Originally Posted by SanguineEQ[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
100%. I raided constantly with Kittens, whenever I could make it. It was great fun, we had a great community, and there were very few elitist holier-than-thou types (although they existed even in KWSM.) Now, despite technically being a member of <Fuse> I feel guildless. The raiding is just too poopsock, crazy fast paced, you have to park a toon for ANY encounter in advance or log a bot. I've basically given up on raid content now, and there's really no point because all the old guard have 10s of 1000s of DKP anyways. I hate it, and I miss Kittens horribly.
What's worse, there doesn't seem to be any real method to get help with epics (Lol just MQ it bro it's only 30k.) and there's also no HoT nights, community nights, or anything like that. Everything is just hyper focused around getting the top raiders more BiS gear, getting more level 60 characters to park for more encounters, and having a kinda nasty attitude towards every other guild on the server. And the whole "being a force for good" on P99 is such a joke- all they want to do is clear content and crush out everyone else.
<Fuse> is also an even worse name than <Riot> which is an impressive feat in and of itself. Phew, felt good to get that out of my system. I've been kinda seething since the merge, basically killed my enjoyment of end game on p99 blue. Which sucks, because I have multiple max level characters, but now what am I gonna do with them? Guess I can park one for Tunare, one for Vulak, one for Dain and another for CT... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Could always join Gravity, I guess, they've always seemed like nice people but <Fuse> will just keep on killing everything with or without me- so what's the point?
good post
Rat claw hands arcler "beat" the server. Finally his 99% RA over 10 years has paid off. Perhaps he will finally leave moms basement and waddle his pudgy ass into the sunlight.
I disagree that it's a bad name. Really any of the shorter guild names are preferable ever since the patch that placed guild tags alongside char names instead below. Terrible change, however classic.
If there's ever a splinter guild though, ought to be small races only. <Short Fuse>
Originally Posted by cd288[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Original Commenter: "Yeah I stopped raiding and had no interest in doing it with Fuse because of how bad the experience with the guild is."
You: "Original Commenter has barely attended any raids in the past few months."
Everyone Else: "Yeah dude...no shit. He just said he hasn't because your guild sucks."
Vindi spawns twice a day. Do you feel the equivalent to killing 1.5 days worth of vindis since a guild’s inception should give you a crystal ball into a guild’s soul?
Or is it possible you feel dumb for taking the bait from someone who clearly isn’t an expert but allowed you to reinforce your own narrative? Doubling-down always works, ask anyone in Vegas.
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Originally Posted by cd288[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Wow really? The best part of it were those random community nights, HoT, epic help, etc. Super lame they aren't continuing that.
It's disappointing that these people destroyed the guild. It would've been way better if they just said "hey a few of us are going to Riot sorry" and just left. Obviously Kittens raiding would've taken a significant hit but eventually someone would've stepped up to fill the space in leadership.
Originally Posted by Snaggles[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Vindi spawns twice a day. Do you feel the equivalent to killing 1.5 days worth of vindis since a guild’s inception should give you a crystal ball into a guild’s soul?
Or is it possible you feel dumb for taking the bait from someone who clearly isn’t an expert but allowed you to reinforce your own narrative? Doubling-down always works, ask anyone in Vegas.
In my experience it takes precisely 1 raid, and more specifically less than 1 hour of 1 raid to have a very good sense of the culture of a guild. Just like a business or a sports team, culture is pervasive in how the organization operates and what it values. There is a reason people place high regard on first impressions and there is a reason why you can easily link winning and losing organizations back to their culture.
I have yet to have an experience in raiding, sports, or business where my initial impression of the culture of an organization was proven wrong and I don't think I'm special. I view it as a gross undervaluing of the human race to assert that people are incapable of assessing the environment they are in, and do it in short order.
Originally Posted by WarpathEQ[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
In my experience it takes precisely 1 raid, and more specifically less than 1 hour of 1 raid to have a very good sense of the culture of a guild. Just like a business or a sports team, culture is pervasive in how the organization operates and what it values. There is a reason people place high regard on first impressions and there is a reason why you can easily link winning and losing organizations back to their culture.
Blizzard would have had the reputation it has now much earlier if that was the case. Same with the catholic church. Boeing too. List goes on. Culture is a big word that houses numerous communities or groups, all with fluctuating nuances that aren't immediately apparent, often because trust has to be gained within those communities first in order to learn anything meaningful.
It isn't always this straightforward...
But even on a more direct level, marriages end in divorce, that otherwise reasonable neighbor also bought all the toilet paper during covid, etc. First impressions aren't that reliable.
Anthropology and journalism wouldn't exist otherwise. Perception and Deception rolls wouldn't either.
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I have yet to have an experience in raiding, sports, or business where my initial impression of the culture of an organization was proven wrong and I don't think I'm special. I view it as a gross undervaluing of the human race to assert that people are incapable of assessing the environment they are in, and do it in short order.
People are incapable of more than that but also much less. They can't be civil on the roads and yet they put on their best clothes and smiles for Sunday service. They follow societal norms/expectations based on the setting and it has a significant influence. Even if their first impressions are spot on, often other conflicting needs/wants will lead them to ignore their intuition/instincts. We lose touch with our primitive in the name of progress, at times to our own detriment, short- and/or long-term.
Originally Posted by Ennewi[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
People are incapable of more than that but also much less. They can't be civil on the roads and yet they put on their best clothes and smiles for Sunday service. They follow societal norms/expectations based on the setting and it has a significant influence. Even if their first impressions are spot on, often other conflicting needs/wants will lead them to ignore their intuition/instincts. We lose touch with our primitive in the name of progress, at times to our own detriment, short- and/or long-term.
And the sun both provides life, while its radiation eradicates it at the same time.
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