This is a series of articles on the changes coming in WoW: Cataclysm as they relate to guild management and leadership. See the other articles in the series: overview, part 2, part 3, reforging links and final thoughts. Articles in the series will be published every Mon and Thursday from Aug 27th through September 14th. [...]
Archive for August, 2009
By now most of you have hopefully had a chance to absorb the bulk of the changes announced at Blizzcon 2009. In keeping with the focus of this site I won’t be getting into much (if any) of the class or mechanics changes. What I do want to go into more depth on are all [...]
75k Gold in Three Months
Aug 23
I’ve written in the past about the lengths I go to do complete each of my characters. Part of that is just my personality, but there are some serious financial benefits to my approach. I didn’t realize quite how much until I sat down to add up how much gold I had earned and spent [...]
WoW’s getting too easy You just get handed epics, you don’t have to work for them Noobs who have no skillz have full tier 9 If you visit the official WoW forums (or indeed many other WoW-related forums), these types of complaints will be familiar to you. The vocal minority claims that because raiding is [...]
Reading over some of my older posts, I’m struck by a pattern in my advice. I tend to describe the ideal situation, the way I would love things to be. Usually these ideal situations require the active, rational participation of all members of the guild or raid team to make them come about. Then I [...]
Interviewing Applicants
Aug 13
How do you interview potential guild members? Do you have a trial period? How do you measure performance during raids? What (if anything) can a trial member do to shorten their trial period if they prove exceptional? What if they prove to be a waste of time? What about the ones you’re not sure about? [...]
What do you do when groups of your guild members form a clique? This is one of those difficult situations for guild leaders to manage, because it’s often difficult to see cliques forming, and by the time they have, you’re in a position where any action taken is multiplied by the size of the clique. [...]
