Midwinter Guild Announces That They Will No Longer Be Raiding

Live Posted 2022/05/11 at 3:21 PM by Paryah

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Comment by EninaLike I commented on the article for Pieces, I don't really understand why guilds like this one feel like they have to disband/stop raiding entirely instead of just...doing it less. Like I get how wanting to be one of the top guilds in the world would be incredibly demanding, but there's also such a thing as just raiding casually, right? Something like 4-8 hours per week? Just seems weird that for these guilds it apparently has to either be 30+ hours per week or 0 hours per week.Comment by dr7swagEveryone searching for a reason why they disband, difficulty of the patch and etc. We actually speak of a guild around 15 years old. People age along with the guilds and getting older means more responsibilities, less free time. MMORPGS are very time demanding and the luxury of time is for the young. I don't know about you, but being around 30-40 years old and spending so much time progressing without making a living out of it seems a bit weird.Comment by GahGahRahEveryone speculating and projecting the reasons why the guilds are stopping raiding. FYI last time midwinter announced stopping raiding was in 2017. Can find a reddit post pretty much the same as all the comments here, from loot being bad, legendaries being bad and how nighthold was released too fast.

Personally i feel like it's quite random why individuals stop raiding, and when there's a critical mass of them in a guild paired with work needed to replace them it just happens. On the top end a big reason seems to be falling behind of what they've set their goal to be. On the flip side there was quite a lot of guilds in the top 100 this time around that were either completely new or ones that improved quite a bit. I feel like the tier didnt benefit as much from simply adding extra days to the calendar.Comment by Dranlordblizzard should skip that season 4 thingin and release the new xpac asap...
Worst player exodus right nowComment by CTEKKMan Midwinter is a name i remember from back in the day. Nice name too.Comment by TigerAceRayblizzard should skip that season 4 thingin and release the new xpac asap...
Worst player exodus right nowComment by Maruhso many people confusing a simple raiding team disband with players quitting the game.
Since I stopped raiding 5 days a week and stepped down as raidlead after 6 years from Ulduar to Hellfire Citadel, I enjoy the game *much* more. I didn't stop playing, I probably even ended up playing more. I know of many friends who had similar experiences.
So calm down folks, nothing to see here. It's sad for their fans, but some people here are acting like back in the day when "Take That" disbanded.Comment by ArchieAngelRaiding in WoW is fun (no). Remove that stupid difficulty out of the game and make the raids enjoyable for everybody without super-mega-ultra crazy mechanics and billions of weakauras and addons all over it.Comment by miloticmy guild of friends raid in draenor, legion, bfa but in a shadowlands all quite of playing wow, all move to genshin/final fantasy. is sad how shadowlands kill a lot of guildsComment by SenenIs the "known for their fair play" part a joke or something? Literally the only times I've heard of Midwinter is because of them exploiting bosses. I remember in MoP where they back to back exploited Un'sok and Tsulong (Un'sok was arguably a "clever use of game mechanics" but the Tsulong one was stupid) and I'm pretty sure I've heard of them a couple times since then for the very same reason?

Did they do a Echo/Method and just managed to PR their way out of that and get a new image?Comment by HawahaRealwho?Comment by TwistedMetal"Death claims the soul of your world. Now bear witness, mortals. To guilds end" - JailerComment by mrsburnsLike I commented on the article for Pieces, I don't really understand why guilds like this one feel like they have to disband/stop raiding entirely instead of just...doing it less. Like I get how wanting to be one of the top guilds in the world would be incredibly demanding, but there's also such a thing as just raiding casually, right? Something like 4-8 hours per week? Just seems weird that for these guilds it apparently has to either be 30+ hours per week or 0 hours per week.Comment by KillerMoyashi13Like I commented on the article for Pieces, I don't really understand why guilds like this one feel like they have to disband/stop raiding entirely instead of just...doing it less. Like I get how wanting to be one of the top guilds in the world would be incredibly demanding, but there's also such a thing as just raiding casually, right? Something like 4-8 hours per week? Just seems weird that for these guilds it apparently has to either be 30+ hours per week or 0 hours per week.Comment by Vedrenblizzard should skip that season 4 thingin and release the new xpac asap...
Worst player exodus right nowComment by ChiddieMythic is fine as it is. HOWEVER, rtwf should have its separate slot and be based around gear templates and/or bosses should have limited attempts per day/week.

People that can play 24/7 have now a clear advantage - see those Asian guilds that landed in the top 10 by taking 700+ tries to kill the Jailer -.Comment by Dhrallblizzard should skip that season 4 thingin and release the new xpac asap...
Worst player exodus right nowComment by WanobiJinnAnother guild, another group of players gone, laid at the feet of this dev team and lead's hubris.

Hey, microsoft...IMPLEMENT SOME FRIGGIN' QA AND CLEAN HOUSE!Comment by JohnnyMaverikRaiding in WoW is fun (no). Remove that stupid difficulty out of the game and make the raids enjoyable for everybody without super-mega-ultra crazy mechanics and billions of weakauras and addons all over it.Comment by NecromortaI love that commenters don't take aging into account. Many of the "big raiders" have family, life or even jobs outside of this. Can't make time for everything.

And people were asking for longer raids, they got it, now it's not good. Can't please everyone.

Just take everything in moderation... even World of Warcraft!

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