Comments on: Ask a Guild Leader

By: BloggersBase Gaming

BloggersBase Gaming — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:10:41 +0000

Ask a guild leader Ep. 1…

It wasn’t long ago that I decided to get back into one of the core pillars of Epic Slant: helping guild leaders run their guild a bit better. I started up my old advice column Ask an MMO Guild……

By: Ask an MMO Guild Leader Ep 1 « Epic Slant – MMO and guild commentary from veteran players

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:32:49 +0000

[...] Epic Slant: helping guild leaders run their guild a bit better. I started up my old advice column Ask an MMO Guild Leader. The initial response was pretty decent and I did receive some questions. With any luck my answers [...]

By: Wednesday MMO Reader « Epic Slant – MMO and guild commentary from veteran players

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:56:33 +0000

[...] I currently have no guest articles in the queue and haven’t had a chance to respond to my Ask a Guild Leader emails. So instead of just throwing something together that will be terrible I’ve decided to [...]

By: Endraal

Endraal — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:08:19 +0000

3-tuple.

Just never stop dropping them.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:34 +0000

The scent of gummy bears and unwashed man is a powerful allure.

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:38:54 +0000

How do you two keep finding your way back here?

By: Dresden

Dresden — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:56:54 +0000

Tarinax anyone?

By: Buuncha

Buuncha — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:58:00 +0000

What kind of n-tuple is best for designing an algorithm that would determine the ideal number of F-bombs to use when addressing your guild after the 7th time wiping because F-ING PEOPLE WON’T F-ING SWIM TO THE F-ING TANK WHEN THEY F-ING GET F-ING AGGRO!

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:11:29 +0000

There are a few approaches that your guild leader can take for this issue. Which one he uses really just depends on how comfortable he is with his position.

The first and easiest method is to identify one or two solid and committed members who would make good officers or staff. Ideally these individuals will have play schedules that compliment the guild leader’s. They will fill in when he cannot be there and coordinate activities during those times. This, of course, will diminish his power some (of course so does not being around) but it is better than attrition.

Another option, depending on guild resources, is to use in or out of game schedules. If he can convince his membership to use them and is consistent with activities during the times he is available they will feel more attached to the guild. If he is engaging every time he is around, even if that isn’t much, it will leave good impressions and hold members attention.

Ultimately members want to see their guild leader around (more on this in tomorrows article). If they feel he isn’t active they will look for a guild that is. Empowering members can go a long way to solving this problem but at some point management must be involved.

It is also important to recognize that some people will “trade up” regardless of what he does. Some players join one guild to level and a different one to raid. They then might move to a more professional raid guild. It just depends on their goals. Knowing what your members are into is important to retention and he should also look into that.

By: Scarybooster

Scarybooster — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:44:08 +0000

I have a question! I love advice columns. I got one myself. My question is:
I am in a guild in WoW and it seems once people get to level 80 they leave for greener pasturers. The guild is an awesome guild with great people, but the end game coodination is not there. The GL is a high school student and sometimes doesn’t get to play much. How can this guild leader keep people with his limited time to play? What simple tips can you give to help a guild leader with a small amount of time to play?