Albion Online Guilds

Albion online guilds were the first adventure into exploring my team capabilities and finding out who I am in an organisation. The TLDR-version is that I found out I am a chameleon. I am capable of filling leadership roles but I also don't mind being a 'foot soldier'. I found out my strengths are communication and keeping all possible perspectives in mind.

If you want to read more about my summarised timeline in Albion in regards to guilds, you can read that here:

Timeline

During the pandemic, I had a lot of free time. I looked for a new game to try out with a friend and tried Albion Online. We quickly got hooked and before I knew it I got 300 hrs played in a month and a half.

Fast forward to the summer and I was a very active member of an Albion Online guild named Mongol Khanate. I followed the guild progression track they had led out, taught newer players the ropes and organised groups to do higher tier content. Eventually, I became guild officer, which meant getting responsibilities but also having some say in how the guild was run.

I grew in responsibility and authority both in the guild and the alliance the guild was a part of. This was my first experience in leadership and an environment where communication is very important. Not only internally, inside the guild but also towards other guilds and leaders, similar to diplomatic relations. I looked to fill the gaps, because of that I learned to shot call (which I later made a guide about) and lead armies of hundreds of players.

Although I was doing a lot and enjoying it, many players I still call friends to this day left the guild as it had some trouble growing into a more mature and veteran focus guild. Additionally, I struggled with trying to lead the guild in the way that the former leader (he had some real life things going on which made me functionally the leader) intended and I also struggled with the fact that a lot of the guild was dependent on my initiatives and efforts to organise activities. This prompted me to make the (at the time) difficult decision to leave the guild and join my friends in another guild.

A few guilds later, I had a similar track but in a more familiar guild, named Wrath of Dawn. This guild was part of the alliance that Mongol Khanate was in back when I held a lot of responsibility. It was familiar, I knew the people and the people were also more aligned with my playstyle.

Over the years, I gradually reduced my playtime because I got a bit tired of some quirks of the game. The last period of time I focused on specific content and only logged in to do scheduled activities. But then, I was committed and recorded my footage, reviewed it and wrote feedback for teammates (and myself).