Okay thinking on it this is what I wouldn't like:
Required Voice Chat: I actually loath getting on mumble/Teamspeak when we aren't doing anything. Like... why am I there? I want to play my music or watch my TV. Back in Aion, I actually did join another FC and required voice chat. I hated that I had to be in there Every. Single. Day. I love people getting on voice and being unafraid to USE voice during PvE - it's so much easier to do mechanics and call out things in voice chat - but other than that? Not so much. In my FC, I'll pop in every now and again, but I'm not really in Mumble all the time nor do I really want to be.
No Story Direction: I am not one for just doing Social RP. Going to bars and talking about your life story has it's place, but after a few months I get really really bored with just pretending to be a social butterfly (Or just starting fights if my character isn't very nice). I call it Soap Opera RP - mostly social drama. Which is fine, but not all the time. I'm used to Table Top RP - where there's always a dragon to kill or some princess to save, and that's what I enjoy. An overarching plotline. I like big stories. Garleans, and Voidsent, and Dangerous happens, and unexplored ruins, Necromancy going wrong, bombs! Too much "We're going to the bar again" and I think I would be turned off, However on the flip side:
Too Scripted: If an FC likes to run their RP like it's a PLAY - planning everything out (Beginning, Middle, and End) meticulously with no wiggle room that's really, really boring. When I first got into WoW and I wasn't sure I was going to be playing full time, I got into an RP guild to have a look around. The lead of the FC told me what my character was and exactly what I was doing there, and any plot points were already planned. I was pretty floored. I didn't realize this was thing. All plots were scripted ahead of time, with his friends being the heros and anyone else in the guild taking a back seat. No, if you want to write a scripted scenario - write a book. You'll be better for it.
Doesn't Follow Lore: Obviously.
Has too many people who are overly powerful: I understand the want to play a super powerful character, I do, I'm just not looking for that myself.
Doesn't Raid: I need both RP and Endgame in my game life, I'd get bored of both if I did one too much. I actually consider myself medium rp/mediums progression. This can be waved if games have a way to facilitate outside guild statics (FFXIV has LS's for example)
No Forum/Dead Forum: I actually love going to websites and posting! I'm really social, and it's a good way to be active when you aren't on the game.
Too Big: I like around 40-50 people... I think over 100 active would be too many...
Too Social - I actually don't mind a little down time in my game life. Sometimes I want to get on the game and not speak, so I actually don't mind if I get on and there's only 2 or 3 people on... or if there's a lull in FC chat. I like quiet as much as noise, though too much quiet is bad - I also find too much noise overwhelming. My FC actually is really really active (especially in the OOC LS we have so people from other guilds can see it) and while I'm social, I find it overwhelming at times and there are days when I just want to chill out and farm toadskins, man.
Disclaimer: This is my own personal preference and really has nothing to do with how my FC is ran.
Required Voice Chat: I actually loath getting on mumble/Teamspeak when we aren't doing anything. Like... why am I there? I want to play my music or watch my TV. Back in Aion, I actually did join another FC and required voice chat. I hated that I had to be in there Every. Single. Day. I love people getting on voice and being unafraid to USE voice during PvE - it's so much easier to do mechanics and call out things in voice chat - but other than that? Not so much. In my FC, I'll pop in every now and again, but I'm not really in Mumble all the time nor do I really want to be.
No Story Direction: I am not one for just doing Social RP. Going to bars and talking about your life story has it's place, but after a few months I get really really bored with just pretending to be a social butterfly (Or just starting fights if my character isn't very nice). I call it Soap Opera RP - mostly social drama. Which is fine, but not all the time. I'm used to Table Top RP - where there's always a dragon to kill or some princess to save, and that's what I enjoy. An overarching plotline. I like big stories. Garleans, and Voidsent, and Dangerous happens, and unexplored ruins, Necromancy going wrong, bombs! Too much "We're going to the bar again" and I think I would be turned off, However on the flip side:
Too Scripted: If an FC likes to run their RP like it's a PLAY - planning everything out (Beginning, Middle, and End) meticulously with no wiggle room that's really, really boring. When I first got into WoW and I wasn't sure I was going to be playing full time, I got into an RP guild to have a look around. The lead of the FC told me what my character was and exactly what I was doing there, and any plot points were already planned. I was pretty floored. I didn't realize this was thing. All plots were scripted ahead of time, with his friends being the heros and anyone else in the guild taking a back seat. No, if you want to write a scripted scenario - write a book. You'll be better for it.
Doesn't Follow Lore: Obviously.
Has too many people who are overly powerful: I understand the want to play a super powerful character, I do, I'm just not looking for that myself.
Doesn't Raid: I need both RP and Endgame in my game life, I'd get bored of both if I did one too much. I actually consider myself medium rp/mediums progression. This can be waved if games have a way to facilitate outside guild statics (FFXIV has LS's for example)
No Forum/Dead Forum: I actually love going to websites and posting! I'm really social, and it's a good way to be active when you aren't on the game.
Too Big: I like around 40-50 people... I think over 100 active would be too many...
Too Social - I actually don't mind a little down time in my game life. Sometimes I want to get on the game and not speak, so I actually don't mind if I get on and there's only 2 or 3 people on... or if there's a lull in FC chat. I like quiet as much as noise, though too much quiet is bad - I also find too much noise overwhelming. My FC actually is really really active (especially in the OOC LS we have so people from other guilds can see it) and while I'm social, I find it overwhelming at times and there are days when I just want to chill out and farm toadskins, man.
Disclaimer: This is my own personal preference and really has nothing to do with how my FC is ran.
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