Dear Officers. Stop inviting friends rank unless...

[abecx]

rofl. I dont even think the number of people in officer chat would decline that much. Theres no reason the core raider rank couldn't have access if that's what it boiled down to. As things are now, it seems like there is little motivation for anyone with a class lead rank to feel they should take a more involved role with the guild. Being able to fill a raid with CLs and Officer ranked raiders is equally as wrong as the corporate feeling you speak of. The fact that you had to make this post in the first place really speaks volumes towards requiring this action to be taken.


To answer your question though, yes, personally I do think the ranks as they sit now are a problem. Class Leader and to some extent even ROFLCER ranks are virtually meaningless at this point. If they truly are meaningless, then the solution isnt to revamp the ranks so much as to completely eliminate those two and just give everyone above member access to o-chat.

To answer your concerns, the way I've always felt about this game is that its a Hobby. I run that expression into the ground a lot, but if you look at this as just a game then I feel you will never do well in the environment we play in.

Now as far as the officer thing goes, what I like is people that WANT to help and put forth the effort. People like jackslammer, alyse, lorake, and a few others help without worrying about what their rank is. They could give a shit if they were friends rank, they want to see the guild succeed. I prefer people that care about the game and the guild to be in those spots, and the only way I know how is to do what we have been doing for 3 years. I understand that some see it as meaningless title, but anyone that is even able to see officer chat I hold in high esteem, and even some of the people that aren't in it as well. Hell, some of our players dont even want to see officer chat especially during raid time.

The reason I made this post is because I was getting tells from random shit heads that were TOLD in their fucking applications that "you are shitty geared and obviously don't know anything about your class because your enchants and gems are terrible, but pst abec for a friends invite". That's fucking stupid, and I want to prevent that shit.

I'd rather just demote the people that are abusing the rules than change what we've been doing for so long.

King - Abec

Cmdr Canada - Voke and Jackslammer are CoGMs I cant remember if Lorake was a CoGM but he is up there with full bank access and a large say in what goes on in the guild which pretty much entails that. aka if i were to quit the game the guild would goto one of those 3.

ROFLCER - Have the highest say in what goes on in guild and in raids as far as overview such as strat/class makeup/drama

Class Leader - Lets me know when I need to adjust things specific for their class to be better ( ie adjust groups, etc ). They also are my goto people when someone apps of their class for them to talk to the player and get a better idea of their worth.