The new generation of MMORPGs is at hand with The Elder Scrolls Online, WildStar, and Everquest Next. But what would these games be without companions to laugh, chat, and quarrel with? What would these games be without a guild? The website mmoscout.net now offers players a simple and convenient way to find suitable guilds.
Every guild is a little different
Gamers enter into some strange relationships with each other. Some stick together for years in a raid and only speak the bare minimum. They are trapped in a purpose alliance, the sole aim of which is to bring home the maximum loot Y with as little effort X as possible. It’s like a shared apartment where everyone comes together for meetings. Yet, everyone is happy when the door to their own room closes again.
With other online acquaintances, one hardly plays at all, but just chats. Everyone goes about their business, everyone is a soloist, and the guild chat becomes the communal kitchen table where the day’s events are discussed.
Of course, there are also deeply rooted relationships between players and their communities. Guilds that have lasted for years, some even decades, and endure through the games and MMORPGs. However, such communities often crumble. They become unattractive for newcomers who capitulate in the face of insider jokes and intricate group dynamics. New blood is lacking, and people scatter to the winds: One is a Seth Lord in Star Wars: The Old Republic, the next is a Crusader in Diablo, and the former tank of the raid is now roaming in real life. And suddenly, one sits alone in the living room, looking at the empty seats.
Or there is simply a new MMORPG around the corner, like now The Elder Scrolls Online, that one definitely wants to play, but none of the friends and acquaintances feel like it. So it’s: I will look for a new guild.
In the jungle of forums and the hustle of chats
Now there is certainly no shortage of guilds looking for players in a fresh MMORPG. Every two minutes, a recruiter spams the chat. Somewhere between ads for a goldselling site and questions about where to find “imbalance,” the poor guys poke their heads out of the chat looking for new people, mostly healers or tanks. It’s more like the panic of a mass viewing than a date with new roommates.
In other established games, there are large anonymous forum threads where people brag about their raid successes. The guild seeker becomes a candidate before a tribunal. Or one clicks through squeaky guild forums, has to register with a password everywhere, and hopes to hit a lucky strike. The job interview in a dubious teamspeak isn’t really an inviting option either.
Of course, one can also get lucky and make a nice acquaintance through solo play that then leads to guild membership. However, with today’s games, that has become a rarity. Nowadays, one must be happy to be grouped with people who still talk at all, and with a lot of luck, also in “German” – and no: “og og og” does not count as “talking”.
Who can blame people for many guilds with a pleasant atmosphere shy away from playing with outsiders and prefer to stay in their cozy living room? It’s hard to peek in from the outside. So how to find a guild?
The clever guild search from mmoscout.net
The website offers a central point of contact for guilds and guild seekers. The special feature here is the intuitively operable “clever guild search.” A player registers in the forum and can immediately start looking for their new guild. They select a game, and a drop-down menu opens with various questions and answers. This is not voodoo or complicated stuff that requires a degree from a trendy goblin technician school, but really simple multiple-choice questions that even an orc could fill out before their midday nap.
- Power gamer or more of a casual player?
- Teamspeak chatterbox or prefer going without a headset?
- Role player? Yes? No? Or: Onward my friends, into battle?
- How important is crafting, an RL meeting, or the size of the guild to you?
In less than 90 seconds, you are done with the questionnaire and the system presents you with guilds to choose from. From a percentage display, you can easily see how likely it is that you have found your future soulmate here. The application is just a click away. Or you create a profile and let guilds come to you.
Already over 40 guilds registered for The Elder Scrolls Online
The website mmoscout.net has a guild search function for a total of 17 games. Among them, of course, is also World of Warcraft. Likewise, Guild Wars 2, Rift, HdRO, and Star Wars: The Old Republic are represented. Even players for more exotic titles like Age of Wulin or Runes of Magic find each other here.
Currently, the application for Zenimax’s masterpiece, the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, is particularly high. More than 40 TESO guilds have now registered. For Rift, there are already 121 guilds listed. Maybe there is a new, the right, the super comfortable and also fragrant living room for you?
In addition to the guild search (http://www.mmoscout.net/gildensuche.html), they also entice with regular news about the hottest MMOs and a loyalty point system, through which regular visitors and forum participants have the chance to win lucrative prizes. In March, a Logitech mouse worth 70 euros was raffled off, and for April, a headset in a similar price range is announced.
