You're right, always is perhaps a little extreme. I do the same as you, I like to listen to the cut scenes the first time, and read through the dialogue the first time as well and having TS chatter going on interferes with that some times (especially since I have volume control active so the game sound cuts out when someone talks). However, my comment stems from some (most?) of the other Grievance guilds where we've been expected to be in TS as much as possible while playing and always while doing any party/raid content with the guild.Acerbic wrote:We have many members who have hit level cap already and many members who are still in the teens. Requesting that people constantly be in TeamSpeak isn't realistic because the constant chatter can distract from the game. I haven't gone through the whole story line and when I get to a new part in the story I like to know what is going on. As far as the main story line (Yellow quests) goes I'm nerdy that way.Sera wrote:I hate to take a hard line on this but with the limited slots available in guild I would say everyone in guild should be in TS always. The guild is social, why else be part of the guild's . If you aren't partying with us and aren't in TS chatting with us, there are people who are who don't have a slot available...
That said, the TeamSpeak channel is slightly intimidating. There was one person, whose name escapes me at the moment (my apologies!), that on Saturday popped back and forth to ask if anyone wanted to run the lvl 20 dungeon. Aside from that, it seems you all know each other from other games, mostly Archeage. I try to talk and be social and answer questions when they come up (if I know the answers) but I'm mostly ignored. It's almost as if there's already a clique that has formed. If you want to remove me because I'm not "social" enough, go ahead. By all means, I won't take it personally. Especially if there's someone better suited for the spot. This particular experience is much different than what I have had with Grievance Neverwinter and Grievance ESO. It honestly has made me question if this guild is where I want to be for B&S.
This whole thing is stemming from our BnS clan (guild) having a size limit of 60 people. There's two more steps we can increase eventually to a total of 80 but that will require close to 1,000 gold plus a ton of other tokens and materials. I don't know about you but I haven't even seen one gold piece yet. If I remember right NWO and ESO both had much larger guild limits like a couple of hundred members to start off. We did start up a second clan though logistically I'm not sure how that'll play out in the long run; I haven't delved into what the clan infrastructure adds to your characters exactly but I believe it has an impact on crafting at the least.
Personally I don't know anyone (yet?) in the BnS guild from the previous Grievance games I've played, which is why I've been hanging out in TS trying to get to know some people. Every time I've played a game with Grievance I've met some new friends and am looking forward to that experience again with BnS. No one's telling anyone they have to leave the clan if you're playing with us, we just have to find some solution to the clan limit that keeps the guild strong as a whole. As intimidating as that main lobby may seem, it's our best opportunity to get to know everyone. I don't know about you, but there's so much chat spam going through on the screen while I'm trying to learn how to play I miss 99% of anything that may have been typed out.
Trust me I had a very very hard time trying to decide whether or not to apply to join Grievance. Everything I read about them said "Looks like a guild with their stuff together" but then it was the whole "Ugh. I do not know a single person there." After this weekend I am so very glad I did. 
and there's probably a few more too lol
Look forward to seeing you in game.. again 