Currently, there is a crisis at Method, the reigning, most successful raid guild of World of Warcraft. Many members are leaving the guild and want to build something new…
From Conflict to Serenity
Guilds are formed and disbanded every day in World of Warcraft. This is basically nothing particularly exciting. However, when suddenly 7 members disappear from Method, the most successful guild in the world, it causes quite a stir in the raid scene. What in the first moments might have been seen as a joke has now become reality: Many former members of Method have founded the new guild Serenity (which means “serenity”). Now, those responsible have spoken about their reasons for the fresh start.
Sco, one of the remaining members of Method, spoke up and mentioned that there is currently a significant restructuring happening within the guild. The reasons for this are “so numerous that a psychologist could probably write a whole book about it.“ Nevertheless, Sco tries to break it down into a few points, and the essence is: Different motivations within the guild, distrust in the leaders’ motivational capabilities, and the general decline of interest in hardcore raiding in World of Warcraft.
Statement from Serenity
In the meantime, Serenity has also spoken up and briefly addressed the reasons that led to the guild’s re-establishment: Lack of leadership and differing opinions on the direction Method should take. With Serenity, these problems are supposed to be a thing of the past: They want to be even more “hardcore” and invest everything to become the best raid guild in the world while maintaining a friendly guild atmosphere – something that was no longer the case at Method towards the end.
Additionally, Serenity is benefiting from members of several raid guilds. Also, Slootbag, the main tank of the guild Midwinter, has left his former companions and joined Serenity. For him, it was especially important to join a guild that invests all resources into the race for a First Kill, which he did not see given in his previous guild.
How Serenity develops is still uncertain. However, it already seems certain that with the launch of the expansion Legion, there will be a new major player in the race for First Kills. That there are also sponsorship funds involved is also no secret for a raid guild at this level – at least Sco hinted at this.
