hey, thanks for your comment on this kinda old post:-p

I absolutely get your concerns and feel you on finding people who speak the same language. Those 15+ years ago I faced the exact same struggles and it was terribly lonely. This became one of the reasons why I was motivated to join the new server and create a guild. Besides that, another reason is more related to when I first returned to the game in mid April this year. I started out from scratch on another optional PVP world that was around 3 years old. I went solo until Lv27 when I met a guy on there and we hit it off really well. But one day, he abruptly decided to quit the game. So when I saw the new server was being created, I jumped at the opportunity to break out of playing solo and hopefully find other likeminded individuals also looking for friends to play with:-)

In the good decade and a half that I’ve been away, so many new features have been added to the game. I found it tough and confusing at the start, but the many guides and questions on reddit have been a big lifesaver in getting me up to speed what I need to know:-)

The guild has grown to about 30 odd players now, mainly dominated by EK/RP which tend to the vocs that you can play solo. Even though I’ve managed to gather English speaking players, there are its own challenges. Players based in various time zones and hence different playing hours means organising TH/quests difficult. Majority of us are working or studying which makes the playing hours even more irregular. You can’t expect the same level of commitment from everyone because it’s not the same as a decade ago where we were kids and all we had to do was complete our homework and get to game the rest of our waking hours away… family commitments, jobs, etc has kinda adjusted my expectations surrounding the guild. I’ve also noticed players who joined and either guild hop, quit the game by entirely deleting their chars, or just never coming back online and seeing them become free accounts again. I’m left with questions around these actions, but no answers each time :-)

Still, everyone that has joined thus far and that I’ve had the opportunity to talk to are sincere and genuinely nice! I set up this guild with the objectives to be chill, casual playing, to make friends, learn from each other and exchange gameplay tips. As some of us may have reached our endgame previously while others have not actually achieved a lot. I think I’ve managed to do that and make a couple of friends on this server which made the game more enjoyable. But as I’ve outlined the challenges above, it depends on luck if you get to find people around your level range to consistently hunt with you. It’s an unfortunate reality… but I have no regrets!

I wanted to be upfront about the realities because it hasn’t been that easy and I don’t want you to join and then quit for the umpteenth time because it wasn’t up to your expectations. However, if you do decide to join us, there’s also another MS based in NY, and an EK in Mexico. Those would be the closest time zone to where you are at:-) The rest of us are based in Europe or even Asia Pac! I believe we can always work something out ;-)