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Looking for a guild? Check out today’s latest interview and see if you find a match!
Being part of a guild is a great way to make new friends, get help with quests and crafting, and find others for groups and more fun activities. Every few weeks, we shine our spotlight on another guild looking for more members, and today the Hunting Blades get their turn! Check out the interview and you may just find a new home in Tamriel.
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Hunting Blades
What is your guild’s name? Does that name have a special history or significance?
Our Guild name is Hunting Blades. I have always been a big fan of the JRPG “Tales of…” games. My favorite was “Tales of Vesperia,” and in that game, guilds had a big presence. Specifically Hunting Blades, which was a mercenary guild that could be hired to slay monsters. This always stuck with me and I knew instantly that if I was ever to create my own guild in a game I would devote it to one of my all-time favorite games.
When was your guild formed? Tell us the story of how the guild came to be.
I actually never intended to start my own guild. I’ve been paying MMOs for a very long time now and always stayed clear from that responsibility. I’ve been playing ESO since beta and loved it immediately. For the first time in years, I knew this was a game I could devote many (probably too many) hours to. I joined a few guilds when the game was released and was struck by the intent of guild leaders to restrict their members to certain playstyles or focus their attention only on one or two aspects of the game.
For a game with so much to offer, I thought it was a waste, and in April 2014 I decided to give it a go and started my own guild. Initially it was only for a few good friends I’ve met over the years in other MMOs. This small group of friends has now turned into an amazing community of around 140 members with a group of fantastic officers. I couldn’t be luckier to have these people in this guild and they certainly enhance my game enjoyment even further.
What alliance has your guild sworn fealty to?
We are mostly Aldmeri Dominion. I don’t restrict people, however, and have people with characters in other alliances too. For grouping and event purposes, it is recommended to have your main character in AD, but if you are in another alliance and just looking for a social and friendly bunch of people to chat with, we would also welcome you.
Why did you choose that alliance?
Actually, the answer to this question is very boring. In beta, I made characters in all three alliances and I just preferred the storyline and the scenery of the AD. My partner also preferred AD, so we went with that alliance.
How many members does your guild currently have?
Approximately 140 and still growing. We are not looking to have a huge guild, however, and I’m pretty selective with who I invite/promote into the guild as I’m very protective of the warm and fun community we have built. We’ve joined a few alliances with other guilds and if we don’t have enough people wanting to participate in an event, we join up with our alliance guilds. It doesn’t happen a lot, though (that we don’t have enough people), but running through Cyrodiil with 30-40 people from two guilds joined together is obviously a lot of fun!
Does your guild have a website?
Yes we do: www.huntingblades.net. We have also set up a Facebook page which we are very active on.
What times and days is the guild most active?
We mostly have members from Australia and New Zealand, so time zone GMT/UTC+10 is when you find most people on at night. We also have a few people from other time zones. At quiet times, there are always a few people on, and at busy times we generally have anywhere between 20 – 35 people active.
What countries do your members span?
All over the world. But the majority of the members are from Australia.
What activities in ESO do your members enjoy doing together most?
We enjoy every aspect of the game together. My officers have all picked a part of the game they are most passionate about and enjoy the most. They run with that part of the game and organize events around it. Through this setup, we have all kinds of events happening every week including: PVP, Achievement runs where we help each other out completing achievements that are hard to get on your own, dungeon runs (veteran and normal), and Craglorn. We are also slowly getting ready to start guild Trial runs, and I am lucky enough to have an officer who is very experienced in raid leading through a number of other MMOs who will take this part of the game onto himself. I expect that when we have enough high-level members we will also introduce weekly Trial events.
What makes your guild unique?
This probably sounds cheesy, but I have to say our members. We have a lot of fun together and I’m glad to be able to call many of them new MMO friends. I believe strongly that being part of a good guild is what makes or breaks an MMO experience.
We often laugh and joke on TeamSpeak, the forums, or Facebook, and I’ve had feedback from many members they are either part of only the Hunting Blades or have the Hunting Blades as their main guild. This is excellent feedback and means to me that I’m achieving the goal I had when creating the guild.
Is your guild part of a larger alliance of guilds? Why did you join them?
I’ve recently joined an alliance with another Aussie guild, Blades of Vengeance. I was contacted by their guild leader, who’d seen a post of mine on the ESO website, and as we started talking we realized we have very similar visions and goals. And as we have both spent a huge amount of time building our guilds, we decided to join the two together rather than getting rid of one. So far, this has worked well and the Blades guilds are happily sharing members for events. I have also been invited to join the Guardians of the Dominion (a large overarching AD Alliance), which is something I am currently exploring further.
Does your guild ever host special events? If so, tell us about them!
All the time! As mentioned before, we put in a lot of effort to make sure our guild is a place for all kinds of players. We run weekly PvP and PvE events. Please see my earlier responses on what the guild covers in events. We even do fishing events together!
What is your favorite or most memorable moment as a guild so far in ESO?
I have many fun memories of PvP nights, Dolmen hunting, fishing, crafting and dungeon events. Even taking the guild screenshot for the Guild Spotlight was a fun experience. Most recently, we’ve had the guild’s first clearance of Shada’s Tear and Crypt of Hearts. This was particularly rewarding, as we had a full group of guildies and no need to look outside of the guild to fill slots. I expect there will be many more fun and memorable moments to come with Trials and the DSA just around the corner!
Does your guild secretly (or not so secretly) follow a specific Daedric Prince? If so, which one?
Not officially, but if I’d have to choose, it would be Sheogorath. We have many fun (and slightly crazy) members and this would suit and describe us perfectly!
After a long day of adventuring, where does your guild enjoy gathering to wind down?
We don’t really gather anywhere to wind down, but we actively use guild chat and TeamSpeak. Adventuring never stops!
Tell us five fun facts about your guild.
- We have an extremely close-knit guild community and do our best to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable
- We have dedicated Officers organizing weekly PvP & PvE events
- Although we’re mainly an Oceanic guild with Australian and New Zealand members, we’ve got a number of insomnia-suffering Americans and Canadians in the guild who are just as welcome!
- We have several alt-o-holics who ensure that even people new to ESO can enjoy levelling with others
- Our guild has a dedicated trading sub-guild where people can donate their items to be sold in auctions, given away in raffles, and contributed to the guild bank. With this gold, we purchase items everyone can use such as PvP items, repair kits and Provisioning items. It also allows us to purchase harder-to-get items to donate, like purple food and beverages and potions to use in dungeons and Trial runs.
If people are interested in joining your guild, who should they contact?
Any of my trusted members can invite, but I’ll specifically name some of my officers as this list would otherwise be too long. If you’ve had a look at our forums and like what you’ve read here, you can contact: @Starscythe, @bigcheez77, @shuttleworth51,@Bergarth.
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