View from the Top Episode 9.5 – Karen and Adam
Karen and I have been insanely busy lately so we haven’t had a lot of time to record or edit! We recorded this show a while back and a lot has happened since then! That said I’m pleased to offer an episode that went quite well. We didn’t have a guest but we took some time to really talk about what is going on in EverQuest 2 and offer some good advice for the guilds that are out there. Come and enjoy a .5 episode with us while we prepare our super exciting episode 10!
Show Notes
- What has been going on lately? Adam (at the time) was about to leave for Germany!
- We’re discussing EQ2 and we’ve been playing a lot of it lately!
- Battlegrounds are still not for Adam but Karen seems to enjoy them!
- Is the Oasis server going to die? It sure feels like it.
- Sentinel’s Fate instances. Are they good, bad or ugly?
- Two group raids are harder than four group?
- The EverQuest 2 producer letter. Follow Brenlo’s road map with us!
- Humping polar bears? What…?
- Talking Point: What is missing for guilds? What do we need to bring to them?
- What would you like to see added to guilds?
- You make the call: How do you handle leaving a short or long period of time as a guild leader? Please send in your questions. We’ve started to get a few but we need more!
Acknowledgments
Karen and I would like to thank Vagary TV for hosting us. We’re thrilled to say we might be getting a new look on our site here shortly!
Shout out to Gavin for taking the time to send us fan mail and send us some nice tweets on Twitter!
We shout out to Randolf again! Thank you for the thank you note!
Karen shouts out to Mike Emeny who is our guest on our next show and to Shay from EQ2. Shay is currently working on the Hardly Casual blog!
I would like to thank the United States Air Force for treating me kindly!
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about 1 year ago
Some great topics this week. I think that the whole Guild system has the potential to be so much more. I love the idea of Guild Levels implemented in EQ2 and I believe it was in RoM too. Something to work for together that is meant to benefit the whole rather than the select individuals, like crafting suppliers and vendors, really helps build up guilds. On the other hand it can also lead to a form of classicism. Suddenly higher end Guilds have more too offer their players and that makes it harder for a smaller guild to bring something to the table. Well for some players. I myself have always valued interaction within a guild more than what conveniences they could provide.
I think one thing that could encourage the guild is perks to doing things with guildies. Kinda like a buddy or the mentor system. You group with guildies you get 25% more coin or 10% bonus xp. A chance for badge drops that you can spend on various in game items like a pie you can only throw at a guildie. Fun things with fun rewards bringing together players and encouraging repeat groups with a common pool of people.
It would be nice to see a company come up with some ideas to help guilds do things that didn’t involve raid content. I liked what AoC did with building your own Castle, Fort, whatever. If this process was visual and you could see the progress change (even in stages) the sense of accomplishment would be rewarding for its participants.
Guild based holiday events would be great too. Raiding is fun and the bread and butter of guild’s coming together. What about having Guild snow ball fights at winter? Or east egg hunts during Easter? Sure guilds have set these things up themselves, working with the already implemented system. What if the developers took the step though and gave you an event you could zone into and snowballs there dished out damage. Now you get to see who is the last man or woman standing.
I guess as guild leaders we try to come up with ways to keep the guild having fun outside of the raid. It would be really nice to see developers take a little of this weight off our shoulders and move the idea of a guild forward.
Think those thoughts just came out in a total mess. haha.
Good podcast you two. Oh and btw: My gaming website is FlexYourGeek.com. World of Geep (Jeep) is another blog I write that is just the ramblings of my crazy imagination. Thanks for the shout out though
Gavin (Yogi)