ugg... I joined a raiding guild

[Catamer]

I have just about run the cambit of stuff that I can multibox so a guild mate and I both joined a raiding guild.
My guild mate used he boomkin and I used my resto shaman.
It's a pretty good guild but let me tell you healers are in short supply

so in about 5 days in the guild I've been tied to every Northend 10x and 25x raid in the game except Malygos and I think we are supposed to try him tonight.
I helped finish the last two wings of Naxx and it was all very successful. ( although I didn't get any gear yet )
I get non-stop begs for healing heroics but I can usually get people to agree to do the instances that I consider hard to multibox so that's cool.

I'm almost afraid to logon with my resto shaman now for fear I'm going to be asked to to help someone.
I just forgot how much work a regular guild is.

[shaeman]

those commitments are only a /gquit away. If you aren't enjoying it, don't do it.

Obviously talk to your guild master before doing so.

[Svpernova09]

Ever since I started multiboxing I've been in a raiding guild. Fortunately I've got really, really cool guildmates. When Wrath hit I PL'd my druid since he'd be my main and started gear him. We needed healers because healers were in short supply on Madoran in a bad way. From a week after Wrath Launch until last Friday, I'd been to every heroic but 1, every raid but 1. I had every single raid lockout. I *always* had raid id's for 10s and 25s. I simply got way too burnt out on healing. I did it for the guild, but it wasn't that much fun when you've just spent 4 hours in 25 Naxx and you've got people asking you to do Naxx 10. It is very hard to say no in these situations and it really makes me feel guilty telling guildies no, but sometimes you've gotta do for you. If it isn't fun, don't do it.

[Bigfish]

Ah, the simultaneous rewards and obligations of a guild. Can't stand the stuff myself. I hate being on call for others, and I hate asking others for help. Limits my loot options, but damn if I don't revel in the fact that all my characters got where they are on my effort alone.

[Lyonheart]

I think its just hard for Cat to tell people no. He likes to help. I just tell them I am grouped. Or have things to do. If I show up at raid time, with regents,food,potions, and I do my best, then i am doing my part for the guild ( helping progress raid content) What I do during non raid time is my business. Although I am gearing my boomkin still, so i enjoy grouping with others for a change. I still have my team and can do a lot solo as well.

[Kaynin]

I'm in a small ten man casual guild with irl friends and other people I know for a long long time.

We're all interested in raiding as well, and they allow me to be on whichever many shamans I want to be. I often make room for others if we have more then 6 people online tho. Still, I've done all content with all my shamans present, or at least 3, which is fun. And they like it since I always pull my load in raid and know how to put out 400% (quad-boxing).

It's fun, no stress, no commitments. If I say like, nah tonight I wanna relax and do nothing. Everyone takes a relax night and do nothing, no whining or bitching. No drama. I love it. :>

So, in a nutshell. Make a close knit group of decent and mature folk to have fun with. Like minded people who play for fun and not for loot. :> (Though loot is ofcourse a nice extra. But not at the cost off. :P )

[puppychow]

My mage is in a big (~40 ppl) raiding guild and we've cleared every 25 man raid instance, including 2 drakes (working on 3 drakes now). I've run a heroic with guildies twice I think since WOTLK launched. If you keep saying yes then people will tag you as the "go to" guy for doing heroics, so really just learn to say no and you will be fine. The main excuses I use are:

- sorry, already did that heroic today (true many times)
- sorry, online while mostly AFK at work/doing homework/cleaning/whatever

We clear content in 2 nites now (naxx one night, saph/KT/voa/os/malygos the second) and so most people just play alts or don't login the other days, many alts are (close to) 80 so they are all doing heroics together now anyways. Me, I need to power level my DK alt from 61 to 80, but theres always that one heroic to go visit

[Malekyth]

hehe, yeah, I look back on my guilded days and still breathe a sigh of relief that I learned of A Better Way. I found the rewards of raiding came in far beneath the level of commitment required, so much so that I had to convince myself that just being able to run Kara or ZG was its own reward, and that it was OK that I should never expect to get any gear over the super-hardcore who'd been around for ages and knew everyone by first name on Vent. I was also encouraged to contribute to the guild bank but never allowed to grab stuff I needed in return (always, "ask an officer!" and then hope they remember to send it). And of course, when deadlines at work came up and I couldn't play for a couple weeks, something that happens every few months, meant that I was kicked for inactivity.

I'm sure that guilds with real-life friends or particularly cool people are OK. But in general, for me, guilds SUCK. My guild bank is mine, I get all the mad l3wt5, I don't have to show up if I don't wanna, and I don't have to help anyone. Entirely antisocial and much preferred. Woot.

[Starbuck_Jones]

I feel your pain. I joined a guild with my paladin first thing asked was if I was resto or not and most of the other guild members are unaware of my multiboxing. I shudder when they find out that I have 4 druids at my disposal.

[heffner]

I feel your pain. I joined a guild with my paladin first thing asked was if I was resto or not and most of the other guild members are unaware of my multiboxing. I shudder when they find out that I have 4 druids at my disposal.

Now only if you could do five different instances at the same time!! You'd be the most popular cheerleader in school!

I used to play with a dual-boxer back in my EQ days, and he would be healing our group with his cleric while leveling his other toon in a different zone. We died sometimes.