World of Warcraft Arena Guides - The Basics to Guild Leadership Guides
Guilds are tough to manage in World of Warcraft. You have players who actively try to tear your guild down from within, players who are apathetic to anything the guild is doing that isn’t for them, and a ton of attrition to get through to get a core set of players to join. However, with the right mindset and some luck, you can start and run your own guild without much trouble.
Generally you’ll want to spam guild recruitment at first to get people into your guild. It’s a bit sleazy, but you’ll often find a few people who are legitimately interested and make wonderful additions to your guild. My best advice is to screen people by having a bit of a chat with them. If they don’t want to talk to you about what they’re looking for in a guild then just /ignore them and move on. That’s the best way to weed out the strange idle people who randomly join and leave.
Drama hits a hardcore guild the hardest and is more often than not unavoidable. Your main tank leaves with two of your best healers, you can’t down content that week, and everyone splits to another server. This is even more common if you brought in a ton of people who ditched a guild to join to yours because they’ve already done it before. Loyalty to your guild ends when the loot and the content stops and a simple bit of drama can topple the entire fortress.