Dark Clouds Gather

[Sword_of_Doom]

Do you really not see that "an active recruiting policy" and "forging solid alliances between small guilds" aren't really any different in effect?

Your implication that Tal and I (because when it comes to this, we have to be viewed together, as neither guild on its own would ever be able to get this done anyway) have been sitting around with our thumbs up our backsides is not only insulting, it's basically inaccurate.  We're constantly looking for more people to work with so that we can get to endgame.  Quit pretending like this is happening because nobody's acting.
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We now have approximately 20 raiding guilds on our server (i am guessing that is an extraodinary number). Historically, i would say 50% of the guilds doing Molten Core and Onyxia start out as a coalition. For example Dakor used Zeal and others to fill out their raids. But eventually the main guild in this case Dakor grows to a point where they no longer need the helper guild, Zeal. The end effect is Zeal disbanded just 2 weeks ago. Another example is the Horde Raiding Union (H.R.U.). They formed a coalition in April that survived until June. They have now split into two builds, Splintered Faction and Bogtroopers. I had the priviledge of being on their Ventrilo a few times. Coalitions only last a short time, its the facts. The smaller guild always gets the shaft when the larger one decides they can do it on their own.

The history of coalitions is short. Why loosely associate and have the chance of being discarded rather than taking a little bit more time and getting a 40 man raid group under the same label. Its the same effort doing both ways but far less risk if you go the one tag route.

I apologize if you feel i am slighting your leadership. Your picking a far difficult path, one that i would not take. I truly hope it works out for both of you in the end :)