While the Tribe is not considered a "hard-core" raiding guild, we still do raid quite frequently and certain standards apply when you decide you are going to raid in this guild. These aren't rules put into place to simply punish people but rather to ensure respect for fellow guildmates/raid partners. These rules and guidelines are for the betterment of our raids and ultimately the betterment of our guild.
When you sign up for a raid, you are making a commitment to 24 (or 9) other people that you will be logged on and ready to go at the designated time for invites. This does not mean simply logging your character 5 minutes before a raid starts and standing around requesting a summons. Many people rush home from work, put the little ones to bed early, and do other things of similar nature in order to raid. Please respect your fellow raiders by being on time, logging onto TS before the raid, and getting yourself and your character prepared to raid for the set time. This list includes but is not limited to:
- Having plenty of consumables (Potions, Elixirs, Buff food, Weapon oils, Food, Water, any reagents that your class uses, weapon ammunition, etc)
- Being on-line on the correct character at the time of muster
- Be at the correct instance in time for buffs
- Not spamming chat for a summon
- Attaining the proper rank
- Reading up on the instance if you aren’t familiar with it
- Gearing your character with necessary equipment, gems, enchants etc.
If you happen to be put on the alt-list, your responsibilities are still the same as if you made it into the raid and all policies still apply. The alt list is designed as a back-up in case there are issues with any of the original raiders, which happens frequently. Just because you didn’t make initial raid roster doesn’t mean that the raid won’t need you anymore. If you don't hear from an Officer or Raid Leader by first pull, feel free to check in to see if you are needed.
Obviously there are many circumstances in real life that make some of these things difficult. Following are scenarios that are deemed unacceptable for raiding and associated consequences. Emergency situations are usually handled on a case-by-case basis with a Chieftain.
- You will be suspended from raiding if not on-time (i.e. in the instance by 10mins before first pull) without informing a raid member at least 30mins before muster and having a valid reason. Please see the accepted valid reasons below. Requesting a summon less than 10mins before first pull counts as not being on-time and will carry the same disciplinary action.
- You will be suspended from raiding if you don't show up to a raid and you signed up as "confirmed" and do not provide a valid reason to an Officer or in the forums within 24hrs of the raid start time. Please see the accepted valid reasons below.
- You will be suspended from raiding if you leave early for a "predictable reason" (e.g. leaving early due to house on fire = OK, leaving early because you're tired, have homework, favorite show is on TV, etc. = bad)
- You will be removed from the raid and suspended from raiding if you are more than 10 minutes late for first pull even with a valid reason communicated to a raid member at least 30mins before muster or more than 5 minutes late without a valid reason given ahead of time. If you are going to be more than 10mins late, please request to be alt listed.
- You will be removed from the raid and suspended from raiding if you have an unannounced AFK of 5 minutes or more. This is disrespectful of your fellow raiders and it only takes 2 seconds to type /r AFK.
- You will be removed from the raid and suspended from raiding if you have 2 or more unannounced AFKs of any duration in a given raid for the same reason as above.
- You will be removed from the raid and suspended from raiding if you have more than 5 announced AFKs. It is unfair to put an entire raid on hold repeatedly.
- You will be removed from the raid (but not suspended from raiding) if you disconnect for 10 mins or more.
- You will be removed from the raid (but not suspended from raiding) if you disconnect 5 or more times during a single raid.
Disciplinary action will escalate with each offense. The first offense will result in a warning. The second offense will result in a suspension of 2 weeks. The third offense will result in a suspension of 3 weeks. The fourth offense will result in a suspension of 4 weeks. After 5 offenses, a player will be permanently banned from raiding.
Valid reasons for being late include, but are not limited to:
- work related delays
- family related delays (including pets)
- car trouble
- computer/network problems (a pattern of regular problems will be noted and could lead to becoming a non-valid reason)
- needing to assist a friend or family member with an unplanned situation
- minor medical emergencies (we will assume that major medical emergencies will cause you to miss a raid, not just be late)
*Should the Officers become aware that a player has provided false information or reasons for being late, disciplinary action will be taken up to and including potential guild removal.
Non-valid reasons for being late include, but are not limited to:
- oversleeping
- forgetting about the raid
- social functions that run later than expected
Valid reasons for a no-show include, but are not limited to:
- major emergencies of any kind (medical, life safety, etc.)
- unexpected family commitments
- unexpected work commitments
- computer/network problems
Non-valid reasons for a no-show include, but are not limited to:
- oversleeping
- forgetting about the raid
- deciding to do something else on the same night as a raid
All of the following are options that are available to notify the raid of potential lateness/missing and all must be done at least 30mins before muster.
- Post in the forums, preferably in the raid thread you will be late for/miss
- Contact the raid leader directly either in-game or by PM on the website
- Contact any member of the raid and have them relay a message to the raid leader
- Contact any member of the guild that can relay a message to the raid leader - it is up to the person who will be late/miss to ensure their messenger completes the task.
