“Air Raider This rank is afforded to guild members currently considered to be active members of the resident raid teams Ironwall and Stonewrought. This position allows a high guild bank repair allowance and access to Gibson bank tab for raid consumables and an allowance from the other tabs to the same level as ‘Sergeant’ rank. In actual fact, this rank slots somewhere between Sergeant and Chief Tech in pure guild access permissions and stature.”
To fully understand the concept of the rank of Air Raider, it must be clarified that the guild bank primarily dictates this rank’s very existence. Out of 10 ranks available, we use 1 rank to grant access to Gibson bank tab and permit additional guild repair funds as further assistance. Ideally I would increase that allowance but restrict it to only be available on raid days but the antiquated guild control system currently prevents such bespoke customisation I’m afraid.
The guild bank has 8 tabs of which only 1 is partitioned to allow our raid teams the ability to store raiding consumables such as gems, flasks, performance potions and enchants. Before becoming Air Raider rank a player must be considered a regular member of Ironwall or Stonewrought raid teams by their raid leadership. The rank will grant strong access to the Gibson tab and allow numerous withdrawals(10) and deposit deposit capabilities and is therefore very powerful with regards bank security. It’s for that reason that only those regular raiders who have also proven to be trustworthy Dambusters will attain this rank which as stated in the Guild Ranks quote above, is viewed by myself as somewhere between Sergeant and Chief Technician in overall stature within the guild Mothership community. Any Air Raider who needs to be reverted to the normal ranks of the guild will usually take their place as Sergeant or Chief Technician depending on their perceived stature within the guild.
The additional repair allowance is offered to assist each raider who has already proven their allegiance to the guild and it’s raid teams and it is partially a reward for their continued pioneering prowess which continues to help this guild to elevate it’s status among the greatest community guilds currently operating in World of Warcraft. Aside from the raid teams which are marginally above average in global terms, this guild is very fashionable and we will use our growing stature to push on further. Rather than focus predominantly on raiding within the guild, I also tend to watch over the bigger picture which for me is the slowly but surely and definite fulfilment of the potential we have as a total WoW community structure. The guild has always been solid and because of that, we have massive potential to grow if we can maintain our standards so I demand top standards of our members including our Air Raiders who will prioritise depositing valuable consumables to Gibson tab and only withdraw enough items as required to raid with your teams. Each raid leader of course can access the tab to benefit their team.
Since the guild only has 2 official raid teams, only Ironwall and Stonewrought raiders will be eligible for this rank for the foreseeable future and that is because the guild must retain it’s identity as a guild which is good for raiding but is also good for other activities within the game. As the guild only affords 1 bank tab and 1 rank for it’s raid team members, everyone must remember that it’s been made abundantly clear by the way I structure the guild that the guys who don’t raid are just as important as the guys who do. Air Raider is a special rank but an Air Raider is no more special to me than any other member of this guild so please remember that. The guild bank system allows all ranks to access the guild bank due to our categorisation of the main accessible tabs of which 6 are available to all ranks except ‘Airman’ and ‘On Jankers’ so I expect non-raiders to appreciate that the guild provides a great deal of benefit to them as it does for our raid teams.
Keep in mind that the reason for the rank is to allow better support to our raid teams through the guild bank but that such support is limited to a small percentage of overall guild resources on the face of it. A lot of work is put into the Gibson tab as it services many dedicated individuals but the Air Raider is there so that we can separate that tab from the rest of the guild whilst allowing access to the rest of the bank to every single ranked member of this guild, meaning player skill and experience matters very little since we find low level/geared characters with elevated ranks in the guild due to their social maturity and Dambusters mentality.
/Salute
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