B. Hudson

Like the great Phoenix, my incredibly insignificant level 6 gnome warlock has become my new main for the time being. He is almost not equipped at all.

But it is he that will make me the moolah. Okay so maybe the Phoenix was a bit overstated, but still.. The person I run with the most in WoW has decided to stop his progress as he is wanting to practice more with his main warrior in PvP. In doing this he wants to have an alt he is leveling.

My choices were pretty simple really. He comes with 2 friends from a premier guild that will probably be so ridiculously well equipped as I will feel like poop. So, lets go with the averages…

He’s going to be an ice mage..

Buddies are priest/shaman..

That leaves the roll of the tank (SO not something I can handle), and support really. I don’t have much use for frost mages as I seem to always get out of their frost attacks (except the bolt that slows me.. but as my main is a hunter, slow doesn’t matter to me). He assures me that this is a big deal, and showed me a horde frost mage’s character sheet that proves he’s right. So.. Mage/priest/shaman.. I have been a hunter before, so I’d prefer not to do that. I have a shaman (13), Mage(fire)(15), and Palladin(13) already in the “mix”. I also have a lvl 5 druid, and a lvl 7 rogue (nelfs). But I was forgetting someone..

Mcgoo.

He’s my warlock AH mule I have had in IF since I started my main on lvl 19 and started getting a ton of crap I didn’t want. he’s in all greys.. nothing special going on with this guy at all.

In reality I think the druid would be a better choice since if his buddies aren’t around I can do bear form and do some tanking, or some healing if need be. Honestly though.. leveling a druid before getting bear/cat form is just PAINFUL for me. Why? I dunno.. It seems my druid is not necessarily GOOD at anything at this point. Better long run? yeah. But that warlock gets a free mount.. but the druid gets travel form.. so still hard to compete against free mount. Any advice?

I have recently decided that I don’t like guilds in WoW.  I have yet to find one that is really organized the way I think it should be, or if they are organized well.. they aren’t helpful.  As I am about to turn the corner on lvl 50, I don’t see as I would really require a ton of help to get where I am planning to go.. So what I am about to say would not really impact me, per se.

I want to start my own guild, on an alt.  Names.. I’ll get to later.  I am not much on “requirements” for doing something in a friggin GAME!.. but I thought of some that would be intensely helpful for ppl joining up.

1.  whatever profession you have is fine, but whatever profession that is.. you need to donate some things regarding that profession to the guild “bank”.

— Reasoning behind this?  Well, one guild I am in has no guild bank, or they don’t speak of it (like fight club).  The other has one, but its chock full of 40-50 stuff.. (great, if you need that..but its not GREAT stuff… its just ok.)  Professions seemed to me to be one of the coolest things in game.  Look.. I am using a axe I MADE.. which always seemed neat to me.  Or look at this new armor I MADE.. (typically green lvl drops are better than what you can make @ your level in a skill, but its still neat and not everyone has the $$ to buy that stuff)

2.  I want ppl to give BACK to the bank, so if you get 100 light leather, I expect you to give BACK some leather goods, even if just to be sold by the guild bank and sit as gold in the bank.

–Reasoning behind this?   People will lie/cheat steal.. period.  They do and will, and I have no problem with this, inherent problem with people.  What I don’t want is for me and whoever else runs this guild to be in ultra-purple gear with 8 bigillion gold and have a flock of lvl 20’s in grey stuff, thats just not fair.

3.  If you can make any blue items in your profession, donate some.. (here is where I get more vague).  I want this because I really intend on people getting the best gear the guild as a whole can get them.  While at the same time the requirements for some of the blue stuff can be pretty high. So I haven’t nailed all that down just yet.

4.  If you happen to be stinkin rich.. donate gold instead of your crap.. Meaning if I have 800g and such at lvl 50, and I don’t wanna farm low-mid lvl mats from my gathering prof, or donate some stuff from my crafting prof. I can just dump some gold in the bank for the guild.

I realize this is kind of sketchy stuff, but honestly I think getting to upper levels can be pretty hard if you have a crap guild.  I mean I am lvl 50 almost and haven’t been able to get a group (in guild or out) to go to Uldamon.. I’ve been to zul faraak 2x’s and only 1x all the way through.  But really what I’d like is to grab people coming in the door to Ironforge or Stormwind, lvls 6-10 and get them going.  Personally I think it will suck for me and be a big downer on resources etc.. But its all funny-money anyway.  I just know that when I went to go find Hogger the first time, I solo’d and died.  Second time same thing.. 3rd time I was like 5 levels above every mob around him and smoked his butt.  That shouldn’t be necessary with 8million people online..  Perhaps start a second guild as a “sister guild” to this one for ppl above 50?  Dunno yet how it’ll pan out.  If you think this is marvelous, or perhaps you have a guild that does this kind of stuff already, leave a comment and don’t forget your toon name, and server.  I am mostly on Medivh, but I’m all over lately.. While I wouldn’t start a guild on another server JUST to start a guild.. it would be neat to see if people are actually doing this.