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High Effort, High Reward

WORK IN PROGRESS: STILL CHANGING

Unhinged recognizes and rewards effort. If you're someone who is consistently available & prepared, someone who takes their assignments seriously, and etc, then you will be rewarded. There are tiers of rewards as outlined below, and these apply and are on top of the standard loot rules.

Tier One: Commitment and PreparednessRequirements

Requirements

  • 75%80% availability for guild raid nights (Thursdays and Sundays at 7 PM server)
    • Based on rolling signup data for the last 4 weeks
    • Signup data collected when rosters post (Wed and Fri)Sat evenings) - if you sign up late or we have to chase you, no credit
    • Communicate absences in advance (vacation, etc.) to stay eligible
      • e.g., Someone always signed up for both Thur and Sun but went on safari for a month, told us months in advance, received credit for both while away
    • Last minute cancellations count as not signing up for the raid
    • A no-show without a very good reason counts as immediate disqualification until it falls off the rolling attendance data
  • 75%80% reliability in assigned tasks
    • Executing tasks reliably without constant reminders
    • Examples of assignments include Spirit of the Alpha, Thunderclap, Demo Shout, Curses, Banishes, Dispels, Decursing, Power Infusion, Interrupts, Suppression Room tasks, and etc
  • Use comms appropriately
    • Clear when needed
    • Keep strategy suggestions to raid chat unless called upon
    • Generally, help keep order & velocity in the raid
  • World buffs
    • Consistently bringing 3+ world buffs
    • Qualifying buffs: Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer, Warchief's Blessing, Songflower Serenade, Spirit of Zandalar, Dire Maul buffs, and the Darkmoon Faire
    • Will be verified via spot-checks, and Warcraft Logs, to be sure you have them when we call for an un-boon.
    • We acknowledge that buffs may be lost due to Unfortunate Events (tm). 
  • Consumables
    • FlasksRequired andfor Foodall Buffspulls, including "learning pulls":
      • A flask (appropriate for your class)class required& role)
        • ex. Flask of Titans, Supreme Power, Distilled Wisdom (and in some cases Chromatic)
      • A weapon buff 
        • ex. Agility,Rogue Strength,poisons, orsharpening MP5stones, foodweapon preferred, otherwise stamina food is always helpful!oils
      • AdditionalHunters! consumables
        • All hunters should bring enough green ammo (17.5+ dps) for the evening; even melee hunters may be asked to go ranged on certain pulls
        • Duel wield melee hunters should also bring sharpening stones for their off hand
      • All always-required consumes, one should bring enough to last the entire evening (up to 3 hours)
    • Required for non-learning pulls:
      • All of the above plus two additional consumes appropriate for your class)class; encouragedpick two from:
        • Highest tier food, elixiers, etc
      • Bring enough of these consumables to cover at least five (5) pulls!

Rewards

  • One hard reserve for the current tier of content
    • Select an item and stick to it until it's won
    • If you win your HR and remain eligible, you pick a new HR the following week
    • If there are multiple HRs on the same item, priority is determined by tierearliest (T2reservation beforelockout, T1)and
      • Tie breaker: multiple HRs of the same tier are determined byif a roll.
        • tie
      still exist, there will be a roll
    • Items must be appropriate for your main character and main spec, and must be approved by guild leadership

Tier Two: Excellence in Participation

There's TWO ways to reach Tier TWO (easy to remember, eh?).

Requirements

You must meet all the requirements for Tier One, plus everything in either option 1 or option 2:

Option 1: Preparedness & Team Play

  • Consumables
    • Enough food, flasks, and additional consumables for ten (10) pulls
    • All additional consumables appropriate for your class in play for the current tier
      • Example: Warrior = strength elixer, agility elixer, AP consumable, OH sharpening stone
      • Example: Shadow Priest = spell damage elixer, shadow damage elixer, wizard oil
  • World buffs
    • Minimum of five (5) world buffs from the Tier One list
  • Proper enchantments
    • Enchanted properly for your class and spec
    • Best-in-Slot (BiS) enchants for BiS gear (e.g., 4 stats to chest)
    • Good enchants for good gear (e.g., 3 stats to chest)

Option 2: Above & Beyond

  • Extra effort above and beyond raid nights, including but not limited to:
    • Recruitment efforts
    • Providing alts (meeting tier 1 & 2 reqs) to facilitate additional raid teams as needed
    • Providing continual, ongoing help to other guild members in an extraordinary manner
    • This one is a lot more subjective, and we're aware of that. We'll be extraordinarily transparent when awarding this.

Rewards

Regardless of which option is met, the reward is:

  • One hard reserve for the current tier of content
    • This is not in addition to the HR for T1. It merely gives priority in the event the same item is HR'd by more than one raider.
    • Items must be appropriate for your main character and main spec, and must be approved by guild leadership

Understanding Hard Reserves (HRs)

How it Works

Our HR system is designed to reward dedication while maintaining fairness.

Selection Process

  • Tier Two members have priority over Tier One members
  • If multiple players in the same tier HR the same item, the winner is determined by a roll

Eligibility

  • You must maintain your tier eligibility to keep your HR

Rotation

  • After winning your HR, you can select a new HR the following week if you remain eligible

Impact of PUGing

  • A high quantity of HRs could impact our ability to PUG. When we must bring in PUGs to fill groups (highly likely when we split off additional teams), leadership may temporarily suspend T1 HRs until such time that we've reduced the number of PUGs needed to a level at which it makes sense to bring them back. Help us recruit to speed this process up! 

Why We're Doing This

Unhinged is a unified guild composed of exactly one team. By rewarding those who consistently demonstrate availability, preparedness, and attention to assigned tasks, we ensure that powerful items have the maximum impact on our raids. This approach:

  • Enhances raid performance
  • Accelerates gear progression
  • Incentivizes commitment
  • Directly rewards that commitment
  • And still indirectly rewards more casual playstyles!

Nudging the gear curve such that we're rewarding dedication helps us to clear content more efficiently. As we clear content faster, all members benefit from increased loot opportunities. As all members gear quickly, we unlock the ability to split into more raid teams and accelerate gear acquisition even more! So... with some weighted distribution now, we unlock far more rewards in totality. 

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