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Originally Posted by President
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Divinity started with zero level restriction.
Then it was level 30, immediate tag.
Then it was level 36, immediate tag, then a vote after a few weeks.
Then it was level 40, immediate tag, then a vote after a few weeks.
Then it was level 46, immediate tag, then a vote after a few weeks.
Now its level 46, raid for a few weeks & get to know people, temp tag, vote after a few weeks.
We *wanted* to be friendly to the casual player, but the casual player kept fucking ruining things that it had to be changed. How can you run a guild when someone joins at level 30, plays till level 40, takes a 4 month break, comes back and gets level 46 and goes RAWR I WANT RAID LOOTS IM A MEMBER! When they have contributed nothing to the guild, and 50% of the active players have never even heard of them.
There are thousands of other scenarios in which ease of recruiting and casualness caused issues, especially in this game where a high percentage of people don't make it past level 20, or 30, or 40. This happened all too often.
Hate the player, not the game.
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That is my point, doesnt matter how long people play, whether it is 2 weeks or 6 months, everyone will stop playing their toon at some point. The point I was making is that you can enjoy anyone's company in a guild regardless of what lvl they are or how long they play. HIgh lvls get bored just as much as lower lvls do. Lower lvls actually have something to do, like lvl up. In reality when you invite someone into your guild you dont know how long they will be playing, and it shouldnt matter, just have fun with they during the time they are active.
There is more to this game than just raiding, that is only one aspect of it. If you limit your guild to just raiding, then your guild will miss out on the lvling up part. Guild contribution should not be just on some job performance, but contributing by bringing a good sense of humor or even some ideas that others havent thought about or information that others dont have, etc etc. None of those things have anything to do with lvl or class.
You can raid without placing lvl requirements on new people, it isnt necessary, I have seen it before in other guilds.