Right now, we utilise all 10 available guild ranks currently possible within the guild. Each rank we have demonstrates a difference in the main characters of the guild and also allows us to tie in with guild bank withdrawals. It’s a system that has worked well since it’s initial inception a long time ago but has been tweaked to suit us as we have adapted to the way our members play the game.
For example, we never used to have a ‘raiders’ tab but of course we found it difficult to partition certain raiding valuables from the rest of the guild who could use those items while only pugging their own raids. We decided to provide just 1 tab out of 8 to be used for raiding consumables but that meant we would have to assign a rank that could access them. Furthermore, the ‘air raider’ rank who’s name is still less than inspiring in my opinion, was afforded a slightly higher guild bank repair allowance to ensure that our raiders were not too much out of pocket for their sterling efforts which do provide a big boost to our guild’s overall reputation.
The rank of ‘On Jankers’ is also unique in that it’s a special use rank and is rarely used. In fact, On Jankers harkens back to a time when the officer team was slightly differently organised. Previously, Flight Sergeant was a junior officer role and Warrant Officer was a senior officer. Nowadays Flight Sergeant is a full officer and Warrant Officer is more of a depute Guild Master.
The differences are that nowadays, unlike previously, a Flight Sergeant may instantly remove an unruly guild member as long as the character in question is of lower rank and of course not without reason. The previous situation allowed for a Flight Sergeant to only be able to demote (to On Jankers) but if the member was ranked ‘Airman’ which is actually physically (not theoretically) lower than ‘On Jankers’ then the presiding officer could do nothing except report the incident to me or the Warrant Officer.
On the other hand, a Warrant Officer now assumes a more over-watching position while also maintaining their default officer role. In Spyrot’s case, he has right to be involved in all things raiding while also maintaining his leadership of the guild’s primary raid team if we are not split into Ironwall/Stonewrought.
Spyrot will have close contact with myself and our fellow officers at all times and has a superior standing to anyone else in the guild outwith the big-headed ginger-bearded dwarf.
Where all this ties in, is that the time may have come to do away with the rank of ‘On Jankers’ and create a new rank ‘Enigma’ just for Kvestian! I’m kidding Kvestian, as if I would do that ya dafty..
But seriously, removing On Jankers as a ‘punishment’ rank would free up another useful rank to use. I’m thinking possibly a tiered raiding rank where the current ‘Air Raider’ could be split although that could have other implications like having to make another raid tab, or the simple fact that it’s devoting yet more guild resources towards raiding.
We could have another rank which could be used to alleviate the ‘Dambuster Alt’ issue. Part of the appeal of this guild is that the casuals (how dare you be casual?!?) are welcome to have alts here and sit them almost dormant if they want, while enjoying a very minimal amount of repairs/day and guild bank access. The guild rank to bank structure is actually really well intertwined and works very well while we have excellent maintenance from our officers who keep people’s ranks organised and also keep the bank serviced.
The other ranks of Corporal, Sergeant and Chief Tech represent the general population of the guild gradually fulfilling their dedication to the guild and being rewarded with higher prestige and incremental guild bank and daily repair access.
This discussion begs a big question to all Dambusters. Keep in mind that I may ignore all suggestions and decide for myself, I could pull the officers indoors and thrash out a solution but for now, I will open the floor to you all:
What would you do with an extra rank? Let your minds open wide and see if you can come up with some wild ideas in the comments section below. Name and purpose of rank…
/Salute
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