Vias is also right, as the majority of the raid members has a life. Unfortunately Lindenkron
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I tried to recruit through trade already, indeed a lot of laughs (which spammed trade chat after), but attention is better than no attention right?, I got 1 serious whisper from trying once so.
Also if you have a huge liveID friend list with a lot who doesn't already know about it, it is also a way, I got some recruits through that as well. However as mentioned before, it takes a good chunk of time and dedication just to get the character to 50 and then geared etc. my recruits are not even 50 yet though one of them seem pretty excited serious about it, now 40 something I think. Also the more recruits one/we have the harder it is to keep every single one motivated if they don't follow up on streams/forums and so on.
But if all of oru about 10 core raid members recruit at least 1-2 more then we'll be 20-30 raiders in some weeks if we reach our goal
more raiders is just as important as a core group I think, because it is them that always can fill up the spots when one of the core raiders can not show up, and then make the flow and progress continue.
Anyone know if it is possible to invite cross-realm players to an event on the in-game Calendar? When I were raiding 49 pve, I always used the in-game calendar to motivate people, to remind those people of next raid who doesn't have time or lust to check forums all the time. Also gives everyone an idea of how many will come. + There is space to post some extra motivational information in-game for everyone.
The more places it says when next raid is the higher the chance is to reach out to everyone, also those that made a 50 just as a side project.
EDIT: Generally try to recruit some that you enjoyed/enjoy playing with and who enjoyed/enjoys playing with you too. Aswell as one you usually have something to talk about with. Because I usually find new recruits who only knows about the project through me for example to contact me a lot and ask about everything concerning the gear,spec,raid etc. Be ready for that and try to say it for the 100time with a smile
The more we can get in the better.
Another way I tried to recruit was to pick on random (usually wellgeared) lvl 50s I found and tried to talk them to come and raid with us tonight before leveling on, and if they like it perhaps they would stay or make another 50, because the one that you try to convince had already planned that the character should be lvled and not to stay at 50.