The Scary Bit

We expect ...

• You have read, understood and accepted the information contained in "Managing Expectations".

• You have read, understood and accepted the information relating to raid preparation contained in "What to Bring".

In essence:

• You do not sign up to a raid until you qualify for the minimum gear level set.

• You do not sign up to a raid unless you are fully aware of the start AND end time of a raid, and have every intention of attending for the full duration.

• You do not sign up for a raid until you have downloaded, installed and set up Teamspeak to connect to our raid Voice Chat.

• You do not attend a raid with absolutely no knowledge of the raid or fights - it is expected at the minimum that you will have done some research on each of the bosses - this information can be found on this site, wowhead, icy veins, youtube, etc.

• You are online, at the raid entrance, with all necessary consumables and fully repaired, prior to raid start time.

The Useful to Know Bit

• Anyone in the guild, irrespective of rank, abilities or experience, are welcome to sign up and join our raids.

• We have a "Werewolf" rank which long term members, who also raid, can attain.  This rank is not a requirement to raid, but a reward for long service and regular raid contributions.  They receive additional guild repairs and access to an extra Guild Vault tab.  This rank is reset/cleared at the start of every new expansion.

• Event sign-ups are accepted on a "first come, first served" basis, ie, the sooner you sign, the more likely you will get accepted, in your preferred primary role.

• We have a list of raiders that show their preferred roles.  You do not need to be on this list in order to raid, however, it is useful to be on there if you play a class that has multiple possible roles.

• We only take characters on our raids who are in our guild.

• Voice chat - everyone should be able to at least listen in voice chat.  We use Teamspeak for voice chat in raids (discord voice chat for everything else).  Teamspeak is used because: 

  • We have a special licence for a large, free Teamspeak server that a guild member hosts for us;

  • Teamspeak makes managing a raid easier than discord - there are some things it does, that discord doesn't;

  • Sometimes a raider will stream the event to discord - it makes it easier to keep the actual raiders and those just watching, separate;

  • Sometimes a raider will have a slight language issue, so will be in Teamspeak with the raid, but also in a discord voice channel with someone else who can help translate;

  • If one of the voice chat options goes offline .. we have another option.

• We ask that everyone sets their "loot role" to their current role.  This ensures that tanks, for example, are not competing with other raiders not currently in that role.  It also gives a little flexibility for those who may have two DPS specs, but some gear is set to different specs in the same role.

• When loot drops and you get the standard Blizzard loot frame with possible choices of Need, Transmog, Greed or Pass:

  • "NEED" if you need the item as an upgrade for ANY spec.

  • "TRANSMOG" if you would like the item for transmog.  You will only have a chance to win if no-one wants for "Need".  

  • DO NOT select "Greed".  Greed will only be used by the designated loot master to disenchanting unwanted gear.

  • "PASS" if you do not need it as an upgrade or transmog.

• The above loot system works as follows:

  • Anyone rolling Need for gear that is meant for their current spec gets priority (ie, tanks will have priority on tank gear).

  • Anyone rolling Need for gear that is meant for one of their other specs will only be competing against other off-spec rollers.

  • Anyone rolling Transmog will only be competing with others who roll Transmog, if no-one rolls Need.

  • In The War Within expansion, due to the changes in transmog, anyone rolling Transmog for items that can be displayed on that character (ie, cloth on a priest) will have priority over those rolling Transmog for their warband/alts (ie, rolling for cloth on a paladin).

  • The materials from disenchanting will be placed in the guild vault to help fund enchants for raiders.

• Notwithstanding the above loot rules, we also encourage raiders to be mindful what they're rolling for.  They should ask themselves how much of an upgrade it is for them compared to others who might want it; if they're on an alt that they will hardly ever raid in-guild with compared to someone who nearly always raids on that character.  Guild raids are a team event and if that trinket that is a 5 ilevel upgrade for you, but would be a 30 ilevel upgrade for them .. it might well benefit them, and the guild raids, more.

• Certain addons are considered to be necessary for raids.  Deadly Boss Mods (or equivalent) is a must for the majority of players.  Some fights are even tuned around the assumption that these addons are used.  Other addons are classed as "highly recommended", such as Weak Auras, where people can share plugins that create warnings/assistance for specific boss fights.

• We expect every raid member to visit our discord regularly, where updates, news and discussions relating to forthcoming raid events happen regularly.  Discord is also the place where organisers raise queries or can solve problems (outside of raid times!!).  Discord is our "guild chat" outside of the game.

• If real life happens (it does tend to do that) and you need to remove yourself from a raid, especially within 24 hours of the raid start, you should let the raid organiser know, to give them time to get a replacement, if needed.  If you are only able to attend a part of the raid, let the raid organiser know - it is possible you could join/leave part way through.  Do not just assume it will be acceptable to just leave part way through with no notice, or that you will just be able to jump in part way through a raid.