Hey all, it seems like there's some interest in doing this, so I want to try and make sure the name is decent. I'll keep track of suggestions below. Feel free to vote for one, or throw out your own!
- PhatBearWeek
- 0xBEA2
- Path of Hexile
- BearsRus
- Absence of Surplus Value and Meaning
- Praxis
- The Immortal Science
- Working Class Ascendancy
- Productive Force Support
- Hexowl
- Wraeclast Commune
Edit: Wow, this thread blew up overnight! I think we have a good list of suggestions now, so I guess today I'll DM everyone who expressed interest and get a vote from each of you.
I vote for PhatBearWeek
Other suggestions:
The Immortal Science
Working Class Ascendancy
Productive Force Support
I am glad at least one other person liked my suggestion :meow-bounce:
Tagging people who expressed interest:
@notthenameiwant @SerLava @Intyga @Omegamint @KelquunDotre @anaesidemus @GoebbelsDeezNuts
Unclear if @bazingabrain was simply offering some help/support or actually expressing interest, but now I've tagged them anyway.
Can you pick colors of guild banners or something? Because #06BEA2 is a valid color, a nice teal
EDIT: Also #6BEA12 is a kind of lime green
I don't see anything related to a guild color in a quick Google search, unfortunately, but that can be the official Hexbear guild color nonetheless!
I have a dumb little guild already with like 4 friends - can't bail on them. But I do have interest in PoE with other hexbears just in general. I'm skipping this league but should be back for the next one.
Well, if you decide to log on at any point, we'll probably be chatting in global channel 1917, and you can friend me in-game if you like as well (my main char right now is Aiolornis).
I think Path of Hexile is fantastic! Where can I sign up to join? I've been playing almost every league since 3.0.0 but never been in a guild.
Where can I sign up to join?
You just did, my friend! You can join global channel 1917 for now to chat. Once the guild goes live I'll DM you (and everyone else) for a name to send a guild invite.
Is this an MMORPG? Is it F2P? I might give it a try if everyone else is.
It is a very RNG gated AARPG. There are ways to mitigate this but at this point it is pretty.... dense for new players.
I still like it, but don't want to misrepresent it.
It's not quite an MMORPG in the sense that WoW is (you can party with a max of 6 people, counting yourself, at a time), but it's definitely massively multiplayer. It's primarily an extension and refinement of D2, if you're familiar with that game. Trading is pretty strongly emphasized (though there's an entire section of the game for people who want to go it alone, known as Solo Self-Found), and a lot of the best gear is near-impossible to get without trading, and in many cases still quite difficult to get even with trading, as some of the best items cost truly absurd amounts of in-game currency to buy.
It is F2P, but it's difficult to manage with the extremely limited stash space you have available without paying. You will also find that your characters tend to look pretty bad without what the game calls "microtransactions," which are basically skins for various aspects of your character.
It's also quite complex; there's a ton of stuff going on in the game, which can be daunting to confront all at once. A lot of it can be simply ignored, and indeed most players have a specific set of content they primarily engage with, and another set they largely or entirely ignore. Other parts are inescapable, such as the very large passive-skill tree, which tends to frighten off a lot of potential players (but most of that can also be ignored, by simply following builds that tell you what parts of the tree to spend points on and when).
Now, with all of that said, it's a lot of fun if you can get into it, and the game is definitely designed to absorb as much time as you're willing to spend on it. Top-tier items are difficult to get, but not impossible if you learn the ropes, and those items are considered top-tier generally because they're either ridiculously powerful and/or insanely fun to use. (Anyone who's ever had a chance to use a Headhunter belt, one such top-tier item, can definitely vouch for this.)
I’m keen on the guild idea, but haven’t played an mmo in like fifteen years. Would I be in over my head?
Well, Path of Exile has a ton of content to it, but the game itself is fairly straightforward, and the biggest hurdle is really having people to explain things to you. The game has a lot of hidden stuff (for example, if you played D2 you may remember Horadric Cube recipes--well PoE has "vendor recipes" instead, where you sell certain items to a vendor and get something special back) but can be played successfully without knowing about much (or even any) of that.
The most daunting part for new players is generally the massive passive-skill tree (before you click that link: yes, it's enormous, but you don't need to know it very well or even necessarily at all; most builds indicate where your passive points should be placed and usually even in what order, and once you start wanting to customize your builds you can just use the search function to find what you're looking for).
Anyway you would certainly be welcome to join! My main character's name in-game is Aiolornis; feel free to message me!
Guild of Large son Lab Runners
Large Children Mapping
Moist Mappers
I might try it but the last few times I've played Poe haven't been very fun. Private leagues kind of helped with that but I was mostly just waiting to try poe 2 if that ever comes out.
Hey comrade! Sorry to say, I've already started the voting process, so I think the list is closed at this point. Would you like to participate in the voting? If so, please DM me a choice from the list above.
I'll be creating the guild and announcing the name in a new post tomorrow, a bit after noon US Eastern time. You'd be welcome to join if you like. (If we ever ran out of member slots I'd gladly buy more, but apparently guilds get 30 member slots to start, which seems like more than enough for us.)
