What do people think of when they think of Downfall (ignore Blood-Faith)? Is Downfall ONLY a guild for hardcore raiders? Some, might say yes. I enjoy the atmosphere created by Downfall members, But I am not a hardcore raider, nor will I ever be. I am married, have a child on the way, a full time job, bills to pay, mouths to feed, blah blah blah real world living. Yet I still like to play WoW. I just cannot afford to spend the amount of time it takes to raid the major instances. I know there are more than a few people in this situation in Downfall.

Do I have a place in Downfall? Do non-raiders, non-hard core PVPers have a place? Of course. We just have to know where that place is.

I have played MANY MMOs over the years. I have found that it is pretty much the same with all of them: hit the cap, the non-hardcore get frustrated about content because they can't spend hours and hours playing to achieve "that one cool item". MMO - Massively Multiplayer. At end-game, it is all about multiplayer. You HAVE to submit yourself to playing with others to have any sort of enjoyment out of the game. WoW is different because it allows the casual player to play casually and achieve great things - but you still need to play with others.

I get frustrated because I ask for help, but people are busy doing dailies, arenas, in raid, the list goes on. I KNOW there are others in guild that feel the same, I am not alone.

So what do I do? I Log in, ask for help in g-chat, whisper a few people, get told thy are busy, get no response in green chat, and decide to do weenie quests I can solo. I play for a little while, watching the chat go by, wanting to feel like I am a part of the guild.

I don't want anyone to think this is a whiny rant about the people in downfall, it is most definately NOT. I want to find people who play the style that I play, who are where I am in the scope of end-game -- right at the beginning. I would like to run Kara, but I can't play 3+ hours a night (I can one night a week if I am lucky). I would like to run heroic 5-mans, or even reg 5-mans, maybe even do a little Arena PVP. But I have no one to ask, because I don't know who to ask.

I am sure there are those out there like me. who want to do these things but don't know where to go.

I suppose when it gets right down to it, I am looking for those people who cannot devote alot of time to WoW, who still love the game, and who want to do more than get frustrated when they can't find the help they need to progress.  There are may ways to get the cool stuff, it just won't be the hardcore endgame stuff.

So, to the casual players, speak up!!