As the gm of a new guild on mankirk, I wanted to start this thread to get ideas on events, structure, bank access, etc., My focus is on social events and leveling. Of course boosting is one perk. Free gear and repairs is another, I was thinking of doing flightpath runs to open up the map for members.
All the levelling guilds I join are usually just vectors to try to advertise for help with elite quests/need heals/tank for dungeons. As a GM of a levelling guild on Classic launch, 99% of levellers will quit as soon as they find a guild to raid with, so it’s important to make it more than just “levelling”.
Planned casual raiding and social events w/ an active guild discord will go a long way to ensuring people stick around with your guild in the long term.
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Yes you could do the free stuff, bags are big and a little bit of gold for brand new people. Flight paths etc would be something not normally done but would work.
I’ve seen leveling guilds end up as raiding guilds as people form connections with each other. I’ve also seen large leveling guilds that had the alts from every raiding guild on the server.
I do not think it’s a bad thing if people use these guilds to find groups etc, that’s a big point of them. Be as inclusive as possible, suggest people invite those they group with, etc. Be friendly to everyone too and ask how people are doing etc.
At the same time if someone is being really toxic and causing a lot of drama (where they do not fit the environment) don’t be afraid to kick for that, because dealing with that is not worth it. If the guild does well and people leave for raiding guilds they will often come back on new alts and level again, so they are still “around”.
Good luck.
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I was in a leveling guild that did the FP thing on an era server. I haven’t done anything with them since SoM came out. Besides… they had stupid language rules. The GM called me out for “foul language” because I died and said “dammit” in guild chat. Recruit adults.
I wouldn’t give folks too much bank access. If you have some tailors who’re willing to donate free bags, that’s cool.
Dungeon groups are always popular. Keeping a guild like this running means folks should probably be willing to sacrifice a lot of their in-game time helping others. Participating in dungeon groups, or even running a lowbe through for quests/gear will attract a lot of levelers. The tough part is that you’ll those helping will probably have to accept the possibility that those they’re helping won’t contribute in any way.
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