OoOo a thread directed towards me!
Philly boys don't join zergs? What's the alternative? Join <Azrael>? I've been there. If anyone thinks <Empire> has an inner circle join <Azrael> for a day. If you aren't in that circle of snout suckers then you're nobody. I literally never got an experience group in <Azrael> because everyone was 60, decently geared and only logged on in brief increments to PvP or on Sunday to contest <Nihilum>. It came to a head for me while I was sitting in the middle of TD at level 58 quad kiting raptors and they announced everyone sub-60 would be in a feeder guild called <Ensidia> and you wouldn't get access to <Azrael> until you hit 60 with full resist gear. At that point I said "I'm not wearing a guild tag that sounds like a erectile dysfunction medication, fuck all this." F1, /guildremove and logged off until the end of the summer.
The server and guild scene was fucking awful during that time. <Nihilum> had many of the same pitfalls <Azrael> did and <Red Dawn> just didn't have the PvP presence it needed. When I did come back I joined <Holocaust> because I had friends in it. I didn't go hard in the paint until about November of last year and it's been fucking great ever since. I'm not a fan of zergs but what <Empire> is doing is working. Experience groups, pals helping pals with their epics and a nice openness about the inner workings of the guild. Loot system is definitely better than any guild I've ever been in. Make a presence regularly or at least try and get pixels. No snout sucking or DKP people are cashing in from just years of logging on for raid day required. People are actually logged on XPing and PvPing, shit is awesome.
<Azrael> could definitely be a force of power if you guys weren't so high strung about guild numbers. I'm not sure where the false sense of nobility comes from about limiting the number of players you have in your guild but you're going to have to eat a big slice of humble pie if you want to compete in Velious. The percentage of your members who have PvP chops over <Empire> is definitely larger. Recruit, compete and you could make this server awesome. Fail to adapt and watch <Empire> take a huge gear advantage basically becoming god-kings and destroying any amount of competition that rears it's head.
See you in Thurgaydin, pal.
Also:
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Real nurgas live in the city.
Lived in Overbrook for most of my life, wife wanted to live outside of the city, can't help that.
Also tons of slander in that essay, we are not the guild we were 6 months ago, you could of easily asked me for help and I would of helped you, this is an excuse to get easy pixels. If you think I'd turn down another philly boy you crazy.