It drives me insane! It makes my husband laugh, but it makes me go nutty. Maybe that’s why he’s laughing…

People like you and GoW have their priorities straight and that’s the most important part of anything, game or otherwise.

Personally, I (And my GUILD!) would rather run with someone who is a good consistent player than someone who can be on 24/7. Our guild leader has a baby, so he knows all about catching your game when you can.

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Things like the dailies (crafting or heroics). They are great in that you can do something with the odd hour… but there is sort of a double bind.

You get something good for little play time, but to take advantage of it you need to play often.

I still prefer the random world drop that you have to grind for, rather than the random drop you have to play every day for 5 minutes to get.

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I find a lot of time needed for the gearing up, but the greatest investment in time comes from the social side. A lot of time is needed in order to build the contacts and relationships, but then less time is needed since you can do things more quickly.

I’ve had to cut back my play-time a bit, but when I do play, I can pretty quickly find a good heroic or raid to do. I can understand guilds chosing people who play more often, since all other things being equal, the person who is around more often is more valuable.

It’s not nice on those who can’t get on that often, which is why I think it’s nice try to schedule little side runs for those people. i.e. arranging heroics on a specific night, so people can sign-up in advance and make the most of their time.

I’ve been using this argument for at least a year and a half now. Even when we were in a 3-night per week raiding guild it was this argument that calmed down the officer core and convinced them structure the guild to be more friendly to those that were “schedule-challenged”

Now, due to large queues and lack of playtime (see Morialia’s 9-10 hours a day, ect) I’ve server transferred and found a decent group. We’ll see about how the raiding part works out in a few weeks…. there are always options.

Best of luck, and keep up the good work on the blog!

Cheers,
-V

Totally understandable, is a great game and I love it to. I have tons of time to play, but I wouldnt say my life is qualitively better or worse because of that. Its just a form of entertainment, and tbh I should probably cut down a little.

But yes, I will remember BT, kara, Malygos & Naxx in 10 years time, as well as the people I ran them with. These places have been an integral part of my life. I get misty eyed just typing this sentence now. I’ll never leave them behind, they’ll always matter to me.

Also, there are guilds out there that will work with your schedule. They may be few and far between, but they do exist! One of my long-time guild members can only raid once a week because she lives in Australia and is on an opposite schedule from the rest of us — but she’s such a valued member of our guild’s community (for her friendliness, her wit, her lively presence in guild chat and on the forums) that we *always* make sure to include her in the one weekly raid she can make. She doesn’t earn EP (DKP) as quickly as some of our more active raiders, but she’s still managed to gear up nicely.

If only you weren’t Alliance! My guild actually reserves a handful of spots for our casual members, some of whom are only able to raid one or two times a month.

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In the end, will these heroic runs and raids mean anything to you in ten years time?

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