[Simon Redbeard]

I can see a lot of benefits in being in a guild, a "good guild" that is. My first Simon Redbeard-character got a lot of help from various people and being in a guild makes that help easier to find. That said, I'm not in a guild because I'm not really guild material: I like playing solo (I've helped some people randomly, but I mostly try to find quiet servers - my timezone makes finding them a bit easier if I move my daily schedule to allow POTCO earlier in the day and start working later). Also, my playing style is probably a bit boring and I'm constantly starting over (bad habit from the times of playing roguelike games, btw has anyone else played Angband, Nethack, Moria or something like that?). But I'll try and stick with my current character now, level up my sailing and get a war sloop. Maybe I'll even join a guild someday, if a guild accepts me.

Even more off topic: I like your sig Vandelay, it's funny and informative. You don't happen to be Art Vandelay from Vandelay Industries?

Simon