Ghosts of War Policy and Proceedure - Revised 4/20/2009

  1. General Information

    1. When in game, all members must represent the guild in a positive manner.
    2. Ghosts of War is a need-before-greed (NBG), DKP guild.
    3. Official guild raids are held from 7:30pm - 11:30pm Eastern on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
    4. 70% attendance over any given 30 day period is required.
    5. When on raids, all members are expected to give 100%.
    6. We use Ventrilo during raids. It is mandatory that members must be able to at least listen on vent during raids.
    7. We are a guild of adults who do joke around quite a bit, if you are easily offended by foul language or the occasional "off color" joke, this is not the guild for you.
    8. Rules are subject to change, with notification, at the Officer's discretion. Reasonable efforts will be made to include guild members in discussions of policy changes, but guild leadership reserves the right to make changes as needed for the good of the guild.
    9. We do not allow alts in other guilds without leadership's permission.
    10. If you leave the guild for any reason, your DKP and raid attendance are reset to 0.

  2. Applicants and Recruits

    1. Recruitment Requirements

      1. Applicants must:
        1. Be at least 18 years of age, or show the maturity of an adult.
        2. Be unguilded
        3. Not be applying to another guild
        4. Be level 80 with at least 120 Achievement (AA) Points
        5. speak and read English fluently
      2. The character seeking membership must be the your main, or the character you plan on playing as your main in the guild.

    2. Recruitment Period

      1. The recruitment period begins with a posted app and lasts 2 weeks or so.
      2. during this time a few things will happen:
        1. The applicant will be tagged as a recruit
        2. They will earn DKP for each raid they attend.
        3. They are expected to make each raid that the possibly can. Given that some people have restrictions they may not make every single raid.
        4. They should never take offense when an officer or another member offers advice.
        5. Recruits should be able to take constructive criticism
      3. At the end of the 2 week period an approval poll will be posted.
        1. If a recruit gets 70% of the members that voted to say YES, they should be in the guild, then they will be promoted to member.
        2. If a recruit gets 70% NO votes, then they are deguilded.
        3. Anything between the two is a 1 week extension
      4. If your application is extended, it is YOUR responsibility to find out why from an officer.
      5. At the end of the 1 week, a 2nd poll will be put up:
        1. 70% YES votes will get you promoted to member.
        2. Anything lower will get you deguilded.

  3. Raids and Attendance

    1. Attendance

      1. We understand and want members to have a life beyond EQ2. This is why we only raid 4 nights a week.
      2. Five minute breaks are announced approximately 30 minutes after the hour, each hour, by the raid leader. Members should not go afk at any other time during a raid except for emergencies.
      3. If you know you be unable to make a raid, you must post an MIA as soon as possible before raid time. Please do so in the appropraite board.
      4. We take Unposted MIAs Seriously
        1. After the first unposted MIA, you will receive a warning.
        2. After the second unposted MIA, you will lose 400 DKP.
        3. After the third unposted MIA, you are placed on Non-Raid Status for 2 weeks, and will receive a big DKP loss.
        4. If this policy is abused, you will need to talk with the raid leaders and officers to see if Ghosts of War is the best guild for you.
      5. "Sitting" will not affect members' attendance record, unless they abuse this priviledge

    2. Raid Readiness

      1. All members and recruits are expected to:
        1. Be at the zone in, or in the guild hall 15 minutes before the raid, or have their characters parked in the guild hall if they know they'll be late.
        2. Have enough food and drink for the entire raid.
        3. Have all gear at 100%
        4. Have enough coin to cover repairs including the possibility of multiple repair bots.
        5. Have the appropriate back up and resist gear available.
        6. Have already purchased and have in one's inventory, any items required to maximize your performance on that particular raid. This could include but is not limited to Miracles and Blessings, Potions, poisons, Status Items.
        7. Have the ability to make yourself invisible or stealth

    3. Raid Forming

      1. It is up to the raid leaders who raids when.
      2. They will form the raid based on:
        1. The best classes for the mob/zone
          1. This includes taking an alt of a needed class over a member of an unneeded class that can fill that spot.
          2. If a recruit appears to fill any spot better than a member than the recruit will take the spot
        2. Skill and ability of the players on
        3. Availabity to stay the entire raid
        4. Availability of a Call of the Hero/Call of the Tinkerer if you are a Tinkerer.
        5. Quest update needed, including mythical updates
      3. Alts are allowed to raid with the guild, if they meet a specific need of a particular raid where a main character is unavailable to fill. The raid leader decides this at raid time.
      4. If your personal alt needs a quest update that may be accessed on a raid, let the raid leaders or officers know. Permission to join will be at the discretion of the raid leader at raid time.

    4. Ventrilo During Raids

      1. We understand and appreciate people like to give input, however rambling on Vent during a raid too often leads to confusion, miscomprehensions and lost battles.
      2. Only the Raid Leader or person designated by the raid leader may make calls during the raid. This includes but is not limited to calls for the raid to wipe, heals to certain people, feigns, etc.
      3. It is imperative that we do not clog vent with random chat during battle and when raid commands are being given as this leads to frustration, confusion and needless wipes.
      4. If an officer or raid leader at any time asks to quiet vent, please comply immediately.
      5. We are not trying to tell people they can't have fun and talk. There is simply a time and place for it to be done.

    5. Learning a new/changed mob

      1. While learning a new mob, we need everyone to keep vent clear.
      2. If you have something to add before we open vent to everyone, send an officer a tell.
      3. If you need to communicate with your group, or other members of the raid, there are various tools available in game and on ventrilo:
        1. Binds in vent
        2. Group chat
        3. In Game Voice chat
        4. Custom Chat channels
      4. We will get several pulls on the new mob so that everyone in raid can get as much information as possible.
      5. We then will have the entire raid discuss what they see and give opinions.
      6. Next, Raid Leader and officers will take over to perfect the strategy at which time the chatter will stop. We do not need multiple people in vent giving multiple strategies on how to do an encounter at this point, especially mid-fight.
      7. Finally the Raid Leader will explain what needs to be done and everyone is expected to give 100% to execute the strategy.
      8. New mobs may have a steep learning curve to defeat. This strategy may be repeated for pros and cons instead of trying to change everything after a few wipes.

  4. Non-Raid Status and Guild Removal

    1. Members are mainly placed on non-raid status and/or booted from the guild for:
      1. Selling tradeable loot bid on with DKP such as but not limited to transmutables
      2. Extended MIAs
      3. Unposted MIAs
      4. Behavior causing negative reputation to GoW.
      5. Dropping below 70% raid attendance without first talking to the officers about a possible issue
      6. At the discretion of the leaders, officers, and raid leaders.
        1. An officer, raid leader, or guild leader will not boot you from the guild just because they feel like it, unless your name is Itama. You have more than likely done something to upset the officer core to have this happen, such as constantly mess up during a raid.
    2. To be removed from Non-Raid Status a member must fulfill the required time and penalty (if any), as well as sustaining no infractions during the non-raiding period.
    3. While on Non-Raid Status, members may build raid attendance, but not earn DKP until a new approval poll is posted for your return to raid status.
    4. Loot Priority for non-Raid status members is below alts, people sitting, and recruits.
    5. We may or may not place the member in the alt guild.

  5. DKP, Loot, Bids, And all that good stuff

    1. DKP

      1. Members and recruits in raid and sitting earn 25 points of DKP per raid hour unless otherwise noted
      2. DKP is awarded at the DKP officer and raid leader's discretion for non-manditory raids including, but not limited to cancelled and contested raids.
      3. Should anyone leave the guild for any reason other than an extended MIA, or the Itama rule, their DKP will be reset to 0
      4. Members who fail to update their extended MIAs every 30 days will have their DKP reset to 0
      5. At times you may lose DKP. This will happen if you mess up during a raid
      6. If you are not in raid at the time a contested x4 raid starts and there are less than 24 people on, or a contested x2 and less than 12 people are on and dkp is awarded, you will not be given dkp fpr that raid.

    2. DKP for Sitting

      1. Camp your main and any alts at the entrance of the current raid zone (preferred), or be able to get your main character to the raid zone within 5 Minutes.
      2. You will receive DKP for sitting as long as:
        1. You don't abuse the sitting policy.
        2. You can be reached if needed, by, but not limited to:
          1. Another guild member letting you know we need you
          2. Phone
          3. Text message
          4. Ventrilo
          5. The station launcher friends network
          6. In EQ2 or another SoE game on the universal chat system (such as EQ or Vanguard), on a character that we can reach
      3. If you are not in the zone within 5 minutes, you will lose your DKP and raid attendance for the night.

    3. Loot

      1. If TRADEABLE LOOT drops, all members including those who are sitting can bid it on. An officer will loot the item so that stats are linked in guild chat. If you win, see the Officer after the raid to receive your item.
      2. Items may not be purchased with DKP or from the guild bank to be sold, traded or given away to anyone other than the member's own guilded alt(s). Attempting to do so will result in the member's DKP being set to zero for the first attempt and GUILD REMOVAL for the second.
      3. If the raid leader has specifically asked an alt to be on a raid, the alt may bid on any loot that may drop based on NBG policies. Bidding is done from and based on the main's DKP pool.
      4. If you ask to bring your alt instead of your main on a raid and the raid leader permits it, you will fall into the recruit order of the bidding process.
      5. If you are asked to 2-box a character on a raid you may bid freely for both of those characters, as they were needed on raid to help acquire our goal.

    4. Bid Proceedure

      1. We use an open bid system in which bids are given auction style in increments of 25 in guild chat (/GU).
      2. The first bid in guild chat is the official bid, if bids are duplicated, the second bidder may raise their bid or pass.
      3. Bid Broceedure
        1. An item is mentioned or linked, and the bid starts
        2. Second call, you better get your bids in!
        3. Last call: no new bidders may be made from the current priority tier. If no one is in the bid the next tier starts.

      4. Loot Priority

        1. Members in raid, and alts asked to come based on class need by the raid leader.
        2. Members sitting, recruits, and alts
        3. Non-raid status
        4. Guests that are invited

    5. Guild Splits

      1. On the last thursday of each month, unless there is a major holiday or expansion launch coming, at which time a new date will be chosen, between 2/3 and 3/4 of the coin in bank 4 will be split amongst the guild based on Raid Attendance
      2. You must have at least 70% raid attendance to receive a guild split, although some exceptions apply
      3. The guild split is tiered starting at 70% and going up every 10%.
      4. The guild split is calculated based on the split factor found on each member's GoWDKP page below their raid attendance but above their raid attendance percent.
        1. Between 70 and 79 percent receives a 0.5
        2. Between 80 and 80 receives a 2.5
        3. Above 90 receives a 4.5
      5. The sum of everyones split factor is taken and divided by the guild bank funds that we want to split
      6. We multiply the new number by each members split factor and we get their guild split!

  6. Guild Leadership

    1. General

      1. Guild leaders, officers and managers are here to maintain the guild, run the guild raids and move the guild forward.
      2. Please do not take offense or argue with the leadership should you be corrected or are simply told to do something different.
      3. Current guild leaders, officers and managers may be contacted at any time with your questions, comments and concerns.
      4. At any time, if the officers feel that another officer or leader is not doing their job a poll will be posted in the officer foorum for demotion of that person.