TERA news » Guild Interview: Nagas Stole My Bacon

Known on the forums for helpful guides, such as Eziel's Lancer Guide, and running the guild Nagas Stole My Bacon, Eziel answered some questions for us about how it all came about and where their guild is going next.

1.  How did you hear about TERA, and why did you decide to play?

I was looking for a new game to play after being out of the MMO scene for seven years. I came literally five seconds from clicking the purchase button of another MMO, but decided to do one more look and came across a link for TERA closed beta 1 that weekend. I gave it a try, and I was instantly hooked on the action combat. I was into TERA so much, I asked my wife (who has never played an MMO) to give it a shot in closed beta 3. It is nice having my special someone to quest and play TERA with.

2.  Tell us about your guild and its history.

Our guild is a very social, laid-back guild. The only rule of our guild is “Play TERA and have fun!” We participate in all aspects of TERA, including dungeons, questing, world boss hunting, battlegrounds, random events—and before nexus raids we organized and led the nexus battles on Feral Valley. We have a very good core of 15–20 regular players and 20 casual players. After playing with many guilds since closed beta 1 and seeing them all implode or fall apart, I decided to start a guild with my wife (Belle.Gunness) so that we could have extra bank room for our inventory. We came across some really awesome players that we hung around with and decided to join up to have fun. Then came the exciting part: deciding on a name together. My wife wanted to name us just “Bacon,” and I have no clue why everyone liked it so much. I suggested we make it entertaining—that something or someone stole it. The group came up with the idea the “Nagas Stole My Bacon.” You can read the in-depth story on the Feral Valley section of the forums.

3.  What’s a typical day/night like in Nagas Stole My Bacon?

Right now our members are focused on one thing: battlegrounds. We have numerous members ready to jump in to battlegrounds at any time. We’ve had a few rare instances where we were teamed against each other, and it turns into a 10- to 15-minute friendly trash-talk session. We take time out of our days to get our non-60 level players past areas with alts or use our higher levels to give them the support they need to get past those BAM or dungeon areas that can be troublesome if they need it. If you jumped into our communications app, you’d hear anything from music to people quoting movies, songs, comedic skits, or karaoke. We have some very colorful characters, and a lot of these members become much more than acquaintances, and that is the extraordinary thing I love about any MMO: getting to meet new people and become friends in RL.

4.  What has been the most difficult experience with the guild? Most rewarding?

Managing a guild with limited tools in game. Guild masters have to become proficient in finding new tools outside of the game to keep things running smoothly, and it causes communication issues at times on what is going on. A lot of players don’t like websites, and others don’t like voice chat systems. But everyone has to use the game, and we as guild masters need a much better system to communicate with our guild members on a daily basis and provide permissions for officers/members.

I never imagined I would lead a successful guild in TERA. I figured it might be a small group of friends or just me and my wife in a guild. Many players have come into our guild and have left to do more extraordinary things. Giving back to the community of TERA with guides, videos, and a place people can come learn to play the game with other players that take the time to help them. I know all the members of the Nagas (our short guild name) feel a sense of pride and reward in giving to others.

5.  What plans do you have for the guild in the future?

We’re going to continue to do what we are doing. Enjoy the game of TERA as long as we can. We are also working on a project to show the commerce of Ostagarth for our first vanarch cycle—it will be very interesting. We’re also running for our second cycle for Vanarch for Ostagarath, and I know we’ll be just as successful as we were last cycle. So if you’re on Feral Valley, vote “Nagas Stole My Bacon” for Arun.

Thanks, Eziel, for taking the time to tell us what’s up with your guild. Keep chasing that bacon!