How easy is it to make a one-man guild?

On Jul 12, 4:14 am, Peter Knutsen <pe....DeleteThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
> On one RP server, I have 9 Alliance characters, 3 of whom are actively
> played, 2 high-level are retired (but having dinged 35 I might use them
> for some crafting eventually, and I do use one for gathering), and the
> other 4 are level 10-20 but no longer played (I had a 5th such
> character, but a few hours ago I mailed all his items and gold away, and
> deleted him).
>
> ((small snip))
>
> Also, how commonly is this done? I'm sure I'm not the first to get this
> idea.

Jumping in a bit late but anyway...

I've got four 'one-man' guilds (on RP-PvP servers). After I created
the guild, I then got on my wife's PC and created a trial account. I
then invited the new trial account alt into my guild, promoted him to
officer, and then used him to invite all of my other alts on my 'real'
account. I only needed other players to create the new guild
charter. Paying 1g per signature worked well.

My 'one man' guilds are organized thus:
7 'mains' (one for each major profession: Blacksmith, Leather, Tailor,
Alchemy, Engineering, Enchanting, Jewelcraft. Some of them have
Mining as 2nd prof, one has Herbalism and one has Skinning; most have
Fishing, some have Cooking, and some have First Aid).
1 'mule'
1 'banker'
1 to have fun with; trying to twink this one at lvl 19

I keep the mule and banker separate as I was having trouble
remembering which items I wanted to sell and which I wanted to keep.

I only play my characters when 'rested' (hence, the guild name
<Playing the Blues>
Check www.playingtheblues.org for my not-very-updated web page.

Downsides:
Characters level slowly (over time)
Sometimes I actually forget whether I'm playing a Horde or Alliance
chararacter and have wandered into a 'bad' area (Splintertree post,
for example).
Icon confusion. Same icon is often used for different class
functions. (Hit 'stoneform' once only to realize it was something
else on different alt)

Upsides:
I'm rarely bored!
Money is more of an issue. Since I'm always leveling while 'blue', I
end up killing less mobs, hence less drops, hence less money.
Also, profession leveling is expensive! I'm thinking of deferring
profession leveling until my alts get much higher.

Current mains are scattered between lvl 33 and 35.

Yeh, I know. I'm demented.

Hello, Peter!
You wrote on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:04:04 +0200:

PK> Shammy wrote:
>> Hello, Peter!
>> You wrote on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:14:57 +0200:

>> PK> On one RP server, I have 9 Alliance characters, 3 of whom are
>> PK> actively played, 2 high-level are retired (but having dinged 35 I
>> PK> might use them for some crafting eventually, and I do use one for

>> Level 35 high level? You know that level cap is 70 (and soon 80) do
>> you ?:p

PK> Yes, but I'm a slow player. I usually subscribe for 1-3 months, then
PK> take a break from the game, lasting some months, before I subscribe
PK> again. I also have a tendency to retire my characters and start
PK> over.

Dont you want to see the game? You have an opportunity to do something 90%
of players here cant and that is see actually new content (we saw it 2 years
ago) but you decide to stay with lowbies.
I also dont understand what does a slow player mean... give me a char
whatever class and I'll have it to 70 in 1 month, no powerleveling, just
normal questing. I got to 70 a mage, druid, rogue and lock and to 60 a
shaman, warrior, and another rogue (pre tbc), so it's hard for me to
understand how you didnt get to 70 1 char to see the content at least if you
dont want any endgame.