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First off im not here to nag, its Blizzards game after all and sometimes u just got to accept how it works and adapt the best u can.
I wanted to share the situation in my 10man guild after blizzcon and how this might affect Blizzard bad however. Im pretty sure this is the start of whats gonna be a tough couple of months for a lot of others in the same position as we were.
Mythic - 20
When this was dropped at Blizzcon my guild chat and website forum just exploded over the next days tbh, the discussion hasnt ended until now. It wasnt a fight-against-each-other kind of disc, it was more like... What the hell are WE going to do?
I was in a casual raiding guild, We were raiding 2 days a week and we were at 7/14HC in SoO. My guild was basicly just made up, what i would call today, some of my best friends, were all from the same country, we have all met in real life and have been playing together the exact same way for 5 years.
We came down to 3 different solutions on what were going to do
Merge with another guild and go with their flow
Another guild merge with us and let em join our flow
Split and let each other find a experienced and stable 25man guild on their own
Merging guilds doesnt work, it wont be possible to match up everyone expectations, schedules and demands to make it work properly for everyone involved.
The main reason there are different 10 man guilds today in the first place is the fact that everyone cant raid with the same schedule. U kind of searched ure way thru the mass to find something that fitted u. With that only being 9 others rather than 24 or well 19, the chance to find something for u was a lot higher.
Role wise, since 25man is also only 2 tanks. 2 people will be dropped guranteed if a merge takes place.
Due to our bond we had in our guild, it was kind of a... All gets a spot or noone gets a spot situation.
It didnt end well tbh, myself i went more with the split and find a experienced & stable 25man solution as i belive this will be the best way to go from something great to something better without feeling that the last years has been just wasted. 25mans are rare today tbh and they only recruit individual players, not huge packs.
What happend and how does this affect blizzard?
Half of my guild decided to quit the game instead of starting over again and i understand them... they didnt feel like it will be possible to find anything that is going to fit them one more time, this time being such a huge roster. They only played this game just for having fun 2 nights a week with pals and were basicly players that only logged in when we raided and then u didnt see them online until next raid, but they were subscibers to this game for all these years.
A few others wanted to safe a spot already to ensure they get into a stable 25man with a few years experience together when WoD starts, the rest are well, just waiting for WoD and hoping to join something since were all gonna have to join a new guild when WoD hits anyway if we still wanna play the game we always had.
This time we just cant do it together.
Seeing Blizzcon it felt like blizzard wanted to make the next expansion about new friendships but it do feel like they forgot about excisting ones, at least us.
Still...
Since its still so early, are we actualy destryoing ourselves for nothing? I mean a lot might change before WoD acctualy hits, 20 Mythic might also?
Is there any other players in the same situation as us, how are u handling this?
Edit: Just wanted to clarify abit since people are asking on why we didnt even try anything
We havent walked on clouds for 5 years being a steady 10 players, its been rough keeping the roster at 12 to be able to make it. I guess i forgot to add that in my guild has a country restriction (I play on EU server) which narrows down the search quiet a lot. Judging by how it have felt trying to get 1 or 2 players at times, we just dont see 10-12 more happening at all. Not now or when WoD comes.