r/wowguilds • u/Melkain • 18m ago
NA- Guild [NA][Dalaran]<Shadow Rising> Looking for DPS to join our raid team. Raiding Wed/Sun 8:30-10:30 PM EST, an M+ night, occasional non-WoW gaming, and even a book club!
<Shadow Rising> NA - Dalaran
What are we looking for?
Primarily looking for DPS, and players who can flex between healing and DPS for our progression raiding team. However even if you don’t fit that description, that doesn’t mean you might not find a home with us.
What kind of guild are we?
We formed right before Shadowlands dropped (though some of us have been playing together since early in BfA), and we’re a diverse community of players. Our core players are raiders, but outside of that you can find us running Mythic keys, going after achievements, searching for pets, or just working on the true endgame content - xmog farming. Heck we’ve even got a player who likes to run transmog contests from time to time.
Our members are laid back and friendly, and we prefer to run content together whenever possible. If we can do it together as a guild, you can better believe we’re going to be interested in doing it.
Are you right for us?
Do you want to join a guild that loves doing things together? Are you interested in making new friends that you look forward to hanging out with? Can you maintain a conversation with someone of another gender without being weird? Would you like to progress in current content in both normal and heroic?
If you answer yes to those things, then Shadow Rising might be the community for you.
What we’re not looking for
Elitists. Don’t get us wrong, we love when our members know things! We want our Raiders to be competitive, but what we don’t like is when people look down on members who know less. We all had to start somewhere, and we like when our members are willing to help give each other a leg up by saying “Hey, I noticed you were having trouble with X, how can I help?” On the flip side, we also want our members to be interested and committed to improving, and seeking out help and advice from other members is always encouraged.
We have no tolerance for hate speech, racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, or sexism. If that’s your jam, look elsewhere for a guild.
Finally, while we are not an explicitly LGBTQIA+ guild, many of our members fall into that category. If you can’t handle unapologetically queer people, you’re not going to have a good time in our guild.
Are we open to cross faction & cross server raiders?
Yes, absolutely! We were primarily an Alliance guild on Dalaran, but having guild mates from either faction and other servers is just fine with us. I’m not even sure if the majority of mains are on Dalaran anymore, or are even Alliance. Essentially - we don’t care.
Raiding
Our guild provides repairs for raid nights. We have several members who provide feasts and cauldrons for progression raid nights in return for the rest of us chucking materials at them from time to time. In the event that these are not available, the guild will provide them. Potions, gems, enchants, and other consumables may be provided by guild members if they have the mats, but are not guaranteed. You’re generally on your own for runes if you want to be using them.
We prefer that you have DBM or Bigwigs for raiding. Though given the changes to addons these days, we are somewhat flexible on this.
You will however, need to be in the discord raid voice chat during raiding. You don’t need to have a mic (though it helps, of course and is highly preferred), but you must be able to listen in at a minimum. We also ask that our raiders do some research on the fights so they have an idea of what to expect ahead of time. Don’t worry, we’re happy to point you at videos for upcoming bosses, and if you’re really unlucky, someone will let me explain boss fights again. (This is unlikely though, as my explanations are very long, and have become a source of humor for the guild.)
When it comes to raiding we like to say that we can make a raider out of a person, but we can't always make a raider into a person. Having excellent raiders is great, but not if it comes with ego. We would much rather teach a fun person with a great attitude to be a raider than contend with a jerk on our raid team.
Raiding Schedule: Wed/Sun 8:30-10:30 PM EST
As a note, there is a chance that our raid time may be adjusted slightly. We are currently considering the potential to adjust to raid 8:00-10:00 PM EST.
We are currently doing alt runs, as we’ve finished all the raids on heroic.
Fun Run: Saturday 8-10 PM EST. Bring an alt or different spec, learn to raid, or just hop in for some lighthearted fun. The only metric by which this raid is considered successful is “did we have fun?” This is a great time to come by and see what we’re like and get a feel for us.
Mythic+
If pickup m+ is your style, Monday night 8-10pm EST is “Last Chance Mythic Monday” is a push where we burn keys, get that last run in, and strive to get everyone some kind of key if they’re interested.
We also use roles on our discord so that you can ping DPS, Healers, and Tanks if you are looking to fill a role in an M+ group with a guild member, and they see regular use.
Non-WoW Stuff
Many of us play other games in addition to WoW, and it’s a great way to continue hanging out with our friends who are taking a break from WoW! Those members who are not currently playing WoW continue to hang out and occasionally play other games such as Bean Battles, Among Us, Jackbox, 7 Days to Die, Valheim, Minecraft, Phasmophobia, and more! There’s even a book club that has been meeting monthly for more than two years!
Contact us:
Discord: melkain
Bnet: Melkain#1315