The Angry Raider

Over the past several days, my guild has lost 12-15 people. Most of them quit to go to other raid guilds, and others just quit because of burnout. I know where they’re coming from.

People change guilds all the time. I mean, we lost a lot of new people over the past few months, mainly because they felt like they fit better in their old guilds. But the longstanding folks leaving was kind of surprising, since we had all built friendships that I, perhaps naively, thought were more longstanding than the desire to kill another boss.

But I can’t indict their loyalty. It’s a game, and if you’re not having fun, you have to effect a change or quit playing. I’ll admit that I’d rather be raiding than standing around Shattrath trying to find something to do. I’d like to replace some of my aging gear, like my tier 4 gloves. I’d like to see some new content, perhaps a boss past Shade of Akama. For that we need raiders, people who want to raid and make raiding their priority.

To that end, I’ve been recruiting people and we’ve added four new players that seem very promising. I’m hoping we can get back into raiding in the next week. I hope that the new people stick with us and help us get back on our feet.

We’re going to raid some tier 5 content again. I don’t want to go back to SSC and TK, but if it helps the guild then it’s worth it. At least those bosses will be new to some of the new guildies, and we can get some gear for people that still need it. (I could use some DPS upgrades.)

I don’t know what’s going to happen. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. On the one hand, we lost a lot of people and can’t raid. But on the other hand, the people who were the problem–the reason we couldn’t progress–are gone. Perhaps the exodus was what the guild really needed.

Only time will tell.