Terenas Friday, February 3

[bonemage]

I think we should contact Diesirae, let him now that we can only send 1 or 2 people, and that it isn't really attractive to do so for either guild. Let him know that we WOULD like to party with his guild for the following week. 2-3 people sent along with Synergy would hurt the Lost Souls joint UBRS raid, bringing the numbers down to 10 or 11, probably to the point of not being able to down Drakk. It also won't be nearly as telling as a ZG run, which would be a nice crucible to test both the best of Synergy, and the lurkers. I still say we do one UBRS run this Friday with Lost Souls, or we run the risk of neither group being successful. I think he will be more than understanding that we didn't know how many people the other guild would be bringing, and so it was hard to plan. Now that we know more, it is less than ideal for us to still do something together this week. Also, trying to organize two raids with 3 guilds on one night would mean serious delays in both parties getting started, and would be a planning nightmare, with many roster changes done that night, both bad things for those that need to go to bed before the wee hours of the morning. If a reschedule with very valid reasons is going to upset Diesirae or his guild, then that is very telling. I'm sure Diesirae will see it's probably not in their best interest either. I think one of the reasons that they want to do something with us soon, is to strike while the iron is hot. Letting plans to work on a guild alliance get put off too long, and they probably won't happen. It's probably safe to assume that Diesirae was quite pleased with the 4 Lurkers he played with last week, and they don't want to let us get away. It's very hard to court two guilds at once, and something we wanted to avoid. Circumstances being what they are, I think we're doing what is best with what we have. Spreading ourselves too thin will make the evening less pleasant, and not tell us as much as I think we'd find out if we rescheduled with Synergy. I do think it is imperitive that we schedule a new time while we cancel this Friday. Just saying we can't do it would likely really cool things down. I strongly feel that this course of action is the best course for our pursuits with both guilds, not just one or the other, or to avoid planning headaches. Also, if both guilds prove to be valuable allies, the 3 guilds are very close to getting into MC, which is of interest to all 3 guilds.