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Date Posted: 14:20:26 02/27/04 Fri
Author: Jim
Subject: Ranks, explained

Some concerns came up recently dealing with ranks, as featured on the roster page, and how exactly they'll affect you as guild members. Here are the answers.

What is a rank? Basically, it's an indication of how long and well you've served the guild. At the moment it's based on seniority only, since the game isn't actually out, but when Beta comes out (if any of us are in it) and when the game actually launches, it'll also be based on how good a playing partner you are. It won't necessarily have anything to do with how often you play, since this is a causal guild, after all, just how enjoyable it is to play with you during the times you are on.

What does having a higher rank mean? Before I can answer that, I have to explain a little about the guild structure.

Say the guild ends up with 15 people. If you feel like playing, you can ask around to all the ones you have contact information for and see if they feel like playing. If you have eight players, and the guildmasters aren't among them, who decides what the party does? Ideally, this would be decided before entering the game; the player asking around would tell the others if he felt like raiding, or PvPing, or whatever. However, let's say the eight people are inside the game when one decides he wants to do something else. Four people want to go on a dungeon crawl, and four want to explore a ruined city.

Enter the ranking system. If there's a dispute like that, the highest-ranking officer makes the choice. Don't think of him as a decision maker or a dictator, but as a mediator. For example, in the above scenario, he wouldn't say "We're going to the city, and that's that." He might offer to spend an hour exploring the city, followed by an hour doing the dungeon crawl, or something like that. In other words, the highest-ranking officer is there to prevent anarchy if neither of the guildmasters is around.

This isn't set in stone, and is subject to change at any time. Thoughts and opinions on it? Does this place too much emphasis on rank for a guild that prides itself on being casual? Is the "senior officer" thinking sound? If the ranking system isn't a good idea, what would be a better way to do it?

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