Verity defeats Illidan Stormrage – March 20, 2008

Verity is an MMO gaming guild that began 7 years ago on August 23, 2003. Our members are mature, like-minded individuals who share similar playstyles and interests. Although over the years we’ve played many games, we’re currently active in World of Warcraft on Executus (Alliance).

We believe in “quality over quantity” when it comes to our members. Keeping to this philosophy Verity was 1 of only 3 Alliance guilds on Executus to defeat Illidan and become content complete before the release of the Sunwell patch in March 2008. During this time we raided just 12 hours per week.

The Concept

When Verity began 7 years ago the guild concept and member ideal were already in mind from previous years of sampling a variety of guild and clan flavors. We generally found that to be a successful “end game” guild the guild had to be large and you had to devote countless hours to the cause, usually with people you wouldn’t normally associate with. On the other end we found that the friendly “family” guilds usually provided a warm and pleasant atmosphere, but did little in the way of progression. We wanted the best of both worlds: a guild teaming with skilled and mature players in a warm and fuzzy atmosphere…so Verity was born.

Leadership

Verity is guided by a guild council which is made up of the 2 guild leaders and the officers. Together the council designs and implements systems and procedures, reviews applications, interviews potential new members and decides outstanding issues as they arise. Officers are also responsible for maintaining member-only systems when necessary such as raid attendance, gem queues, raid combat statistics and loot distribution.

In some guilds becoming an officer is simply gaining a new title, in Verity becoming an officer is much more. Our officers are chosen for, and bring with them, valuable skills both in-game and out. They’ve demonstrated their leadership skills and their concern for the guild’s well-being. Our officers work with the guild leaders to devise fair and logical systems, and whenever possible, systems where each member determines his or her own outcome.

Membership

Our members are 20 & 30-somethings

The average age of Verity’s member base ranges from the mid-20s to the early 30s. Most of our members work or go to school full time, and many have families or other real life responsibilities. Many are former hardcore gamers that no longer have the time to devote to a demanding raiding schedule.

Over the years, Verity has attracted a good number of couples, family members and RL friends. We’ve always had a larger than average number of female gamers in Verity, and it might be of interest to some that geographically we’re nearly evenly divided between the US and Canada. Yes, our Vent conversations can be lively.

Drama-free guild environment

To keep our guild environment desirable and drama-free we’re careful when recruiting. We’ve never been about “spamming” guild invites just to assemble a mass of players; we’re actually quite the opposite. Choosing quality members over quantity has been one of our core standards from the beginning.

• Maturity, maturity, maturity. We cannot stress this enough. This is NOT a jr. high/high school guild.
• A sense of humor and a sense of loyalty.
• The ability to think quickly and react accordingly depending on the situation.
• Your gameplay time is balanced with real life responsibilities, you take the time to do well in school/at work.
• You can communicate clearly and quickly.
• Capacity for listening and following directions. If you plan on
  applying, please state “v823″ when responding to the first application
  question.
• Finally, we’re looking for someone that chooses friendships over loot. We are not in it for the loot, but rather good times with our fellow guildies and the sense of accomplishment we get when we come together as a unit. If you’re looking for a loot guild then you need not apply.

Playtimes

Verity is officially an EST guild, however, there are no time zone restrictions. Please keep in mind that when Verity raids it’s generally through the week around 7:30 PM.

Guild History

Our beginning in Everquest 2

Verity was originally formed as an Everquest II guild on August 23, 2003. We began with a member core of mostly Everquest players and became the second Everquest II guild ever created in-game. During our early EQ2 days we were a very structured and hardcore raiding guild on the Mistmoore server, but after many of us achieved level 40, and with the endgame in sight, we felt something was missing. Soon after we found ourselves immersed in World of Warcraft with multiple level 60 characters on Silvermoon (Alliance) and Smolderthorn (as Horde). We decided to start fresh on the WoW Executus PvP server in May 2006.

World of Warcraft- a top Alliance guild

Once on Executus we leveled new characters and spent some time raiding 20-main instances such as ZG and AQ20. Later, after the release of The Burning Crusade, we began raiding Karazhan in February 2007, and became one of the first few guilds on the server to down the Curator. Verity established a 2-night per week raiding schedule which we maintained until shortly before defeating Kael’thas. Verity became a very well respected guild on the server. In March 2008, on a 12-hour per week raiding schedule, we became content complete when we won the battle against Illidan; only the 3rd Alliance guild on Executus to do so. The following month Verity made the decision to suspend raiding and give everyone a breather to enjoy real life and the spring weather. Currently Verity still successfully raids in WoW on Executus.

Verity has been a casual guild for the past several years. Being a mature guild, in the sense of both age and maturity, most of us have full-time jobs, significant others and real life obligations. By keeping things casual we find that more of us are able to keep up with the general pace and thus keep our in-game family intact. Our core has been gaming together for many years, and that’s the way we’d like to keep it.

No matter the playstyle or game title our goal is to have fun gaming with the same core of friends year after year. Our approach to gaming, combined with our desire to bring in other high quality, like-minded individuals, provides us with a relaxed guild environment filled with camaraderie.