The Dark Swarm is looking for truly laid-back adults (18 and up) that want to have fun and be a part of a friendly, relaxed guild- perfect for people with the duties of full time jobs, families, and floating play time schedules due to the unpredictable availability life can cause.
We are always looking to meet new friends! We have an amazing group of people, and chat can be active in game and Discord (text), but we occasionally have lulls. Please be patient with us while we revitalize our roster!
Some things The Dark Swarm is:
► A guild who has been around since BC.
► A place for fun, mature people. You must be 18+ to join. Sense of humor strongly recommended ☺
► A guild interested in enjoying the game in our own ways. Some of us like to PvP, others like to run heroics, mythic+, and raids. Some like to level characters and professions, some love to collect things and camp rares. We welcome all styles of gameplay.
Some things The Dark Swarm is not:
► A raiding guild. If you are looking to raid on a team regularly, we are not for you. We have no interest in organizing progression raids for current content any longer. Any raiding outside of older content is done through PuGs/ LFG.
► A leveling guild. We accept characters of all levels, but we are looking for people who want to make us their permanent home, not leave once capped and geared.
► A hardcore PvP guild. Some of us do Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds, but if you want a guild who is strictly PvP oriented, we will not be a fit for your interests.
The Dark Swarm is interested in:
► Creating a tight- knit family of players who like to have a good time. Not a social butterfly? That's ok! If you are more comfortable with shutting off chat and just having a safe place for your characters, that is perfectly fine- we will be here for you if you want to interact or have questions.
► Guild events. We have had events in the past, and would be open to it again.
► Achievements. We enjoy getting groups together for achievements including metas for mounts, and guild achievements.
► Past content; we like to go back into some older content for fun from time to time as well. Examples are guild OS3D to get people Drakes, or BC raids for Transmog gear.
► Fun; most importantly, continue to be a relaxed environment to hang out in and meet fun people. Play when you want, the way you want.

Other Info:
▪ We have a Community of the same name for Cross- Faction invites. Don't forget to select 'cross- faction' in the search filter!
▪ We are listed in the Guild Finder for easy invites!
▪ We use Discord for voice/text.  We are NOT active in our voice chats. Voice is generally only used when needed for groups or events, but are always available for members to use.

Interested in joining? Questions? Contact us by one of the methods below!
► Comment on this post
► Discord @ goddess_suicune (please tell me why you are messaging lol)
► In-Game (Suicune- Azuremyst)
 

Would you like to learn to raid but don't know where to start, don't have a guild team to help you, or are intimidated by the pugs in LFG?
 
I am running Alliance Tuesday "learning raids" on OpenRaid, a website for organized wow events. Sign up to get a small taste of "real" raiding and work on learning the fights, learning your spec, and learning what raiding is all about.
 
If you would like to join, you will need to create OpenRaid profile on http://openraid.org/
 
You can see my raid events on OpenRaid in my profile: http://openraid.org/c/132360/381599 Click "Upcoming Raids" on the Left-hand side menu
I'll keep making these for Tuesdays. These might be cancelled early on if we don't get enough sign ups but I will keep making them until we have a group going.
 
I can be contacted @ RudeByFiat#1329
 
There are other learning raids on OpenRaid -- Mordecai runs 2 raids a week one for Alliance and one for Horde. See his thread here: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/17071166989
 
 
About me and about this event:
 
My name is Morganna, GM and RL of <TenPercentMoreDelicious> (we are moving to Sargeras!) that was 10/14M in SoO, AotC in HM and BRF and our team is 5/13 H HFC. I made the Tuesday learning raids because of the "That's right, I'm scared to join LFM groups" thread on battle.net General forums.
 
I'm not a pro-raider but I like the challenge of raiding and I like the social aspect of it. I was a total noob keyboard turning in LFR about 2 years ago until I decided to try raiding through OpenRaid. In a few months I went from being totally clueless to leading my own Normal (Heroic) team. We are taking a break from raiding so I thought I could try starting a learning group.
 
People seem to be afraid to try out "real" raiding. If that is the case, my event is for those who are actually interested in learning in a friendly non-intimidating environment.
 
However, this is NOT a carry group. We will discuss strategy, mechanics, what went wrong, what needs to be improved, and players will be asked to perform things like interrupts, dispels, etc.
 
If you sign up, you will be given feedback and will be expected to make sincere efforts to learn and improve as we work through the encounters. All fights will be logged to warcraftlogs.com and anyone interested in feedback about their play or what they need to work on will be welcome to contact me after the raid.
 
Finally, this is NOT a group for people who are impatient, elitist, or generally obnoxious. There will be wipes and we might not actually kill anything.
 
Thanks for reading and hope to see some of you at my events!

Guild Name: From Ashes
Faction: A
Realm: Kel'Thuzad - US
Realm Type: PVP
 
From Ashes is looking for players that are reliable, dedicated and exceptional for casual paced Normal/Heroic progression. We are currently 12/13 Normal and looking to move into Heroic. Tue/Thur 8PM - 11PM EST. All players welcome including cross server.
PST for more Info
 
Schroomin#1167

For those that don't know, OpenRaid has created a WARLOCK ONLY T14H run this Saturday.
 
The goal: Beat EU-Horde's warlock team
 
Currently, EU-Horde has a lot more signed up, and personally, I don't wanna get beaten by this team of scrubblings.
 
The event is this Saturday, 17 May at 5pm EDT New York / 11pm CEST Paris
 
Link to the battle: http://openraid.us/main/news/131
Link to the sign up: http://openraid.us/events/view/193447
 
Read the sign up instructions. Be sure to watch videos on all the fights.  This forum thread can continue to be used to talk about personal survival strategy for any fight (bosses will melt, but no reason to go in blind), although I am hopefully that Dpsonroids will give any info they feel is necessary to the success of the run.
 
For the US-Alliance!!!

<Echelon> on Black Dragonflight is recruiting for MoP raiding. Echelon was 8/8 HM 25m in Dragon Soul (10% buff) and is a guild for excellent players who are unable to commit to 3+ days a week, yet still desire upper level content progression. Echelon is a stable 25 man raiding guild that has been progression raiding consistently since Ulduar.
We raid 2 (TWO) nights a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-12 EST (server time). On off nights, we generally run 10 man runs for alts and those who were not able to make it to the main raid.
As of 11/9/2012...
We are currently 4/6 Normal HoF
We are currently 2/6 HEROIC MoguShan
We are currently 6/6 Normal HoguShan
Because we raid so little, it is important that applicants be top tier of players and come to raids prepared. This includes showing up consistently for raids, knowing encounter details and strategies, and having the proper consumables. Although we have a casual schedule and fun guild environment, we focus on progression during raid times.
We are currently looking for a few players to round out our raiding core all classes and specs are welcome to apply!
Please visit our website at
www.echelonguild.com
realID is [email protected]
or contact Taters or Squigums if you are interested in joining or would like additional information.