Hex Guild Ethos

[Tzatziki]

The Vision

The aim of Hex is to accommodate respectful raiding for social players. In order to support this vision, Hex is a 10-player raiding guild. We prefer the idea of a small, solid and friendly team of members who know each other well working in a relaxed atmosphere rather than the sprawling and more complex 25-player raids.

Respectful raiding means that we believe in the possibility to enjoy the end-game content of World of Warcraft without sacrificing real-life relations. We understand that a full time raid schedule will be impossible to balance with offline activities and that urgent real-life obligations always will have to take priority over raiding.

Respectful raiding does also mean that we realize that raiding involves other people and their time. In Hex we understand how precious time is and as a result we aim to raid as effective as possible when we raid. Members of Hex prepare themselves for raids by reading up on new tactics and discuss new encounters on the guild site, they bring all consumables necessary to perform at their best and go out of their way to fully understand their role in a raid situation. This to make the most out of the limited time available.

Social players realize that the true value in a multiplayer game lies in meeting and spending time with other people. Gear can be a mean to reach a certain end but pales in comparison to the reward true comraderie can offer. A social player is curious about his fellow guild members and wants to get to know them better, and makes frequent use of the guild chat and site in order to do so.

In short we?re aiming to keep a good balance between real life obligations, friendship and progressive raiding.


The Guild

Hex is a horde guild located on the European Nagrand server founded in the spring of 2008 by Tzatziki, Aegnor and Kesela. The current Management comprises of Trexx, Ceva and Gormag, with Tzatziki taking a role as a normal member.

We are a guild for adult players who enjoy the social qualities of a multiplayer game while still wanting to play the game seriously and experience high-end PvE content. In Hex we value the atmosphere within the guild and we will protect our vision with all means necessary.

The guild is managed by the management team consisting of the guild master and the officers who are the only members with the right to invite, promote, demote and remove members. The management team discusses issues internally before making decisions. On major decisions the management team will consult the members through the guild website before coming to a final decision. All decisions will be taken with the aim to protect the vision of the guild and ensure a pleasant experience for the members of the guild.

Members of Hex come from different countries and cultural backgrounds from all over Europe. English is the language of communication within the guild and members should try to express themselves as well as being considerate to the fact that a large portion of the members don't have English as their native language.


In order to fulfil our vision of respectful raiding in a social atmosphere we emphasize time management, team-work and personal responsibility while being keen not to pass blame. Members are expected to do their very best in our raids but will not be frowned upon when making a mistake as long as they learn from it. We want to do well while still enjoying the ride. However this is no excuse to slack off; the rest of the raid carrying a member through is unacceptable.

We raid with a clear goal to progress through content rather than farm gear. Our current raid ambitions are outlined in the progression roadmap.

[Tzatziki]

Raiding

When raiding the ability to work together with a larger team to tackle greater challenges is by far the most important aspect of a player.

A member should always come prepared to all raids. A more precise list of requirements can be found under the Hex Guide to Raiding.

Members should always strive to improve their personal performance to the best of their ability. This includes going out of the way to learn how to play his/her class on a high level, trying to improve his/her gear outside of raids, enchanting and socketing all new gear.

Paying attention and being able to follow instructions is possibly the most important feature of a raider. When we raid the word of the raid leader is final. Members are encouraged to chat and discuss tactics in-between pulls, but when raiding but everything has its time and place, and when we assign roles and distribute loot it's not the right time.

Communication in a Hex raid is through in-game text, but occasionally for more important or complex matters we might choose to activate the in-game voice chat. At these times it is expected that all members will do the same, and listen carefully to any instructions given. If a member has a microphone and wishes to communicate a part of their role in a raid encounter verbally, then the Management are happy to accomodate for this.

Members should make frequent use of the raid calendar. Whether one can come or not, members are expected to confirm their status for a given raid well in advance. If a member cannot come to a raid, or is uncertain of his/her status s/he's expected to leave a comment explaining his/her situation.


Raid times

Hex raids three nights a week. Raids are planned on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday evening.

Raids begin at 20.00 server time (members should be ready to be invited at 19:45), generally lasting until 23.00~23.30. Occasionally we plan raids on times different than these but these are always exceptions, the exact time for a given raid is always specified in the raid calendar.

During each raid the Management usually will call one, possibly two breaks of 5-10 minutes each in which members can take the opportunity to take some time out, grab a drink, and generally do anything small that might've cropped up.


Looting

Hex works with a combination of rolling and a loot council system rather than with a DKP system. All loot is handled by a master looter. The master looter is either the raid leader, or someone personally appointed by the raid leader.

The loot threshold throughout the raid is set to rare quality, so members can still pick up random green items without having to roll or having to wait for a decision from the master looter. Green items should be disenchanted and the materials deposited into the Guild Bank.

Loot will be discussed after each boss kill, and each item will be subsequently announced in a Raid Warning. Everyone is allowed to show interest in a piece of loot. Members are welcome to bring up any relevant points if they see reason to. Those who have shown interest in the loot may be asked to roll, or in certain cases the management present will distribute the items to ensure fairness. This usually happens when a rare or highly sought-after piece of loot drops.

In these cases the master looter will make his/her final decision based on any of these factors:

   

• How big of an upgrade is the item?
• How much loot has this person already received?
• How was their raid attendance and performance?

The master looter will always strive to be as objective as possible. All final decisions are made by the master looter at his/her own discretion. The intent of the system is to be as fair as possible, and our members are trusted to use their common sense when rolling for items or deciding to pass to their teammates.

Often the members of Hex involved with a piece of loot end up deciding who shall receive it without the master looter needing to handle anything.


Loot priority is as follows:

   

• Main character - main spec
• Main character - off spec
• Alt character - main spec
• Alt character - off spec

Guest raiders have the same loot privileges as guild members.
 
Loot that no-one wants will be disenchanted. All shards will be deposited into the guild bank.

Complaints regarding loot do not belong in raid chat or guild chat. If a member has a complaint s/he is encouraged to whisper the master looter or send him/her a private message through the forum.

The guild management maintains a list of all acquired loot, which is viewable to all members of the guild on the guild website.


Off-spec Roles

Being a small guild focusing on quality of members over quantity, we often rely upon our hybrid members' off-specs to fill in certain roles when for example encountering non-standard raid setups or if signups are lacking on a particular evening.

It is fairly important that every hybrid member employs a suitable raiding off-spec in case we require someone to step into this role. They are not expected to perform as dilligently as they might in their main-spec, but contributing to the raid's success whilst in this role is the main goal.

A member is expected to have geared and gemmed appropriately for such a role, and to keep a few consumables on hand for when the situation arises.

In extreme situations where for example a member is required to fulfill their off-spec role for an extended amount of time, or where a member is required to respec to a third off-spec, the Guild bank will cover costs of respeccing and consumables e.g. Flasks or Elixirs. This rule is applied at the Management's discretion.


PUG Raiding

Hex has been a 10-player guild since it's inception, and remains as such. Since the advent of achievements and the 10-player strict rating (as laid out by GuildOx), we require that members do not attend any non-guild raids that would put our eligibility for this ranking in jeaopardy. This includes all 25-player raids. We work hard in our raids, using 10-player only gear, and would like to remain officially recognised for this.

Members are welcome to attend older tiers. Please check the GuildOx site to discover an exact list of 10-player strict ranking requirements.

[Tzatziki]

Etiquette

Members of Hex realize that players in World of Warcraft are real people and treat them as such. They should always try to be respectful and humble when interacting with other people, inside or outside of the guild.

Whenever a member acts in character, be it in Azeroth or on the official forums, s/he represents the guild. We ask members to always consider their action carefully as the actions of the members decides the face of the guild outwards. We don't look kindly on trolling, spamming and other behaviour that brings a bad name on the guild.

Patience is a virtue for members of Hex. We will never sacrifice our greater vision for short term goals and patience among the members is essential in this respect.


Communication

In Hex we communicate in proper English. This does not mean a fluent mastery of the English language but a willingness of each member to express himself to the best of his/her abilities and avoid excessive use of leetspeak or sloppy English.

Members of Hex are encouraged to make frequent use of the tools of communication available to them such as the in-game guild chat and in particular, the guild website. The guild website is the heart of the organization for Hex and it?s of uttermost importance that members get comfortable with its features and make use of them.


Activity

Hex is not a full time raiding guild but we expect a certain activity of the members. Members of Hex are here because they enjoy the atmosphere in the guild and they wish to raid. Members should be able to attend most of the scheduled raids and find the time to farm consumables in between. If a member can?t attend raids (or play at all) for an extended period of time we ask him/her to announce his/her absence through the guild website. If a character is offline for an extended amount of time without notification, he/she is liable to be removed from the guild.


Leavetakings

Sometimes a member decides that s/he can no longer be a part of Hex for whatever reason. This is usually because they no longer have the time to spare for World of Warcraft and decide to call it a day, but occasionally it might turn out that Hex just isn't the right guild for them.

At times like the above, the Management can choose to offer the person an 'Exian' account, a limited forum account through which to keep in touch with the guild members either actively or passively if they so wish. They can still view some of the internal boards and are welcome to join in with the general chitchat or just pop back to say hello now and again.

The Management reserve the right to decide when and when not to grant someone this account type, as in some occasions it may not be deemed appropriate to do so.


Guild bank

The Guild bank is divided in two categories.

The first three tabs of the guild bank, the Free For All tabs, are as the name suggests free for all members to use. All members of Hex can deposit, move and (to a limited extent) withdraw items. The items that go here all have a certain use for lv80 high-end content but are fairly cheap. Members are encouraged to use them responsibly but freely.

The second category, the Vault, makes up the rest of the guild bank. Members of Hex can deposit and view items in these tabs, but only officers can withdraw items. Items that go into this part of the bank are of a more valuable kind, such as high level recipes, high quality gear and epic gems. Members can request these items from the Vault through the Guild Bank sub-forum on the guild website. Requests will stay open for other members to react upon for up to three days before an item is sent to the member requesting.

The Guild bank stores materials for enchanting gear and keeps this stocked up as necessary. Every full member of Hex is allowed to request the materials they need to enchant their raiding gear, be it main-spec or off-spec, and the Guild bank will sponsor these free of charge.

Trialists can view the guild bank but cannot deposit, withdraw or request any items.


Alt characters

A member of Hex is allowed to register three alt characters in the guild. We acknowledge that members like to play multiple characters and would enjoy each others company when doing so.

The members decide themselves which alts they want in the guild, anything but twinks, bank alts and mothballs are allowed.

For raid level alts there is a possibility to join guild raids. This is only possible if there isn?t enough interest among main characters as main characters always have priority over alts when it comes to raiding. The raid leader will decide if an alt character is allowed to join a specific raid on a case by case basis. It is expected that any member who still requires badges or loot from a raid will not request to bring an alt character.


Legal

Members should always follow the official rules of play as defined by Blizzard in the end user licence agreement.


Staying up to date

Finally members are expected to keep themselves up to date with announcements and changes. These will almost exclusively be announced on the website (often in the form of sticky-posts). It is recommended that each guild member checks the guild forum at least once a day where possible, else they are liable to miss any last-minute changes. The management take no responsibility should this be the case.

[Tzatziki]

When in doubt of the effects of the guild ethos the officers will assess the specific situation and interpret the guild ethos accordingly.

All information in the document is subject to change. Members will be kept up to date about any major changes in this document.