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[bonemage]

I would much rather help pave the way and explore on Terenas than anything else. I think we should pursue both courses. I think a carefully worded post on the realm forums is a good idea. I also think we should do all we can to find a matching guild, and pursue the Lost Souls partnership as they seem a very close fit for us. More people that are a good match for us is not a bad thing. With two guilds at the same point in the game, there won't be any tagalongs. Both guilds will play crucial roles in any future success if we team up, and share in our victories. Where are we at on this, Alram? Have discussions started? How can we help?

As one who has about run out of loot that can be obtained UBRS and under, I've been thinking a lot on where I would like to go from here with my goals in the game. Here are my conclusions, and what I've decided, as I think they are relevant to this discussion, especially since some of my choices might be viewed as treachery.

1) I love being a warrior
2) An alt on Terenas has ZERO appeal to me (I already have my dream toon there)
3) I must see some raid content beyond UBRS

My first preference is to advance the Lurkers guild on Terenas through guild alliances, lurker recruiting, an unofficial partner guild headed by a lurker that can openly recruit, or SOMETHING that does NOT compromise the core of who we are. All of us on Terenas have invested a lot of ourselves into our progress. I take great pride in our guild, in how we play, and how we respect and help each other. As much as I want access to purple loots, I am not willing to scrap the culture in our guild. We need to find like minded people, who play well, and enjoy the success of our mates.

As raid content is still an unknown on Terenas, and with the time needed for me to cap a character, I decided to start a new character, a human warrior on Stormrage. He is from an alternate universe, one where Durambar never dies and becomes Forsaken. My undead warrior will be referred to as Durambar and my Stormrage warrior as AU Durambar (AU is for Alternate Universe), though both toons are named Durambar. AU Durambar is plan B, a tagalong on SR so I can see more of the game, nothing more than a tiny drop in a very big and full bucket. Plan A is, and has been since I rolled Durambar, to progress things on Terenas. I hope to cap AU Durambar before the expansion comes out, and have a great time playing with the Lurkers and friends on SR at times, and I hope that he'll be accepted. I have friends there, and have enjoyed being on SR the past few days. I know I'll never matter to the guild there, having started MUCH too late, but I would like see the Onyxia fight, go deep into MC, and perhaps one day see BWL. AU Durambar can never be more than someone who stays in a nice building built by others, a mere tourist. Durambar is a builder, and I want to keep building. Let's push toward ZG and AQ20 on Terenas. Succeeding in those areas will mean so much more to me than anything I could accomplish on Stormrage, because the victories on SR belong to those who paved the roads and built the cities.

I've rambled quite a bit in this post. I plan on having fun and playing well on SR, but I don't ever want to see the guild on Terenas wane or die out. Without getting into new content, my interest there will wane, as I'll have nothing left to conquer or build.