- Highlights of our DS II raid on Saturday 9th, 2012
- Promotions, particularly the Altocumulus rank
- A few methods in how we help guildies get geared, especially through the Guild Keep ticket system
- Perpetual expansion
- A new easy way to get Perpetual denarii
- Perpetual Census
Thanks to all that showed up for our DS raid last night. For those that signed up and couldn't make it, no worries. We understand that real life gets in the way and we will never hold it against you. Also, I want everyone to know that we are willing to wait ten minutes for those that sign up for a raid and aren't present at raid start time. We will then take any extra guildies signed up or ask in guild chat.
Before I go over the highlights of our raid, I will list our raid composition from last night:
Tidesroyale ~ Tank
Hidytwo ~ Tank
Mirandah ~ Tank Heals
Shamoobs ~ Tank Heals
Bumber ~ Raid Heals
Andaph ~ Ranged Deeps
Terrapin ~ Ranged Deeps
Wozzbie ~ Melee Deeps
Tilli ~ Melee Deeps
Ribsandwich ~ Melee Deeps
Xynapses ~ Ranged Deeps (replaced Joe)
Special thanks to Chris for plunking two cauldrons and Bumber for almost 20 Seafood Magnifique Feasts. Also, thank you Wozzbie for being prompt with the much needed battle rezzes. Mira and Mattie, thanks heaps for putting up with your clumsy tanks. Thank you everyone for your great effort in last night's raid.
DS II Raid Highlights:
• Ultraxion downed after 15 goes
This was our first attempt ever at Ultraxion. It's a very unforgiving fight. Many of us (myself included) were having trouble with Heroic Will timing. Either we were too early or too late in activating the ability. No worries. After having been in the encounter and experiencing the pressure, practice will help us improve. I have a team-building idea that will help us practice timing for Heroic Will. I shall schedule it as a guild event sometime this week.
• Funny moment. After finally killing Ultraxion, I turn around and the entire guild is dead! A very sloppy first kill indeed. Oi, who doesn't love sloppy joes? Nom nom. We'll do better next time.
• Drops. Foremost, we decided that in order to help our rouges obtain their legendary daggers faster (each need 300), we will let Ribsandwich collect all 300 Elementium Gem Cluster first, followed by Tilli. If there is a raid where Ribsandwich isn't present, Tilli will take priority over any other rogues in raid. Bumber won new intellect mail shoulders: Imperfect Specimens 27 and 28, after which he gave to Shamoobs. Nice! I won the Chest of Corrupted Conquerer token and Mira won an Essence of Destruction.
• No raid lock extension for next week. We decided together that it would help to get more gear for our guildies if we allow Dragon Soul to reset so we can take on all bosses we know well already before attempting Warmaster Blackhorn.
• I've scheduled DS and Firelands raids on the guild calendar so be sure to sign up for the raid nights that work for you. If anyone is interested in transmogrification runs, let an officer know or ask in ventrilo and we can schedule one in the calendar or on the spot if there are enough guildies online.
Promotions:
We started ranking up several of the guildies. Thank you all for making an effort to get to know each other. I was stoked to find out you all did an Ulduar transmog run two nights ago without me. It makes me proud knowing you're all starting to foster genuine camaraderie within our guild. A couple of you have been promoted to Altocumulus rank. Congratulations! This is our designated normal progression rank. In the future, we will add a heroic progression rank. You have been promoted to Altocumulus because you show an effort in keeping your gear modifications up to par with askmrrobot.com and you have shown a vested interest in raiding with Perpetual. Along with this rank comes responsibility. No more raid checkups, we expect and trust that you will continue to keep your gear up to date with the the robot. You will also receive a comfortable increase in daily repair allowances. If you have not yet been promoted to Altocumulus rank, it is simply because you were not online a bit after our DS raid and did not get to meet with me. If interested, whisper Tides. We sincerely wish to have more guildies in the Altocumulus rank! It is in no way a core raiding team rank. It is simply our way of knowing who is geared for DS raids and on top of that, people we can trust to keep their gear optimized for raiding on a weekly basis, specifically through the askmrrobot.com tool. For more information on our special guild ranking system and our raiding requirements, please refer to the appropriate blog posts.
More Ways We Help Gear Guildies
As for enchants and gems, do your best to gather mats and then see a maxed guildie so you don't have to worry about expensive costs at the auction house. Tides is maxed in both jewel crafting and enchanting as well as tailoring and leather working.
One awesome way we like to help our guildies is by means of Justice Points and Valor Points bind-on-equip bracers or boots. If you see something you need, write a message to an officer including your name and the exact name of the gear you need and they will make a copy of your message and deposit it into the Plunder tab of the Guild Keep. Anyone willing to donate JP or VP can then take this ticket and purchase your gear. You can read more about the Guild Keep in the appropriate post.
Perpetual Expansion
You may have noticed already, our guild is growing. We now have slightly more than ten guildies that are geared for DS raids. We will start recruiting more until we can build a second raiding team. We could really use tanks and deepsers (especially melee) for our second raid team. The raid times and days may be different for the second raid team. I understand many of us are two hours ahead of server time. Keep an eye out for people you think would make friendly, mature additions to our family.
Another Way to Receive Perpetual Denarii
The denarius is our guild's form of currency. For now, we use it to override the Trade Pass Equivalency Charts that govern all transactions done through the Trade Pass tab in the Guild Keep as well as used to purchase exceptionally rare loot found in the Plunder tab. I am considering implementing a system in the future in which denarii can be used to bid on/purchase Conqueror's Tokens (chest, shoulders, etc.) that drop in heroic raids. To find out more about the Perpetual Denarius, please refer to the appropriate blog. You automatically receive denarii for attending guild meetings, team-building exercises and raids. However, a new way in which you can earn denarii is by reading the guild blog! That's right, simply reading the guild blog can earn you an easy denarius. There is a catch, however. It won't happen with every blog, but randomly I'll insert a spontaneous, bogus word into the blog somewhere that is completely irrelevant to the blog topic. I won't highlight it either, so it's hard to catch. Upon finding this word, you must either email Tides at wowlosties@gmail.com or send him an in-game message within two days of the date the blog was posted. Any messages after two days will not earn you a denarius. You can learn more about our guild currency by reading the Perpetual Macella blog post.
Perpetual Census
We need to do a census right now because many people are putting their alts in our guild. In order to help us get to know you better and so we can keep track of who's alt belongs to who (this will help greatly especially when you are promoted as well as when we are giving you denarii), please send an in-game message to Tides including your first name/nick name you'd like us to call you in ventrilo and guild chat followed by a list of all your characters in our guild. Your help in contributing to the organization of our guild is greatly appreciated.
One more important announcement. Our guild transmog contest ends Saturday 12th of May! Refer to the post to find out more. Other than that, we've received a few more new guild recruits. Be sure to check out the resources made available to you on our guild blog, or if you invited your mates into the guild, please remind them to read the guild blog daily for announcements. Thank you all and enjoy your Easter Sunday with your loved ones. Cheers!
