would you defend your guild mate no matter what?

[Kate104]

just now i was lvling up my staff in Kingshead with my lvl 32 character and had been there for about an hour. i had already gotten one lvl up and was getting very close to another. then a couple of lvl 20 players that were in the same guild came in. to be honest i wasn't happy (i like to lvl up there alone unless it's with guild mates) but i figured maybe they would leave me alone and it would be fine.

i was wrong. the male character ran off behind the fence to lvl grenades. he wasn't affecting me so that wasn't a problem. but the female player started following me around with her cutlass and kept jumping in every time i'd go after a soldier. after about 3 times and then a bit of running around trying to shake her off, i asked her if she could maybe join her guild mate instead. i told her that i had been there for an hour and i was getting really close to another lvl up and i'd like to work alone. she flipped out and told me if i was there for an hour i should leave anyway and that since i was a lvl 32 i didn't need to lvl up anymore anyway. i said "please can't we be civil? i asked nicely" and then she told me to shut up.

then before i know it more and more of her guild mates show up and turns out she's in the same guild as someone on my friends list that i used to sail with a lot. he asked what was wrong and i told him and he defended his guild mate!! i said but you're being illogical?! i asked nicely and she was the one who flipped out on me. they all ganged up on me and absolutely would not leave me alone because they had to "defend their guild mate." they started insulting me about how my guild wasn't defending me and they must "suck" (i just happen to be more of a night owl than them so none of them were online) and how i was being immature for not letting her follow me because i'm a lvl 32 and should help her out. she's not in my guild. didn't even know her! i's not my responsibility to help her out!

is this typical guild behavior? in my guild if one of us were to act like that we'd try to calm them down, NOT blindly defend them simply because they're in our guild. if they continued we'd probably kick them from the guild!! we wouldn't defend them and let them go around doing it again.

[Samantha Wildhound]

typical for some to have a pack mentality, thats the nature of guilds, and why i refuse to be a part of them. (i am in a guild yes, but its just a couple friends, to keep in contact without being utterly frusrtated by the broken chat in potco)
If i have a problem with my friends, or their mates, i let them know, as i do not take online friendships seriously enough to hurt my or their feelings over, so im blunt and to the point.

they annoy me or do something rude, theyre removed, with an explanation why, and its up to them to mend the friendship or move on.

sounds like your friend isnt such a great one, if remove him and forget about it.

i have plenty of friends and friends who try to pull the lazy and safe way to level up, shadowing me and targeting whats im attacking, and standing around waiting otherwise.

drop em and any of the people who approve of that is all i can say.

[Twisted]

In my opinion you were in the right. I have been in the same place as you, asked them to simply leave because I had been there for an hour or more. Most people just say "no prob" or something to that effect, and leave. Others have some issue with that, and like to start problems. Yes, we all have the same right to be in the same places, but its just common courtesy if someone asks you politely to leave.

If I ever come to a place and someone asks me to leave I just go and change servers. Not too difficult to sail back. There are enough oceans/servers to go around.

As for defending a guildy, I would try to resolve the problem if it had to do with one of my other friends. But if they acted the way your friend did and just let them keep going off on me. Well... They wouldn't be a friend for long. Can't say I would defend my guildies in that situation, I have never had any of mine get complaints from friends.

Probly doesn't help your situation. Just my opinion.

[Deltore]

I'm going to have to agree with you that's really immature.If something like that was with one of my guild members I would just tell them to calm down and go to another server.Problem solved we're all happy.But I know how people On mmorpg can be dumb heads once and awhile.I know from first hand.

[Jeflafla]

That's the power of a guild! I had been levelling in kings for an hour or two when a lvl 33 (2 levels higher than me) came in and tried to run me off saying "higher levels get right of way" and being an overall jerk, so the guild came to the rescue and we ran him off, nothing like 2 lvl 40's and a few 37+'s!

[alana stormbreaker]

I just wish that everyone would stop the passive-aggressive angry you're rude to me i'll be rude to you ****... my policy when someone is being rude/rep stealing, whatever is to ask nicely twice to stop, third time flat out say leave me alone, stop and if that doesn't work i report them and switch servers... it just seems stupid to waste so much energy being mad at someone in a game, ya know?

[Eustace the Monk]

The easiest way I found to shake the uninvited leech when leveling staff is to let them follow you around for a few and when you are in the middle of the group in the parade grounds, crank up the staff and fizzle it. They are so anxious for you to ag the group that they immediately do an area attack and get them all on them. Normally takes 5 seconds for them to be sent away the hard way.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping others, just ask first. For instance, if i am on a quest for sinking a specific ship, I'll ask if the attacking captain minds if I take 1 cannon shot at it to count the sink. Half the time they oblige, the other half, I just wait for them to sink and finish it off while they are in jail pondering it.

Loot Hard!

[Dr. Zeppers]

Dont you just love it when you and a couple friends are leveling up at Kingshead for whatever amount of time, 10 mins-3hours.. doesnt matter, and someone walks in, and decides they are going to do it thier way, and not even work with the others on the field disrupting the whole process?

It gets better when you suggest them a better way, that works better with everyone else, and they refuse preferring to screw it up for everyone else?

I dont play pirates with inconsiderate kiddies


I have run a game "Clan" (guild?) for online gaming for 9+ years playing shootem up games, racing sims, and now pirates.

I think people think of guilds as some sort of competition or force of power. I believe they are supposed to be a special/separate circle of friends beyond the friends list, nothing more. Friends on the "guild" level usually go out of the way to help each other. I do not defend a guild/clan mates stupidity or lack of consideration, however I will definately give them a piece of what I think about it and razz them to clean up thier act. If they dont, and it creates problems for others in our guild/clan, they would be removed from the group.

Samuel McMalley lvl32
Zeppers lvl29

[Moody Grimm]

I just server jump and problem solved.
I can't be bothered squabbling with children.
I have a group of friends that I enjoy playing with, and guildmates to lend a hand to or get a hand lent from, and that's all I need.
If someone gets in your face, leeches your rep, blocks your boat etc. just server jump.

Also as a rule, if I tp to someone I always ask if I can tag along, or should I go. That way there's no hard feelings.

[CrimsonRabbit]

One thing that bothers me that mustn't bother many is how all these people get high-and-mighty when they're leveling. Like they own that section of the game. Who cares really? Well, you people do. Too many people take this game too seriously and seem to be all caught up in themselves and they're bothered too easily by the nuances of others. Get over yourselves and get over them.

"Blah, blah, blah, I was leveling and someone showed up and hit the enemies, blah, blah, blah..." So you were close to leveling-up again after staying in one place for over an hour....big deal, you'd just have to stay there a little longer or go somewhere else if your that worried about it. You play into there hands when you talk back to them. I mean, would you like someone sounding like your mom when your playing an online pirate game (i.e. "can't we be civil" I asked nicely).

Sorry...I just don't like the amount of whining on these boards just because you're playing a kids game and expect everyone to act mature.

is this typical guild behavior? in my guild if one of us were to act like that we'd try to calm them down, NOT blindly defend them simply because they're in our guild.

Y'arg...it like ye forgot your playin' a pirate game me las....pirate guilds stick together through thick or thin....arrrr....what make ye think that just cause you stated something, that others shall believe it as truth?!

[/end rant]

[AdmiralSavvy]

If that was one of my guildmates, I would also try to just find out who's the one who's being bothered and defend them- even if they are not in my guild. Some of my guildmates can be kinda annoying, but not enough for me to eject them. So, what I'm saying is that I agree with you 100%. And in my guild, it's not typical. My rules are treat everyone fair or get ejected.

[Chris]

yes i hate when this happens its really annoying however if other guilds do this is all up to u

[Ngendi]

Very annoying when people do this. I have this person who follows me around all the time when I try to level up and takes my rep. I leave him there and go to a different ocean.

[Chris]

all i have to say is people these days

[Davy]

That isn't typical guild behavior. I would simply ask them to go to another server, and tell them that I wish to level up alone. Good guild members won't take that personally, especially high level ones who understand why you might want to level up alone.