World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 7

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we can’t alleviate them instead,

These steps may seem broad, but

find a merger is the same place

and when it comes to moving

keeping everything condensed

you’d look for potential recruits:

people, we’re not even starting at

is the best thing you, or I, can do

recruitment forums and Trade

the beginning! Let’s take a step

for ourselves. While keeping the

Chat. But this time, instead of

back, take a breath, and regroup.

big picture in mind is important,

looking for individuals, we’ll

it’s easier to feel overwhelmed

be looking for the recruiters.

For a smooth guild merger

when you’re standing in front

If there’s a universal sign that

there are three key

of Everest compared to a

recruitment isn’t working for a

concepts to focus on:

gradual, but steep, slope.

guild it’s that they’ve been making
the same recruitment thread or

• Where to find a potential
merger and how to then

With that in mind however, it’s

trade post for weeks or months

reach out to them

always best to tackle events

on end with no change. They

like this chronologically, that’s

always want healers, they always

to ask to be sure it’s a good

just how reality works. If a

want tanks, and they always

idea in the first place

merger sounds appealing to

want DPS, or even combination

you, for whatever reason, then

of all three. This means that

everything work out, how

you’ll need someone to merge

they’re either just not getting

to make the process go as

with, so where do we look?

any bites due to progression or

smoothly as possible

Believe it or not, the best place to

schedule, or they’re just bleeding

• If step one goes well, what

• And, finally, should

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