Re: Star Trekian Birthday's-Master List
Brandon Tartikoff 1-13.
I don't think anyone expects you to have all the answers to all the suggestions. Just having an Announcement about the details (before a public statement in-game) would have been helpful.
The problem I had today was when you announced the split in gchat you explicitly told members (who were surprised by and questioning that decision) that there had been an open discussion on the forums and that no one had complained - thus you had made the decision you did. When a few of us came to the forums to see this public discussion, there was not one to be found.
Thus my feeling of a bait-and-switch... that we were told one thing in-game to quiet any discussion/questions that did not end up being true when we got to the forums.
Even tonight, Justjon was the only 'Captain' in-game doing invites. One of the other members asked about the guild split and a discussion ensued... and there are no Officers around to field questions or discuss what's going on with the guild. Poor Jon got ambushed, and I feel bad for him.
The game is 3 weeks old. Major changes are happening with the guild. Where are you guys? In-game, I mean. Not here on the forums. Players are looking for you in-game.
And yes, before everyone jumps on me, I understand real life schedules, and I understand I can't expect an Officer in game 24/7. But the past few days I've been playing the game 8-hours straight (work has been light), and not seen one Officer log in... aside from Zepari and Taelyn for today's 'announcement.'
Perhaps I and my frustrations should go. :unsure:
His character as a Jedi Consular completes my smuggler perfectly.
Today I find out that I can no longer be in the same guild with my friend unless I stop playing my smuggler level 30 which I invested so much and enjoy playing, and restart as a force wielder from scratch.
I would recommend the HP, I have had lots of computers and the HPs have always been the most reliable pre assembled computer imo.
Really? I used to do desktop support for HP. They use hard drives that are designed to be cheap and to fail after only 2-3 years. I suggest if possible, build a new system from scratch, get a new mobo and proc, and make sure they're compatible with your old ram and gpu. You can reuse most of the old pc components.
Who doesn't like a healthy debate.
I think one thing to keep in mind through the course of the rapid growth of the swtor guild is to suggest having level-set expectations for what is in essence a voluntary organization for not only like minded swtor players, but for larger population of LGBT gamers.
When you look around and see the organization and design of the website alone I think everyone can agree a lot of effort has been put in by what is again in essence a voluntary organization.
As many have pointed out on both sides of the equation, the game is only a month old; roughly. Take some time and enjoy the content and set your expectations accordingly for a volunteer group working with the dynamics of a new game and new guild implementation not seen before in other MMOs.
To provide a real world example I have not experienced or managed a product launch, application implementation, or other projects go from launch to implementation in 30 days without a lot of wrinkles and gotchas. And this type of work is by paid professionals that can devote themselves 8-10 hours a day.
If anyone feels the need to leave the guild, than I will tip my hat and say good luck, but I would urge continued patience as the officer corps works out their communication channels and organization, and just enjoy the game with your fellows.
Cheers!
I would recommend the HP, I have had lots of computers and the HPs have always been the most reliable pre assembled computer imo.
Doing things such as this can be very difficult considering that our community is so large, we have members from across the US, Europe and Australia. Finding a time that all of them, or a large number of them, can attend is very difficult. That said Zepari does want to have regular guild wide meetings.
First of all, I want to dispel the notion that I am impatient. The launch of this much-anticipated game was nothing new... My question is, with so much run-up time before the launch of the game, why were officer/recruitment issues not first ironed out? Why was nothing communicated clearly up until these couple weeks?
It came to a point where I was frustrated with the lack of clear direction and stepped up to offer to at least help out with invites simply out of necessity due to the sheer number of hours I am afforded to play this game, and am able to provide this minor assistance... I know I'm not alone in this, and I acknowledge other Lieutenants' efforts when the task fell to them as well...
Clear lines of communication and membership buy-in are key to any well run organization... To say that members have a say and "feel included" but not have any say in the guild they have invested so much time in is the beginnings of a PR nightmare... Especially in a large guild such as ours...
As a case in point, there were times where the officers and GL in my previous guild took the time out on a raid night to get everyone together to announce important subjects, like changing our loot system. Questions were asked and answered, considerations were made, and suggestions deliberated before any final decision was made...
I've pretty much gone well above and beyond my duty as a "regular" member - accepting invites, helping people out, answering questions, taking time out to speak to adversarial people, and so on with hardly any guidance or direction from the top brass... All in the past month of the game...
With as much in-game time I've invested in the guild, including missing out on parts of the wonderfully immersive story, perhaps it was presumptuous of me to assume I would even be asked for my opinion? Even with an issue that would affect the guild I've invested much of my in-game time so far to hopefully build.
We have a Facebook and Twitter page for Stonewall Fleet and will be creating one for Knights of Stonewall shortly.
The problem I had today was when you announced the split in gchat you explicitly told members (who were surprised by and questioning that decision) that there had been an open discussion on the forums and that no one had complained - thus you had made the decision you did. When a few of us came to the forums to see this public discussion, there was not one to be found.
Thus my feeling of a bait-and-switch... that we were told one thing in-game to quiet any discussion/questions that did not end up being true when we got to the forums.
There wasn't even an announcement on the forums about the split. Thus I created this topic asking what was going on.
Even tonight, Justjon was the only 'Captain' in-game doing invites. One of the other members asked about the guild split and a discussion ensued... and there are no Officers around to field questions or discuss what's going on with the guild. Poor Jon got ambushed, and I feel bad for him.
The game is 3 weeks old. Major changes are happening with the guild. Where are you guys? In-game, I mean. Not here on the forums. Players are looking for you in-game.
(And yes, I too believe more people should read the forums; the age-old dilemma of gaming websites. But the truth is, 75% of your players will NEVER come to the website. They get their info from gChat.)
It's only in the past few days that you were named as GL, and in your defense, I've seen you log into the game since then. So thank you for that. But where are the other Officers? I don't see them much at all.
So what happens is, in the lack of Officers in-game, when questions arise, or problems arise (which has happened) the helpful non-Officers among us try to direct people to the forums. They come here, then come back in-game and say they a) couldn't find any info related to their question or b) couldn't figure out who the Officers are (who, in all fairness, were only just announced on the forums a few days ago as well).
This creates further frustration in-game. Not just for the players, but for those of us who are trying to be helpful. That's why I started the other discussion topic asking who the officers are, so we at last know who to direct people to when they get here.
My own frustration results from having to start topics to ply you guys for information that really should already have been readily available somewhere on the site.
That's where my concerns are rooted for this 2nd off-shoot guild; It seems you're having trouble keeping up with the two you already have (or at least the Republic one)... and now you're adding a 3rd?
Perhaps I and my frustrations should go. :unsure: