Post by Tirena on Nov 26, 2010 21:59:41 GMT 1
PVE Rules
The following rules state how we expect you to behave in a given PVE situation.
Overall rules for PVE behaviour
- As the general ruleset states, we expect every member to treat other members with respect and patience. This of course also applies to the PVE groups. As we're all different invidivuals, not everyone has the same amount of experience or skill as you and thus shouldn't be treated inferior.
- The guild is foremostly a social guild and therefore good behaviour and a positive PVE environment is prioritized.
5-man dungeon groups
- While you aren't forced to help your fellow guild members gear up or do a daily heroic run, it is polite to ask your fellow guild members if they want to join your group, should you have any free slots.
- Looting and rolling on drops will in most cases be handled through the Greed and Need system. It doesn't hurt to check with your fellow guildies if they need a drop more than you before you roll. That way we can better help eachother gear up more efficiently. Of course, if two people need the same drop equally, the highest roll wins by default.
Guild Raids
- As a guideline, all raids are put up in the in-game calendar as guild events. You must sign up if you're expecting to get a spot in the raid.
- As with other events, if you have signed up as "participating" (green text) for a raid, you're expected to show up. If you are unsure if you have the time, sign as tentative. This gives us a better idea of what raid setups and roles we may or may not have on the given day. If you keep signing as "participating" and don't show up repeatedly it can result in a warning from the officers.
- Should you be unable to make it to a raid (because of unforseen reasons, for instance) it is expected, or at least regarded polite, to leave a message to an officer or another member to ensure we know you won't be available. Of course, this is impossible in some cases, but keep it in mind.
- Sign up few days before the raid if you know you can come. And as stated above, if you're unsure, sign as tentative. Be sure to check the calendar for raids frequently.
- As a rule of thumb you should be ready to be invited for a raid group 30 minutes before the raid is set to start. This means if the raid is set to 20:00 on a Thursday evening, you log on 19:30. You are more likely to get a raid spot if you log on at this time and it ensures better preparation and perhaps even an early start to the raid.
- During raids we use the application Skype to communicate verbally. Verbal communication has proven crucial to ensure the best success of our raids and we have thus made it mandatory to be in Skype calls during raids.
- We also expect you to install a few addons. The mandatory addons are "Deadly Boss Mods" and "Omen". Deadly Boss Mods is a database consisting of various helpful tools for boss encounters. The addons provides warnings for and cooldowns on certain spells the bosses use, tell you when a boss goes into a certain phase and many other useful things. It makes the overall flow of boss encounters much smoother. Omen is simply used to monitor your threat on a target, making sure you don't pull aggro off the tanks.
- During a raid all rules on proper behaviour still apply, of course. Therefore you should mind your language and tone to other members during a raid and show patience.
- It is crucial that you listen to and don't second-guess the decisions of your raid leader and appointed raid assistants.
- Keeping a quiet environment in the Skype call during a boss encounter or difficult trash pulls is important. This ensures the raid leadership can communicate smoothly and give the needed information and orders at the right times and it will also put less stress on the raiding environment. As a guideline you should only talk during an encounter if you've been appointed to do so.
Boss drops and rolling
- Our looting and roll guidelines don't follow that of regular hardcore raiding guilds in that we don't go by systems like DKP and so on. Instead we discuss the individual drops before the rolling commences.
- The raid leader is assigned Master Looter and thus all rolls are initiated with the "/roll"-command. As always, if various people need the same drops equally, they roll for it and the one with the highest roll wins the drop.
- Much like with 5-man groups, if one member has gone without an upgrade for a long time or if his/her general gear is lower than the rest (and thus needs the upgrade more) the drop will be discussed in the raid before rolling commences.
- As a rule of thumb main specs are prioritized over off specs. As a contrast this also means if the main spec rollers don't need the item, the off spec rollers are allowed to roll in their stead.
-With the Cataclysm expansion, it becomes even more of a disadvantage to use armor types that's not your class' main armor type, in that you get a bonus if all your armor pieces are of the same armor type. Therefore armor pieces always go to the rollers that have the same armor type.
PUG Rules
- Even though you're a member of our guild, you're of course allowed to join in on PUGs (pick-up groups).
- As a member of our guild you're expected to act accordingly towards people in the PUG (as well as outsiders in general), seeing as you're representing us. If you give a bad impression, the guild as a whole suffers for that. In other words, treat other players with respect and act mature, outside the guild as well - you're representing the whole guild.
- Although not mandatory, it's regarded polite to ask your fellow guildies if they want to join the PUG, should the group have a free spot, just as with 5-man groups.
- Darlick Fizzlecrank.