So I lost a home…Follow

Recently I choose to transfer a level 35 Priest to a friend’s server to join an End-Game progression guild with the intent of raiding (MC/BWL) when I hit 60. Now within the last 2 weeks we have seen many changes in the guild such as 3 GM changes and with that the main focus of the guild -> Progression to Hardcore. Without really going into further details since I feel it isn’t prudent I decided to leave due to irreconcilable differences. Now because of this I am without a home.

So now I am 55, a Priest, and have no guild. To some this is a bad thing but to others it could be a blessing. Some have told me I should hit 60 and apply to a hardcore guild and get geared quickly “because Priests are always needed.” But I am thinking that maybe that wouldn’t be the best course of action. With BC two months away and the whole aspect of smaller raid instances being released maybe it wouldn’t be worth joining a huge raiding guild but maybe a smaller guild focusing on 20-man material. Plus how do you make sure your Priest finds the right home and isn’t taken advantage of?

On Eonar with my Mage I was lucky and didn’t have to research or prove myself to the guild I have been with for the last 14 months. I just hit 60 and my friend and I were extended an invite and the rest was history. With the Priest it is all new territory for me and when I research guild sites they want so much information and your first born and I have no idea what’s worth their time for me to even apply. What do you guys suggest I should do with my Priest to 1. Gear him up (Tier 0, Tier 1, ZG, AQ, whatever) 2. How to look for a good home and 3. Make sure you are getting abused in the process.

Thank you for your time.

how exactly would they abuse you?

just run strat/scholo/dm ad nauseum. and ubrs. get in lots of ubrs runs. all teh top guilds still run ubrs to get (alts) attuned for bwl.

if you do a good job you'll get more ginvites than you can handle.

I dont see this personally as a bad thing, a good priest is hard to come by, and pug's are always running. You could easily obtain your starter sets, and with the exansion only 1 1/2 months away you will easily be able to find a guild with the sole intention of leveling to 70.

So no need to worry at this time. Just get some grouping in, learn the role of a healer (if you havent already, stare at other's life bars and watch aggro). Thats really about all.

Once the expansion comes out, search for a guild that needs a priest to level to 70 and go with that. Or even better yet, forget about it, guilds are too much drama as it is already.

The main ways you can learn if a guild is right for you is by talking to a lot of their members, and listening in on raids. You have to remember that even though the spac raids are only 25-man, most of the current 20-man guilds are really laid back and won't get to the 25-man raids for a while, because they need to wait until even the slowest of their members gets to 70.



I have only applied to one guild while in WoW. My Mage/Warlock were kinda grandfathered in to a guild by helping create one, which wound up going on to be a high end guild. My warrior just joined one that was spam /yelling in Ironforge and wound up going on to be high end again. I just recently left that guild, though, and had to apply.

I found the server I liked, I found the guilds that I liked (pretty hardcore raiding guilds, because that's what I like), and narrowed it down to the one that seemed most appealing to me.

They said they are absolutely closed to Warriors. Like some minor detail like that is going to stop me after the time I spent.

So I typed up an application. I spent around 3 hours typing it up. I answered every question they had, every question they didn't have, and many questions they hadn't even thought of. I displayed my knowledge of my class and other classes while raiding, backed up with a large number of leveled characters. I topped it all off with the guildmaster of the guild I was leaving specifically making an account on their forum to post their support of me getting in.

Warrior recruitment wasn't closed after that, and I got accepted.



I would say #2 is the primary goal. Gear WILL get replaced. If you can find a good home with people that have similar outlooks as you and have a compatable time for raids/grouping/PvPing/whatever-you-like, go for it, and don't let anything stop you. If you have to sit on the bench, sit on the bench, and make sure that people see that you're there and ready.



After all, if I can apply to, and get in to a guild that already has 8 core warriors with 80%+ attendance, anything's possible. :)

Usually it's to make sure you didn't hit 60 and still have 90% greens from level 30. Being 60 and in say full Tier 0 means you put an effort into getting your gear and aren't relying on joining a guild with MC on farm just to gear you up.

It's not the gear itself they want to see, it's the effort you put into getting said gear. IT may not be Tier 0, maybe it's full knight captains or something, either way it shows the extra effort you are willing to put in.