Carneros: Are you coming to Stars Reach with your usual gaming guild? Or are you making new friends and joining a new guild in this game?
mrgoshdarn: I’ve talked to some friends about the game, and I’m sure they’ll hop in and try once it’s more toward the finish, but largely, since this game has shined so brightly in the social department, I’m making new connections in-game.
ObsidianStone: I haven’t had a proper gaming guild in a long time. This is all new friendships and a new guild to get up to shenanigans with. Although I do have a few people I annoy constantly to convince them to play.
Dr. Julie Wainlight: I came into Stars Reach entirely on my own! Ended up finding common ground with a few people who share the same sentiments and goals so I wound up making new friends who ended up making a new guild together! It has been very collaborative and creative, I feel really fortunate to have found a likeminded and welcoming community who have already done some amazing stuff in pre-alpha already!
LastDitchPlan: I’ve made entirely new friends in Stars Reach! I did bring one friend along for the ride (shout out to JD!) but in referring back to the first question, I wanted what I had when I played Star Wars Galaxies: an organic community that sprung up around the game. With SWG it was easy, we all loved Star Wars! With Stars Reach it’s been a blast seeing what parts of the Playable Worlds systems people enjoy, what they’re hopeful for and what they want to see grow and change.
JesDyr: While I may try to convince some people to play, I don’t tend to follow guilds between games. While I do enjoy group play, I am a solo’er at heart. I like starting off on my own and going from there. It is always fun to see where I land.
What is something you can imagine your character doing in game one or two years from now?
hooby: All of the above.
I’ve been making new friends and acquaintances on the Discord for a while now.
I’m also in a small, tight-knit but casual clan that’s more or less active across several different games. Not actively recruiting, and only accepting new members that fit in well. We aren’t large enough to stand on our own in most games, so teaming up with or directly joining other guilds is quite common.
Stars Reach does plan to allow me to join multiple social guilds – so I will be able to be a member of my old multi-game clan, while simultaneously also being able to join a larger, more focused, SR-centric guild. In fact, I have just recently signed up with GUNC. Now that the game is adding character specialization options, it does get increasingly interesting to coordinate with others.
Nadraxes: My last gaming guild disbanded, afaik a few years ago. I haven’t been doing much in MMO’s the last years, except Elder Scrolls Online, where my guild is not really into other games. I did join a guild in Stars Citizen, ages ago that seems to be still around, but I haven’t logged into that alpha in a year or two.
When I came here, I had no expectations. I don’t even remember how Stars Reach came into view. I definitely was not looking for an MMO and I found this by accident it seems. Reading up on the game and seeing UO triggered my nostalgia I guess, so I decided to try it out. The people from GUNC were so helpful and kind, that I figured it couldn’t hurt to back the game at a low level, so I went for Explorer. Still wondering if I should go up to homesteader, but can’t find a real reason to do so.
I am an avid VR player and have my friends in VRchat that also consume much of my time. Being a “responsible adult with a wife and kid” also means my free time is limited, so I may not be in the game enough to warrant the homesteader tier. Of course, if VR would be supported, that may change my view.
Keaggan: I like to build a guild within each MMO I play. Each game has its own feel and temperament. While I do try to convince long-time gaming friends to play a game I enjoy, I find people are more passionate about the guild’s success when they are already invested in the game we are playing.