(08-23-2013, 12:57 PM)Faustina Wrote: I am in agreement with Ashren, Kaln and others here. In WoW I was in a guild that did both RP and PVE as well as some PVP. We did it all and had no problems managing it. I am not a hardcore raider by any means, but I did a lot of Raid Leading in my guild and we managed to be very successful at it. To me, it's not really a competition to see WHO GETS THROUGH CONTENT FIRST ON THE SERVER, but more of a I want to see all the content in this game, and do it with like-minded people that I enjoy gaming with. I also enjoy the challenge of raiding.This pretty much sums up my sentiments perfectly. For me I've never played in a game before that even allowed you to separate RP from PvE as far as guild was concerned, and most of the best RP I've encountered came from doing Guild based RP events. For me, so long as you don't care about rushing through content, I see no reason a group can't be an RP Guild and still be a functioning PvE or PvP Guild as well. In most cases, raids take place one or two nights a week, which leaves 4-5 days in the week to RP whenever you want.
At the same time, our guild had a rich backstory and history, and we had regular super fun RP events on top of regular RPing. Being new to this whole LS/FC business, I intend to seek out a FC that does both RP and PVE (with maybe some PVP too, though not required) on the server. I intend to keep LS for other things, like having a place to chat with my friends when we're all doing different things and aren't in a party together.Â
Maybe it just comes from the sense of community (including making RL friends that I now see regularly outside of gaming) I had with my guild in WoW, but I find it most enriching to create stories with people I see as part of my 'group' as a whole. To each their own, but I have seen PVE/RP guilds done successfully first hand, so that is what I want to find on Balmung.
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