Overall GoalSeradane is a casual hardcore raiding guild. The casual part means that there are only 3-4 raids a week, we only raid 10man content and we value and respect each other as people and as friends. The hardcore part means that when we raid, we really raid. That means high requirements to skill, dedication and attendance. The overall goal is to progress through 10man raiding content as fast as possible within this framework. The guild may open for 25man raids at a later stage, but currently we recruit with 10man raids as the target.
Raid timesWe raid Wednesday, Thursday and Monday from 19.00 to 23.30. There may be a raid Sunday 13.00 to 17.30. Note that endtimes is the absolutely latest that the raid will end. The raid may end before that if the raidleader decides so. Invites go out 15 mins before raid start (see “Raid invite procedure” for details).
What is expected from leadership:- Leadership provides raids with several highly skilled raid leaders with huge amounts of raid leading experience from 10man and 25man raids.
- Leadership provides a good raiding atmosphere with high focus on skill, progress and proper treatment of each other.
- Leadership is friendly and mature and leaders respect both members and co-leaders as people, here are no “raid-bots”.
- Leadership is aware of its responsibility for keeping the guild in good shape at all times and if something is not working the right way, be assured the leaders will address the problem right away.
- Several skilled leaders. This means that everything keeps working if one of them is afk for a period(vacation, computer problems etc).
- Leadership works hard towards maximizing “Effective raid time”. That means a very small amount of waiting time during raid.
- No drama in leadership. We are friends, we share the same goal and we work hard towards it.
What is expected from raiders:- You have to know the tactics for the trash and the bosses that is on the raid program in advance. Tactics will not be explained on the raid, only specific assignments for that raid will be explained.
- You have to have skill and you have to have in-depth knowledge of your class.
- You have to be prepared so you always have pots and flasks to be popped at the raid leader’s command.
- You have to keep 80% raid attendance (see details in Raid attendance definition).
- You have to keep full attention on the game when we raid. When we raid we really raid. That means no slacking, no watching TV etc. Full performance on the raid is expected.
- You have to have a solid connection and a solid computer. When we raid we really raid, that means we can’t tolerate more than the very rare DC and lag.
- You have to be a nice person who respects your fellow raiders and keep a nice tone in raids.
- You have to accept that wiping is an important part of raiding and you have to be able to attend several nights of wiping in row without getting unmotivated or in a bad mood. The guild will not accept any negative attitude because of wiping.
- You have to participate in forum discussions. That includes commenting new applicants and giving your valuable input to tactic discussions and generally following all topics that are relevant for you and the guild.
It is your responsibility that the things mentioned above are in order. If you can say “check” to all those things, then you are ready to raid. If not, then you are not ready to raid. Do not sign for raid if you are not ready to raid.
Raid attendance definitionAs mentioned above we require 80% raid attendance from our raiders. All raiders will be continuously evaluated by the guild leadership: This evaluation includes attendance and if someone drops below 80% action may be taken. Raiders that need to take breaks due to vacation or other RL stuff must announce this on forums with start and end date of the break. Leadership will then decide if they keep their raider rank or if they are demoted to casual and a replacement is found. A rule of thumb for this is that if you go on vacation 1-2 weeks 2-3 times a year you will keep your rank but if you go away for 6 months you will loose it. Each case will be considered individually by guild leadership.
Ranks and leadershipGM
Officer
Raider
Raider Trial
Casual
Casual Trial
Alt
GM and officers: These people take part in organizing the guild and make sure that it is healthy and in good shape. They also have to live up to the requirements mentioned in “What does the leadership expect from raiders”. An officer meeting will be held every Thursday after raid. The GM and the officers form a council. All decisions are made this way: First a proposal is made, then a debate with pros and cons is run and then a vote is held. The GM and the officers all have 1 vote each. All issues are decided by majority except recruitment decisions. A player is only recruited if all officers at the meeting vote yes. Only officers that show up for a meeting will have a vote. Officers that do not show up for a meeting cannot expect to be heard in matters that are discussed at that meeting.
Raiders: Raiders take part in all the raiding efforts. Raiders have to live up to the requirements mentioned in “What does the leadership expect from raiders”. In return they get an almost permanent raid spot in a lot of fantastic raids in a great raiding environment with great leaders.
Raider trial: If an application for raider is accepted, the person gets invited to the guild and receives this rank. The person has this rank for approximately 1 month and then a decision is made, either that person is accepted and gains Raider rank or is rejected and gets removed from the guild. Raider trials have to fulfil the same requirements as raiders and gain the same benefits.
Casuals: Casuals are people we just like to chat with, hang around with and do stuff with outside raids. There are no requirements to casuals except that they are nice people. Casuals can only get a raid spot if no raiders are able to fill that particular spot. If a casual gets invited to a raid then he has the same loot rights as everyone else in the raid. If you as casual are asked if you want to join a raid, you are free to decline, no hard feelings, no questions asked. Casual rank is not a stepping stone to become a raider. If you are a casual and you want to raid regularly then post an application and it will be treated like all other applications.
Casual trial: If an application for casual is accepted, the person gets invited to the guild and receives this rank. The person has this rank for approximately 1 month and then a decision is made, either that person is accepted and gains Casual rank or is rejected and gets removed from the guild.
Alt: Alts of members. Alts have the same rights and obligations as casuals.
LootLoot is on masterloot in raids. Loot for mainspec is distributed via the "Suicide kings" loot system. It is described in detail here:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Suicide_Kings.
A short summary:
There is a list with everyone on it. When an item drops and 3 people need it, the person of those 3 that has the highest position on the list gets the item and is moved down to the bottom of the list and everyone else are then moved 1 spot upwards in the list. People not in the raid are not moved upwards when an item is distributed.
Note that if an item drops that is an upgrade for you, then you are expected to say you need it (and thus receive it and move to the bottom of the list). People are only allowed to need on items that do not fit their armor class if there is no similar item in-game in their armor class for that slot. If no mainspecs want a particular item then it is offered for offspec. Offspec items are rolled for, that means you do not loose your spot on the list when an offspec item drops.
Guild roster goalsSeradane wants a tightly knit raid group. That means you get to know the people you raid with and it is easier to progress. We currently aim for this roster of raiders (people with rank GM, officer and raider):
7 DPS.
3 Healers.
2 Tanks.
At least 1 of the DPS must be able and ready to respec to tank if needed.
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Raid invite procedureThe raid leader will create an event in the in-game calendar system. This should be done no later than 24 hours before raid start.
Invites go out at 18.45. When you are not in raid you can idle in a city, but you have to be in front of the computer, ready to receive an invite. When the raid is full, the raid leader will announce that in guild chat. When you receive the invite you start moving to the instance right away. First pull will be done at 19.00, that means you have 15 mins to travel to the instance. For Sunday raids the procedure is the same but the times will be invites at 12.45, first pull at 13.00. If a full raid is not obtained 15 mins after invites have started, the raid is canceled unless the leader has reasons to keep waiting a bit, in that case he will inform the raid about the situation.
Raid spot distributionRaid spots will be distributed according to what the raid leader feels is best for the guild. “Best for the guild” is the choice that moves the guild towards the goals mentioned in “Overall goals”. That might be bringing the best geared people or bringing those that need more gear depending on what he feels will bring the guild closer to the overall goals. It might also be to get someone in who did not get a raidspot last time to give that person a chance to raid as he might be valuable for the guild later. Everything regarding this is up to the raid leader except the following: Raiders always have priority over casuals. Casuals can only be invited to raids if no raider is able to fill that particular spot. Raiders always have priority over alts. We prefer not to bring alts to raids, we might have to do it if there is no raider that can fill the spot.
Leadership in raidsA raid has ONE leader. That is the raid leader. Everyone must listen to the raid leader and do what he/she says at all times. The raid leader will often use up to three co-leaders: A tank leader, a heal leader and a DPS leader. The tank leader is responsible for that everything is marked properly, pulls come at a good speed and that everything that should be tanked is tanked. The tank leader also co-ordinates tanking on bossfights. The heal leader organizes healing if needed. Normally all healers will heal everyone that takes damage, but if some special healing assignments are needed, the heal leader will handle that. The heal leader also organizes healing on bossfights. The DPS leader makes sure that the DPS'ers stand the right places, makes sure they do what they are supposed to ect. The co-leaders will often but not always be "class leaders" for the 3 "classes". (see "Class Leaders" for details).
If you are unsatisfied with what happens in raids (loot distribution, the tactics we use, the speed of things etc), you can mention it 1 time in raid and the raid leader will consider your opinion. He may or may not use your suggestion. If he does not use it, please don’t keep bugging about it in raid but take it to the forums and it will be properly discussed and analysed here. Raids are not a discussion club, when we raid, we really raid!
Guild BankThe philosophy for the guild bank is “What comes from the raid is going into the raid”. This means that we do not aim for the guild bank to be rich. We aim for it to help the raid. The bank earns money by selling drops no one needs and dust/shards from disenchanted loot. The bank spends money on everything that can help the guild towards the goals mentioned in “overall goals”. This can for example be respeccing people for raids if we need them in their offspec, buying pots for the raid, buying repair bots, offering free repairs for shorter periods of time etc. The guild bank should not collect a lot of gold. If it is accumulating large amounts of money, then it must use more money on helping the raid.
Class leadersWe have 3 "class" leaders. One for healers, one for tanks and one for DPS'ers. The job of a class leader is:
* Often (but not necessary always) to be co-leader on raids.
* Give recommendations to the council about raiders if he feels some action should be taken. However the decision is in the hands of the council.
* Give recommendations to the council about applicants. Should they have a trial or not? However the decision is in the hands of the council.
* Give hints and help to new and old members of the class on how to perform optimally in raids.
As a raider you are always welcome to go to your "class" leader if there is something within your "class" that you don't think is working optimal in raids. The "class" leader can use your input to make things work better or bring it to the council if that is needed.
Leadership responsibilitiesLeadership is responsible for keeping the guild healthy and in good shape. This is an everyday task for all leaders, however the most important jobs have at least 1 person responsible for them.
Each area of responsibility is assigned to at least 1 person. That means that it is always clear who has the responsibility for getting a certain job done. This does not mean that leadership will not help each other with the different responsibility areas. This just means that if something is not done, we know whom to turn to. The responsibility areas are listed below along with the people assigned to that task.
GM - Metro
Website - Metro, Gothia, Wraix, Spinxx
Guild bank – Gothia
Raid planning – Spinxx
Tank "class" leader - Spinxx
DPS "class" leader - Gothia
Healer "class" leader - Wraix
Raid leading - Wraix, Spinxx and to some degree Metro
This does not mean that the responsible person decides what happens in these areas. It means that the person responsible of an area will make sure that that area works. For example the one assigned to raid planning will make sure that raid planning is getting done, the one responsible for the website will make sure that someone updates the website etc.
