Our Guild's Anti-Pug Experiment

I took an idea from Two and a Half Orcs and molded it to fit our guild. The idea (you can read their's here) was to have a group of players get together on a new realm and all start from scratch and play as a group once a week. I tailored it to fit our guild and then pitched the idea. I got a great response. Our guild has a few level 70's a few mid 60's and lots of lowbies. Out of our guild members of 60 something we managed to make a 5 man team. Not too bad for a small guild I guess.


I asked for ideas from the members about faction, class, etc. This is what we came up with.

-We made alts on the server Zangarmarsh.
(So no one has help from higher levels or friends there)

-We rolled Horde.
(Being as we all have alliance characters and horde is unfamiliar it's like starting the game all over!)

-We ended up with a group of 5.
(and a greater bunch of people there isn't)

Rogue-Undead
Shaman-Troll
Hunter-Blood Elf
Paladin-Blood Elf
Warrior-Troll
Mage-? (boss and close friend of our rogue, haven't met them yet!)

Mage-Troll ( quit, didn't like anything about the horde)
Blood Elf-Priest? (haven't seen them at all so not sure if they are participating)

-We agreed to level to level 10 and meet in Ogrimmar.
-We run our little group on Friday's at 8 EST.
-We all agree to start with gathering professions at first.
-We hope to get enough with us to make a guild eventually but that isn't our main goal.
-We will take half of our gathered mats to sell for cash and half to keep for later professions.
-We will not level beyond each other more than one-half to one level.
-We will always share as a whole (kinda like you share all your things with your own alts)
-We are a group- not a single individual.
-We will start out in Ogrimmar and quest from there. (at level 10)
-Working on professions can be done away from the group night, as long as you do not gain xp and level.
-Fishing, Cooking and First Aid is recommended for all the characters.

I will be posting more as this rolls along and hopefully we will get some excitement going on in the rest of the guild and can maybe catch up any later stragglers before we all get too far in levels. (otherwise it will be no different than the guild we have now on the alliance side!)


We are going into this knowing most of it isn't set in stone and may have to be adapted. We will just see how it goes. As it is, everyone is really psyched up and has already been hard at work trying to get to level 10 before tonight. We will see how that goes. It seems like it is going to be loads of fun!

Saturday Night Invasions

Some of the guildies were in Wetlands questing. We get a call out that there are horde invading. We ride over and take a looksie. Not much happening. When the higher levels show up they all tend to leave. No Fun. So we head over to Auberdine. There are always horde in Auberdine. It's a daily thing. Sure enough. But for the first time that I have ever seen, the alliance have a raid group started and are killing them as fast as they respawn in the town. I wasn't going to join and even declined the first invite to the raid group. But some horde hunter thought it would be funny to snake trap my pet thus flagging me. Bad idea! I ask for that invite to the raid group from the same person that invited me the first time. I explained why the change of heart and set out to personally whip some horde patootie. Especially a hunter with his freakin snake trap.

During this adventure. I saw a weird glitch in the game. One of the Auberdine Sentinels was stuck in the ground with only her head showing. You could click her and she would speak to you. Needless to say it was quite an amusing sight.





After a while though the horde beat a hasty retreat. Except for one. He just wouldn't leave. He kept rezzing in the middle of town and dying over and over. I guess he finally left when his equipment was busted.

Pretty soon, some more horde came but they are trying to make it to the boat to Darnassus. Well, we follow them over there and pretty much watch them die trying to get through the city. Only a couple were level 70, a priest and a warrior. The rest are lower levels only two above level 10 the rest below. We watch as they die and rez nearer and nearer to the starting area for the Night Elves. Finally, they make it Dolanaar. But this is about the end. The priest dies and never comes back leaving the warrior alone with his lower level buddies. These lower levels just danced around the graveyard for a while then they left. The orc warrior decided to make a run for the starting area. I followed. He had a fast mount, but mine was just as fast. Not being familiar with the area, he ran around and around with me following. I wondered if he was going to do that all night. It was just him and me. Why not dismount and fight? No, he just ran. Ok, well we will see where you go. He took a wrong turn and ended up out on a limb, literally. I whispered my friend and he came to see the sight. It was too funny. Finally, I guess he figured he had had enough and he dismounted on the limb and hearthed. All that trouble getting there and having to hearth out. Not a good night for one orc warrior. But, I have to give him props for tenacity!

My New Friends- Eggman & Gengeoff

We managed to find two new guildies of most awesomeness. Eggman is a spriest and Gengeoff is a warrior. They are of the same age and when on vent they both keep us laughing. It is truly a fun time to hear these two tease each other and anyone else that happens to voice an opinion on whatever the topic of the day is with these two. I love it! They are both really good players and very valuable assets to our guild. I am thankful that we have them and appreciate all that they do for our guild. They are swiftly moving up through the levels while at the same time managing to have fun with the game. They are smart and attentive players and will answer any questions for our lowbies that they can. They are always willing to help with actions or advice. Thank you guys for being so great!

Black Rock Depths

We have been running some guildies through this instance for a few weeks now. It is a huge place. Not so bad for us at level 70, but for the guildies, it has to be a pain when if they get too close to them, all the mobs run past us at level 70 just to attack them. But, we manage ok. So we go into the instance, make it all the way to the tavern or whatever its called in there. The bar patrons are all yellow to us. Well, the guy we are running in here is supposed to talk to someone to get a door to open. Never having been in here before, I have no idea who is who and what is what. Somehow the guy ends up talking to the wrong person, or attacks someone and oh dip, it's on then. The whole tavern starts attacking us, both the top and bottom level. With two level 70's and his level 54 we still don't stand a chance. Too late, you done pissed someone off and he and all his buddies have politely kicked our butts! My two guildies die, somehow I manage to stay alive by being out of aggro range of them all even though I am standing right in the middle of it. The only way out is to hearth out. We decide the only way to finish this is to come back another time maybe they will forget who we are and we can be friends with them again!

Frostsaber Mount

So I have been working on this rep grind since July. It has been a long journey to say the least. I love this mount as it matches my cat Adara. I have not been in any hurry to get this grind done. I wanted to take it slow so I wouldn't get burned out on it and quit. Now that I have it, I totally love it. Each day of grinding, thinking that I would never make it, now seems not so bad. The last bit actually wasn't so bad since Blizz upped the reputation gained for each quest turn in. If not for that I would still be out there grinding away!
It is a beautiful mount.

Dungeons- Oh Why Do I Hate Them

I have never liked dungeons. Since the first dungeon I ever did was Blackfathom Deeps (the scariest place I had ever seen) I have hated dungeons. I feel all closed in and feel like I am going to get lost (mostly I do) or make a stupid mistake and someone call me a noob or worse. Is there worse? LOL. Well, I like the lower level dungeons now, at 70 I can run those babies all alone and it works for me. But the one's you have to have a group for... those I hate. How do you get over this and learn to enjoy the endgame stuff? Is it the rush of a group that I can't deal with or just the fact that other people make me nervous? Hmm I don't rightly know.

That Danged 'Ol Fel Reaver

I have helped to kill him three times now and I still don't feel I have gotten my revenge. Anyway, about Outlands... Hellfire Peninsula - I do not like. Zangarmarsh- I like somewhat. Blades Edge - nope don't like it. Nagrand- I haven't quested there yet. Yeh I know, I'm level 70, I should be done with all that but, no I am not. Nethestorm- no I don't like that place either but have quested some there. But I do like the Eye of the Storm battleground. If I would do all the quests that are left for me to do in Outlands I would be a rich little night elf!

Daily Quests? Nope haven't done them. Any of them. I don't know where to start and with my aversion to Outlands I don't know if I will.

So what do I do with all my time?

1- I am doing the Winterspring Frostsaber Reputation Grind- for the frostsaber mount and boy is it ever a grind. Update: This grind is done. I am the proud owner of a new Frostsaber Mount! Pictures coming soon.

2- I help lower level guildies every chance I get.

3- Jay didn't have the expansion and couldn't get past level 60. Now he has it and I help him and Sinn with outlands (and they know it's not my favorite place) but I still help 'cause I like helping my friends.

4- I run lower level dungeons and bring along folks I find hanging outside the entrances looking for groups. Then I run them again on my own. And no I don't take money for this. If I don't want to do it out of the kindness of my heart then I just don't do it. I do not use it as a money maker!

5- I have done some battlegrounds. They are hectic places and not so good for my blood pressure. Not a good thing to do right before heading off to bed!

6- I am reading and practicing some of the skills recommended by "the" Mr. Big Red Kitty. 'Cause he knows how to be a hunter! "I will not melee, I will not melee, I will not oh heck.... whackup .... sorry BRK. But I only hit it once :P I promise I am working on it, I really am!


7- Making alts- I have altitus. So many I can't play them all. And I love them all.