I love my guild but is it time to move on?

"AnnerDoon;c-1164021" wrote:
WARNING: Cold Harsh Truth Below

I don't have first hand knowledge of your particular situation. But I'd be seriously surprised if anybody in your guild would come bail you out of jail. They are typically anonymous acquaintances, not your best friends. If you want to progress in the game, move on and get familiar with the anonymous acquaintences in your new guild. They're probably pretty good folks, too. But if you want to continue to have friendly chat with people you've never met while you wait for them to catch up, that's fine too.

Before the flame-fest starts, I'll say this. Having played for the last year and a half, I really like the guys in my current guild... and my previous guild.... and the one before that... and the one before that. But I don't really chat with anybody from my previous guilds anymore. I've moved on, and so have they. It happens. The reality is, it's a game with a social component, not the focus of my social life.

Spoken with wisdom and accurately hit the nail on the head.

First off, when one remembers back the first day they installed SWGOH, most players probably had the motive in the lines of "okay, lets play star wars" and not "okay, lets try this app and see if we can chat with someone" - the gameplay of a game should be the core activity, if someone is experiencing a shifting focus from gaming to chatting to keep up some social contacts with people half or more a continent away, then either the game itself or the player's social life might need a push in the correct direction again.

Furthermore, one word: "facebook friends".
Virtual friends (or guildmates for that purpose here) from any online game, whom many onliners have most probably not even met IRL will not bail you outta jail, take care of your sick parents, watch over your kids, or substantonally be there as a helping hand in life's situations where one needs a real friend at his/her side. With guildmates, it's the same: you can have fun with them but for the most part, most players have fun in their guilds anyway.
However, keeping up virtual friendships is not the same as progressing in a game. Some are slower, than others (reasons don't matter, it's a fact) and more so often it's time to try out other environments where one can flourish better.