Originally Posted by
Nubpwn
They wouldn't have implemented features if they did nothing, it's a self defeating argument. They specifically were designed to dilute the isolated realm communities and they pulled it off fantastically. The fundamental means to how guilds are formed has completely changed and not for the better. Your personal anecdotal experience being different doesn't change the fact that guilds in the past were primarily formed with interactions with the isolated realm community, randoms out in the world, not just trade chat.
It's not just a few random people from other realms you might encounter in retail, it is going to be the majority of the encounters. Quest areas are always artificially filled with players outside the realm community. Even if there are a few actual players from your realm, it doesn't nearly matter much compared to the over saturation of outside players. The argument that "you refuse to participate" is just as stupid here as it is with LFR ruining raiding. I'm not the one that isn't participating, it is the general player base as whole because of these systems.