I can second (or third) the "RP friendly" as well. Sadly it tends to mean maybe a handful of people RP and the guild tolerates discussion of it but they don't actually do any as a whole.
Huge guilds can put me off. I've been in some over the years and the combination of established cliques and being a new face in the crowd can leave you quite isolated, despite your efforts to jump in and get involved. Small guilds can be guilty of 'inviting and forgetting' new members as well but I found it popped up more often in the big ones.
But I'd say the biggest deterrent is drama. If I see it on their site before I join, or see it happening a lot after I join, well, I'm going to have second thoughts. I know it happens - it's fairly unavoidable at times in RP communities - but containing it and dealing with it should be a priority. I just want to have fun after a long day at work and being thrust in the middle of arguments isn't what I'd call fun.
Huge guilds can put me off. I've been in some over the years and the combination of established cliques and being a new face in the crowd can leave you quite isolated, despite your efforts to jump in and get involved. Small guilds can be guilty of 'inviting and forgetting' new members as well but I found it popped up more often in the big ones.
But I'd say the biggest deterrent is drama. If I see it on their site before I join, or see it happening a lot after I join, well, I'm going to have second thoughts. I know it happens - it's fairly unavoidable at times in RP communities - but containing it and dealing with it should be a priority. I just want to have fun after a long day at work and being thrust in the middle of arguments isn't what I'd call fun.
