Revamped Dambusters

Having ‘spelled’ (ho ho) out my vision for the practicalities of raiding moving into Legion in the previous blog post, I have some more work to do regards fleshing out plans so that people are aware of what’s going on and the possibilities I am exploring.

We have actually become a social raiding guild over the years and as such, it is important to come to terms with that. To fully embrace the ethos of us becoming a social raiding guild, I have been considering revamping the rank names and functions to more accurately define members’ roles within the roster without them being required to visit the website to find out what their rank actually means.

While the tradition is to have these revised Royal Air Force ranks in the guild, the time may have arrived that I stop clinging to the nostalgic past and embrace the future where our new guild members can more easily grasp exactly where they stand in the guild. The dilemma is, this will require a revamp of the guild bank tab access and allowances. This will be a huge task!

Until now, we have managed it by categorizing items into their respective tabs and allowing each rank an increasing amount of access to each tab with only officers and raiders having access to Gibson raid tab. If we revise the ranks then we will have to adjust the bank tabs to suit. I wonder what the guild feels about these potential changes? Changes can be good if well thought out and if they serve their intended purpose but I am wary of change for the sake of change. A fresh approach to ranks could instigate a new good feeling about the guild with the influx of new members hopefully beginning to integrate as they speak to people, join activities and make friends around the place. We must continue to include the newer members in these ways as much as possible and continue to recruit.

The guild’s 7 year anniversary is closing in quickly, I intend to hold an event on Friday the 29th of July, 3 days after the official 7 year date passes. I hope as many people as possible can make it, timings will be decided beforehand but probably 8pm Server time if not a bit earlier. We will be smashing up the horde base in Tanaan like we did last year, making naked level 1 gnomes and running about like idiots around places like Goldshire etc. and having a fight to the death at Gurubashi Arena. If we have a big enough group, we can kill Vol’jin in Orgrimmar 🙂

The guild’s officer team will kick back into action from it’s current low key state. Guys like Bonesi, Gierrod and others will be back performing their defined roles. During the pre-launch I will have to make some tough calls about which officers are able to carry on in their post depending mainly on game activity. We will need everyone back and playing their part and I have no doubt these guys will be in the thick of the action when it starts up again.

There are players in this guild who have stuck in there playing with the rest of the vanguard right up until the very end and even trying to maintain that weekly get-together in Hellfire. These people are to be commended for their passion for the game even to dig in and join these admittedly often frustrating runs in the name of love of doing it. I know your names and I appreciate it, I’ve been there week after week, quietly doing my best for whatever team turns up so I’ve seen the great attitudes there. I, like some others, would much prefer to be operating at a much higher level but it’s testament to my unwavering commitment to this guild that I don’t complain about them, I appreciate what we do still have and I look to bolster that spirit with more organisation and stronger players so that we can get back in the scene early in Legion.

I will be adding people to the officer team who I believe will do a good job and let’s rebuild the raiding and social aspects of the Dambusters up again ready to be viable for new Legion content. I no longer want this guild to be the underdog like it has become since Hellfire Citadel progression ended. Let’s stick with it in Legion!

/Salute