Leaving a guild

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Im struggling with my guild, ive been playing qith them for about 5 years and theyve become some of my best friends. But lately the guild activity has dwindled down to the same 4 or 5 people (a few of whom dont run group content). I play to run mythic dungeons, its what i enjoy. The GM doesnt even respond in our groupchat anymore and hasnt logged on in over a month, ans even then it was only for a run.

The dilema i have is do i leave the guild or so i stick around for awhile longer and see if things get better? I enjoy playing with them when thwy actually play but im getting bored of playing by myself and sick of pugging high keys.

Should i leave and find another guild, wait it out, or try to find a guild thats okay with running with someone who isnt in their guild?

Let me know if you have any other advice

All replies are welcome, thank you for any advice in advance.

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If it’s holding you back from doing content you like, I’d leave. You can always just add the 4-5 people to your friends list if you want to play with them easily.

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Leave the guild. Find a good and active guild. Ask them to follow you there. Its not going to get better. You can remain friends with the other players, but its not a marriage or real life. Its just a game.

And to that note, you are playing the game for your enjoyment. Find an active key running guild that suits your playstyle.

I both understand and dont understand why people get anxiety about leaving a dead guild because they have a few friends in the guild or have been in it for a long time. Just leave and find a new guild.

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There’s a fourth option, if you’re willing to do the hard grind to make it work.

If the absentee GM is absentee for long enough, you can stage a palace coup. That accomplished, you can begin to steer the guild in the direction you want it to go.

That said, peaceing out to find a guild more in line with your goals is probably the better option.

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Overall it sounds like you need to leave your guild. But i would talk to the active players/people you play with if they want to join you. As best you can let the guild know what youre thinking, and that you dont dislike anyone and want the best for them. But at the end of the day a guild should be about building a community that accomplishes everyones goals together as best you all can.

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You can be friends with them without being in their guild. Find a new one.

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If the GM is gone, the guild will die. Without an effective active leader. The Guild is simply no more, better off making your own guild with what friends you have left and putting your effort in building it up and doing the content that people find fun and to draw other players to your guild. If a 7 year old child can run and promote a guild and build it, so can an adult lead one to success also.

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  1. Mythic+, barring maybe the VERY top end pushing for records kinda thing, is not really an activity that benefits heavily from being in an active Guild. If you know a few competent players and have them added via BTAG, that’s more than enough to escape endless pug hell. Just actively add people who played well and who weren’t jerks as you play and you’ll have a decent roster to pull from without worrying about Guilds. Add notes so you don’t forget who they are / what they play initially so you can whisper them when you’re putting together a run.

  2. All of that said, a dead guild is a dead guild. 5 active players is more than can be said for some, but it’s definitely like the minimum of what can be called a Guild, so if are wanting to bail to find a more active guild, whether its for content reasons or social reasons, that’s totally reasonable. I’d probably leave an alt that you occasionally play in the Guild so you’re not totally ditching, but definitely look for something that fits better for your main.

  3. If these people have become some of your best friends, is it safe to assume you have some form of contact outside of Guild Chat? Because everyone I played regularly with, I have added on Discord or at least share a Discord Server with (in addition to being BNET & Steam friends and having phone numbers in some cases), so getting in contact is trivial. We still chat regularly about whatever, we still play other games together, and when we’re actually interested in WoW at the same time, it more than suffices to get a run going despite not even being on the same server anymore. Point being, leaving a Guild, especially one that isn’t doing any real content together, isn’t really a big deal if you’re keeping in contact elsewhere anyway.

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Yes.
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Just tell your friends in the guild you’re going to play with people who want to do the things you want to do. Add them as bnet friends if you haven’t already and tell them to let you know if they want to do anything. If the guild isn’t focused on things you want to do it isn’t the guild for you, even if you like the people.

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Tell (ask) your friends to quit the guild with you and join a new one together.

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A situation like that won’t magically change unless someone at the top wants to and spends energy to turn it around. But, that seems unlikely since you said GM doesn’t even log on.

Although it might take some time, I would look for a new guild if I were you. Good luck.

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If you’re just doing mythic dungeons you don’t need to wait on your guildies. Start pugging and meeting folks. Start up a community for key running and keep your guild IMO.

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Out of curiosity, of those 4 or 5 people you mentioned, are any of those the best friends you previously mentioned? If so, have you considered getting with any of those 4 or 5 other people to, perhaps, start your own guild? I get it that you also said a lot of them don’t do group content, so I’d ask myself why don’t they? Maybe try reaching out to them and see if they’d be interested in getting started? It may take a degree of patience on your part, and perhaps a difficulty level set back or two, but if you can positively encourage them and help them get to where you’re at, why not try?

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I’d say have a talk with those friends. Leaves the guild and join the one best for you. You pay monthly for enjoyment you should able to enjoy the game how you like. Come to the horde size area 52 hehe

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In my case I just left. Do you still play with this people now and not just 5 years ago? Do they want to engage in higher content or are they happy with the guild now? For me, I realized the last time we had been together was WoD-Legion and it was time, the corruption was at the top. GM and hubby were awful, he would cheat on his wife and she would triangulate us into it. One of my friends in BFA told me the new server she rerolled on after we ran m+. The last straw was getting pulled into her being cheated on and feeling a lot of being talked down to. Could consider messaging, staying acquaintances with those you care for, but it was easier to gquit then tell both of them to get marriage counseling again.

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i know the feeling and am i n the same boat as you but for a different reason, mostly that i would love to m raid but i work when my guild raids (one of the many things that sucks about nightshift work, lol)

you can still look for a new guild while your still in your old guild. most guilds have a discord so you can “join” them that way but still be in your old guild

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It simple tell them I am going to find a guild that runs more keys was fun hit me up some time…and do /gleave

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If they’re really your best friends, they not going to be mad if you join another guild because the one y’all are in is dead. They should understand.

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Your friends list and the Communities feature sound like they’d be a better fit for what you want from your current guild.

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