Meet Cyndril
Posted 01-10-2008 at 07:16 PM by Archfiend
Hey all - as my first blog entry, I feel it's appropriate to introduce myself.
I'm best known as Cyndril of Elune, officer and main tank of the Emerald Dragons. I rolled Cyndril as a fury warrior in the spring of '06 (has it been that long already??) and respec'd to prot toward the end of the year when it became apparent that ED was in serious need of tanks. My WoW career started with the closed beta, however, and my first character was a warrior on Silver Hand. I've been arms, fury, prot, and several combinations thereof. I've tried other character classes, but nothing gives me as much of a thrill as charging head-first into an opponent and smashing them in the face with my sword/shield/etc.
The server change came when a good friend persuaded me to join his guild on Elune. Despite my initial hesitation to switch realms, I found a home in Emerald Dragons, and I've enjoyed the time I've spent here... for the most part.
ED isn't what you might call a progression-based guild. We started raiding Karazhan in June of '07 and only managed to down Prince this past weekend. It's not a matter of us lacking skill or gear - some of my guild mates are extraordinarily geared and/or skilled for their level of progression. More to point, I've raided with other guilds on occasion that deal far less dps, but manage to see more success than ED. To put it simply, there's a strong faction within ED that resists becoming organized enough to accomplish more difficult content. The reason is that they want to avoid the stigma of becoming a "raiding" guild. ED is very family oriented and casual - elements that I want in a guild, and which I don't think need to be sacrificed in order to be successful in a raid... but there are those who don't share my opinion.
Why not leave in search of another guild? Friendship. Loyalty. Familiarity. The enduring hope that one day I might be able to lead the guildmates that I've formed relationships with over the last couple of years into Gruul's and beyond... (hopefully before WotLK.)
While I'm waiting for that to become a possibility, what do I do with myself? I've discovered that I smash faces fairly well in pvp, so that can hold my attention when nothing else is happening. I need another 1k gold for my swift flying mount - won't be long now! New recruits are always looking for runs (of course, that's another post waiting to happen). There's the never-ending struggle to keep fellow officers' tempers from flaring while trying to push for more organization... I know I'm forgetting something.
Oh, real life.
Now I remember why the problems in WoW don't seem so bad.
I'm best known as Cyndril of Elune, officer and main tank of the Emerald Dragons. I rolled Cyndril as a fury warrior in the spring of '06 (has it been that long already??) and respec'd to prot toward the end of the year when it became apparent that ED was in serious need of tanks. My WoW career started with the closed beta, however, and my first character was a warrior on Silver Hand. I've been arms, fury, prot, and several combinations thereof. I've tried other character classes, but nothing gives me as much of a thrill as charging head-first into an opponent and smashing them in the face with my sword/shield/etc.
The server change came when a good friend persuaded me to join his guild on Elune. Despite my initial hesitation to switch realms, I found a home in Emerald Dragons, and I've enjoyed the time I've spent here... for the most part.
ED isn't what you might call a progression-based guild. We started raiding Karazhan in June of '07 and only managed to down Prince this past weekend. It's not a matter of us lacking skill or gear - some of my guild mates are extraordinarily geared and/or skilled for their level of progression. More to point, I've raided with other guilds on occasion that deal far less dps, but manage to see more success than ED. To put it simply, there's a strong faction within ED that resists becoming organized enough to accomplish more difficult content. The reason is that they want to avoid the stigma of becoming a "raiding" guild. ED is very family oriented and casual - elements that I want in a guild, and which I don't think need to be sacrificed in order to be successful in a raid... but there are those who don't share my opinion.
Why not leave in search of another guild? Friendship. Loyalty. Familiarity. The enduring hope that one day I might be able to lead the guildmates that I've formed relationships with over the last couple of years into Gruul's and beyond... (hopefully before WotLK.)
While I'm waiting for that to become a possibility, what do I do with myself? I've discovered that I smash faces fairly well in pvp, so that can hold my attention when nothing else is happening. I need another 1k gold for my swift flying mount - won't be long now! New recruits are always looking for runs (of course, that's another post waiting to happen). There's the never-ending struggle to keep fellow officers' tempers from flaring while trying to push for more organization... I know I'm forgetting something.
Oh, real life.
Now I remember why the problems in WoW don't seem so bad.
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