Panta rhei
Hey knights,
Some of you asked why we are no longer on leaderboard. And I think some of you also remembered me speaking about it at the GH minimeet just before Halloween. But to be clear, let's discuss it again here.
Just before Halloween I made the decision to clean up all the remaining inactives in guild except for former officers. It was one of the toughest cleanup I had to do, removing players I had helped clear Nordr and Shuyal and Tindirin, knights I've bled and died for, so they could get hard elite achievements when we weren't decked in mythics and arcanes.
But it was a decision I took to allow the majority of active players in guild, who are mostly capped, to focus on endgame activities: farming, mythic crafting, events, etc. Ren'gol elites, Planar Tombs, Arena, dragkin teeth and lockeds farming, Northal, etc. are keeping our hands full and occupy our limited play time. In the end the decision was made so that everyone, including myself and the officers can get the most fun in the game and in guild.
I'm not going to lie and say that leaderboard rank means nothing to me, to us. We all know better. In some ways it reflected our dynamics, our ups and downs, our progress and fallbacks. It was a reason to celebrate when we went up the leaderboard, it was a motivation to do better when we dropped. In some ways we are where we are because we were on leaderboard.
But leaderboard rank was not the reason I stayed in Trinity Knights when I joined two years ago. The guild was not on leaderboard then. I stayed because I was getting help and I was finally making friends in game. I stayed because the guild was a warm and friendly home when outside it was rude people who called you noob and quit on you on maps. I stayed because Trinity Knights taught me how to play the game better, and how to do it without having to lose your honor and integrity. And now that we're back to the no lb status, I'm staying for all the same reasons. I'm staying because the knights are my home, lb or no lb. And I know many of us feel the same.
Panta rhei. Everything flows. Nothing remains the same. The only constant is change itself. We have been a leaderboard guild for 100 consecutive weeks, going through changes. This is just another of those shifts and transformations.
To answer some questions:
1. Are we still recruiting? Yes, we are but very selectively. We're looking for people who can be part of the family, not people who will only use the guild for their goals then move on. So friends you know well, people who you think will fit into Trinity Knights atmosphere of laid back, PvE-focused atmosphere, are OK. We are revising recruitment criteria, but a positive, fun attitude and personality can override some handicaps.
2. Can my alt join? If you're capped (level 46), your alt can join at level 23.
3. I've been removed in the cleanup because I wasn't active and I want to come back. Can I? Sure. Level up then contact me or an officer.
So we are a much smaller guild now. What does that mean?
1. We need to maintain activity. Log on daily on all your toons in guild. The more knights are on, the better to find party for anything.
2. We need to help each other. Yes, most of us no longer need help with clearing maps or getting APs. But we can always party up for Ren'gol/Northal runs to farm Orcslaying/Glintstone material. We can run elite Wilds party for those who need dragonite bar for their arcane ring or mythic pendant. We can help run Arena for those needing boss essences. We can party up for Planar Tomb runs to help farm essences for pendant. And so on. Try join at least one party with other knights every day.
Panta rhei. Everything changes. Further changes will happen in the guild. But to quote Harrytwotter, our master raindancer: "I think we will do just fine."
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