoes. Is it worth it to transfer to a server where I can finally experience the raiding environment I desire, or should I settle and remain content to be among friends? For a while it looked like I was going to get the best of both worlds, but if we can't get our act together, there's a chance it's not going to happen. I don't blame our leadership or my fellow core raiders who also stay consistent, our server just doesn't foster a healthy environment for hardcore raiding. I really think the best thing for us would be to just up and transfer together as a guild, but as I'm not in a position of leadership I haven't voiced any of my concerns and, frankly, I'm wondering if guild leadership is tiring of progressive raiding.
What would you do?