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Russta · 05/14/08, 2:20 PM

I played on American servers for nearly two years. The day I hit level 60, I was in AQ40 and then held 99% raid attendance for 16 months. I ended up as leader of my guild from SSC and lead us all through that, TK, BT and Hyjal. Excluding Sunwell, with the exception of Viscidus, I've done every single encounter in the game and have tanked the majority of them.

In January, the prospect of farming BT and Hyjal for one more day with 24 other people equally as sick of it got the better of me. Going to bed at 8am and waking up at 6pm every single day just for that was no longer worth it, so I packed up and moved on.

I took a two month break and played a lot of games that had been on the back burner forever. I sorted out many aspects of my life and was enjoying a lot of the things I'd missed out on. However, I found that nothing I played filled the hole missing from an MMO. I thought I could go back to FFXI (I played it for over 3 years) and lasted 2 days before knowing I could never accept such a primitive time sink again. The choice seemed clear - go back to WoW on EU servers.

I hit level 62 in 13 real days. I then took a necessary two week break, went back and hit 70 within a week.

Since then, I've spent as much time as I can running heroics, building contacts and generally doing what I can to better myself. For how long I've been 70, I don't think I've done a bad job but I still don't have a guild (the one I'm currently in is just a placeholder to stop the relentless requests).

Now, read the first paragraph again.

If I applied to a top-end guild in full T6 with the type of e-résumé I could put together, I'd feel confident of being accepted.

If I did the exact same application to one with the gear I've got now, I'll get laughed out the door.

Maybe I'm setting my bar too high, I don't know. I realistically know how raiding works in the sense of gearing up. I know if someone took a chance on me and dragged me through Black Temple and Hyjal, in all likelihood, I'd upgrade half my gear and almost immediately be at a point to aid their progression. I know that I could hold 100% attendance, not have to have the fights explained to me and be a good member but getting someone else to take that risk is nearly impossible.

Thus, I'm at a crossroads of figuring out what to do guild wise. Hold out for the minute chance of falling into T6? Resort to pugging Karazhan? Join one of those mid-range guilds that always seem to blow up? Just hold out for WotLK and be on level ground again? I'm really not sure. I certainly don't think it's impossible to catch up to the progression curve but it seems like a considerable amount of luck aids it more than anything else.

05/14/08, 2:20 PM	#47 (permalink)
Russta Showing everyone online that I beat WoW Russta Human Paladin Argent Dawn (EU)	I played on American servers for nearly two years. The day I hit level 60, I was in AQ40 and then held 99% raid attendance for 16 months. I ended up as leader of my guild from SSC and lead us all through that, TK, BT and Hyjal. Excluding Sunwell, with the exception of Viscidus, I've done every single encounter in the game and have tanked the majority of them. In January, the prospect of farming BT and Hyjal for one more day with 24 other people equally as sick of it got the better of me. Going to bed at 8am and waking up at 6pm every single day just for that was no longer worth it, so I packed up and moved on. I took a two month break and played a lot of games that had been on the back burner forever. I sorted out many aspects of my life and was enjoying a lot of the things I'd missed out on. However, I found that nothing I played filled the hole missing from an MMO. I thought I could go back to FFXI (I played it for over 3 years) and lasted 2 days before knowing I could never accept such a primitive time sink again. The choice seemed clear - go back to WoW on EU servers. I hit level 62 in 13 real days. I then took a necessary two week break, went back and hit 70 within a week. Since then, I've spent as much time as I can running heroics, building contacts and generally doing what I can to better myself. For how long I've been 70, I don't think I've done a bad job but I still don't have a guild (the one I'm currently in is just a placeholder to stop the relentless requests). Now, read the first paragraph again. If I applied to a top-end guild in full T6 with the type of e-résumé I could put together, I'd feel confident of being accepted. If I did the exact same application to one with the gear I've got now, I'll get laughed out the door. Maybe I'm setting my bar too high, I don't know. I realistically know how raiding works in the sense of gearing up. I know if someone took a chance on me and dragged me through Black Temple and Hyjal, in all likelihood, I'd upgrade half my gear and almost immediately be at a point to aid their progression. I know that I could hold 100% attendance, not have to have the fights explained to me and be a good member but getting someone else to take that risk is nearly impossible. Thus, I'm at a crossroads of figuring out what to do guild wise. Hold out for the minute chance of falling into T6? Resort to pugging Karazhan? Join one of those mid-range guilds that always seem to blow up? Just hold out for WotLK and be on level ground again? I'm really not sure. I certainly don't think it's impossible to catch up to the progression curve but it seems like a considerable amount of luck aids it more than anything else.