Deciding if the Sky is Really Falling

And if it has fallen far enough to leave my guild.

So what do you do when it feels like your guild leadership is making a string of poor and perhaps questionable decisions? My slowly changing work schedule was something I was willing to work around, but in the past few weeks, I haven't found much to agree with my leaders on.

My big one? Guild alliances are trash. Since I started playing this game, I have been a member of one successful alliance... Well, partially successful. The more ambitious guild leader just ended up absorbing our guild and most of the quality players quit. I guess it comes down to why you're playing the game:

If I wanted to raid with these people we are allied with, I would have likely approached them for membership when I was searching for a guild.

Quick background: When this alliance was proposed, we did a trial Naxx 25. Fine. I prefer the 10-man scene, but I'll make an exception for the benefit of my friends. It was miserable, probably the worst three nights of raiding in the past year. There were little outbursts in guild chat, and some general rage over how we were being treated. Through the "proper channels," our gripes were taken to the other guild, assumed to be sugar coated, and the alliance survived. While this may not bother some people, I'm pretty frustrated over it.

I know that I and others have offered to help with recruiting in any way needed... Offers that no officer has taken advantage of. So we take in very few players and still lack the (motivated) player base to sustain our own heroic raids. Applications have all but disappeared (perhaps out of desperation?), and I fear quality control will die with them.

The other big one? Progression. Wait, back up there, I'm not one of those divas who would leave because we aren't going fast enough. I'm casual, no question about it - but confused by a lack of purpose. They have abandoned Malygos, there hasn't been an attempt posted in four weeks, despite my half-kidding forum jabs about how the officers are afraid of him. Naxx raids are generally abandoned after a few wings are cleared, and everyone is rushing to our "allies" for Naxx 25 raids. Last time I checked, the purpose of progression is not to jump ahead, load up with iLvl 213 and then go back to over gear the encounter we couldn't handle. Two-ish total nights of attempts, especially when we were finally reaching phase 3 in good time before falling apart is discouraging.

I could continue to nitpick, but everything seems to travel full circle to those key complaints. Everyone who is unhappy in their guild probably entertains thoughts that they manage it better though. I guess it's just how these things go. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be able to make a decision. I just feel like if they aren't willing to take the chance on 10-mans without being loaded up with Valorous, then maybe I don't want to take the chance with them venturing into Ulduar?