In Good Company

Discussion in 'Guild Recruitment' started by GriefPK, Nov 4, 2019.

  1. GriefPK Elder

    In Good Company Raiders Alliance


    UPDATE!!
    Currently recruiting 110 raiders (or returning raiders grinding to 110) of all classes looking to raid TBL. Server transfers and groups of friends moving together welcome! We especially would like folks that are able to raid on Wednesday and Friday night. PST to xegony.Griefpk for details.

    Before you read the long version … here is the short pitch!

    IGC is a new Raiders Alliance. There is no need to leave your current guild to raid with us! Yes we do have a traditional guild created, if you would like to be tagged your welcome to, but its not necessary.

    It’s being built and run by existing end-game raiders coming together to try something new. The leadership and members have raided through TBL (and many other expansions), several have been raiding together since Kunark. We are looking for experienced end game raiders excited to try something different with their main or an alt. We are happy to accept server transfers and open to all classes. IGC is a great place to bring a toon for a new take on end game raiding.

    We do not care if the character you join the Alliance with is a main or an alt. They are all "mains" to us. What matters is that the human behind the character is a talented player and experienced raider.

    We are currently working to register enough Alliance members to be clearing TBL within the next few weeks. How fast this happens will depend on the number of characters and the TBL flags they may or may not come with. If you have a RoS raid geared or a GMM group geared toon that you want to be raiding TBL with now and ToV later ... /autojoin igc.Guild:igc and let us know!

    If you are a serious raider that expects a lot from yourself and expects the same from the raider next to you...

    You are In Good Company


    IGC is ...

    IGC is a Raiders Alliance. We raid end game content competitively on Xegony. Our members are both experienced raiders and exceptional EQ players, but are not required to be guild tagged under IGC (but may if they wish). Our roster, RA/Loot, guild management and leadership are all tracked out of game so any registered player can raid with us without sharing a guild tag.

    We raid Fast, Focused and Frequently.

    We will be working our way through current content as quickly as possible to meet our goal of meeting the ToV raids head on.

    Because we raid every week night there is always a buzz of groups before and after raids. If you are the only one online on non-raid nights in your current guild … IGC may be what you are looking for!

    Contact Us

    If you are interested in raiding with our alliance (no need to be guild tagged) please fill out the registration form.
    IGC Registration Form


    If you have any questions contact us. We have a serverwide channel, discord or feel free to send tells.

    Xegony.Griefpk
    Xegony.Covennx
    Xegony.Sliders
    Xegony.Twizzt
    Xegony.Shootdanger
    Xegony.Zanty
    Xegony.Vastradar
    /join igc.Guild:igc
    https://discord.gg/Uwce7Ds
    Website & Schedule

    Schedule

    We raid 5 nights a week, for one hour a night on EST.
    Monday -> Friday / 8pm -> 9pm EST

    You are welcome to raid as many nights as you like, but the guild is designed around the average member raiding ~3 nights a week. So there is no pressure to keep up 100% RA just so raids can happen. We have designed our Alliance system to accommodate the short term and seasonal flux in players availability. While keeping everyone geared and having the perfect class balance for every event, every night. The system is designed to keep quality players long term, we genuinely want you to take breaks and avoid burning out. It keeps the raid healthy and the guild healthy.

    Loot

    The more events you drop, the more loot you get. So we focus on dropping events and take the theatrics out of receiving loot.

    All loot is decided with a formula based on your past 30 day RA and Loots. It’s clean, transparent, efficient as well as corruption and drama free.

    The formula is … RA / Loots = x … the highest number wins. Ties are decided with a /ran 1000

    Raid Expectations

    Raiding is serious business, it’s why IGC is here. We have created a new raiding model to better leverage the ways EQ is evolving as well and the fact that if EQ is 20 years old, we are all 20 years older as well.

    Real life affects every raider, which affects the raids in both the long and short term. Finding 6 hours straight to focus on anything is a challenge for most schedule wise. Focusing and performing at your best for 6 hours straight is a race of diminishing returns over the evening. Relying on certain players playing certain classes at 100% RA year round to carry the raid is just the way it has been done, not the way it has to be.

    “And now for something completely different!”

    Focus

    We leverage the most productive hour of any raid night … the first one!

    Speed

    We engage the first event at 8pm sharp. We strive to have no more than five minutes between defeating the first event and engaging the second. This ensures, based on recent raid content, we should be able to clear 2-3 events a night in one hour. If you are in IGC the banner will already be waiting at the second event hail npc before the first event is cleared (Leadership Logistics FTW). If you are not tagged IGC and can’t banner … run, fast!

    Loot

    There is more of it than we know what to do with. Let’s not waste time that could be spent getting more loot by distributing what already dropped in theatrical ways. The numbers decide, you loot and move to the next event. If you can’t make it in your bags while running wait till after the raid. If benched members need to be brought in or for any reason there is a delay in looting, the instance will be kept open by an officer to handle it and the rest of the raid will move onto the next event. Again, Leadership Logistics FTW.

    Tools

    • Discord - Everyone joins and at least listens, no exceptions. https://discord.gg/Uwce7Ds
    • GINA - Everyone uses it and guild triggers will be distributed, no exceptions.
    • Guild Channel - /join igc.Guild:igc this is our in game serverwide Guild chat. Everyone joins, no exceptions.
    Performance Bonuses

    RA bonuses will be applied to the entire raid for things like, no-wipe streaks, no audio trigger failures, every event engaged in under 5 minutes. We are always open to new ways to challenge ourselves and incentivize and reward our raiders’ focus.

    Raid Teams

    Ok, here is the big one when it comes to evolving how we raid EQ. There is no way around it, boxes are a reality and here to stay in EQ. What we used to call ‘alts’ are really just ‘mains’ that don’t raid at this point. So here is something completely different …

    Anyone is welcome to register to raid in the IGC Alliance with a single toon. We also encourage our raiders to register up to three characters what we are calling “Raid Teams”. You must own all three characters and they are expected to be on par with each other. Generally this would be your favorite three toons out of your box team.

    Moving away from the old school terms of Mains and Alts, within your raid team you have what we call an Anchor character. This should be the character you enjoy playing the most, the one you care about getting ‘all the things’ on. This is the character that will be used to reference you on the RA chart and in chat (I know, I know … like a main, but we are not calling it that!).

    The raid leader will always give preference to people playing their anchor toon on raids because they get the most enjoyment out of it. But it’s expected that you keep all three characters of your Raid Team raid ready and be competent raiding on them. They will receive raid gear (most likely a full set after a season of raiding) and are just as important to the raid as your Anchor toon.

    162, that's the number of characters of different classes all ready to raid that an IGC raid leader will have to pick from on any given raid night. Imagine the possibilities even if it was half that number. This is how we smooth out the seasonal highs and lows and take pressure off specific players and classes who need a break but are burning out because they don’t want to leave the raid hanging. This is how we ensure that we can morph our raid to achieve the perfect class balance to beat every event with whatever strategy is the most efficient. All of those things add up to more loot achieved in less time, with less stress in a long term sustainable way.

    To be clear, you will NEVER be asked to box in a raid, you will only ever play one toon. There will always be 54 humans and 54 characters. Which character you are asked to play may depend on the event, the strat, who’s online that night, etc. But the raids will always happen and the loot will always flow.
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  2. Pred Journeyman

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  3. GriefPK Elder

    11/11/19 -- Our first Raid event is TONIGHT! Meet up in PoTranq prior to 8pm EST for buffs and invites. Please bring any lvl 110 toon you like, main or alt, RA will be tracked to the player not the character so there is no commitment to the specific character you bring tonight.

    Please only bring one character though, this will be our first RA log and everyone that appears in the RA logs will automatically be added to the roster as individual players. You can add the rest of your "raid team" later on.

    Target is TBD, fingers crossed for Strathos/Smoke depending on class balance. We have some fun backup events planned that will be announced if TBL is pushed to tomorrow.

    Our Goal is always to engage at 8pm sharp and have all the logistics handled before. So please show up early, join discord and the in game channel. Raid invites will only be given to those in discord and the in game channel!

    Please also make sure you have Gina installed.

    Send a tell to Griefpk for an invite after you have joined the channel and discord.

    We will be taking a Alliance Opening Night picture as well, so bring your best hat!

    There will be double RA for the next two weeks as a kickstarter promotion. Additional bonuses will be given out for engaging at 8pm, no-wipes and more. We want to be clearing TBL as fast as possible so we really want to reward folks for stepping onto the field early and helping the Alliance to snowball into packed nightly raids quickly!

    !! Also, there will be a "Founders RA" event taking place for the next two weeks. For every event you attend (even if you are on the bench) you get 1% lifetime RA up to 5%. So if you make it to 5 events over the next two weeks you will have 5% lifetime RA !!

    We have had a lot of cross server interest. So the two weeks also gives folks that are transferring to participate in the alliance a window of time to still be able to get their Founders RA.

    Any questions, please always feel free to send Griefpk a tell or drop us a line in discord.

    /autojoin igc.Guild:igc
    /join igc.Guild:igc

    Important Links:
    https://discord.gg/Uwce7Ds
    https://bit.ly/2p7Ue6e
    https://forms.gle/cyfeJjfqcBxMF1kJ6
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  4. GriefPK Elder

    So its been an exciting month!
    We started on our TBM achivments for the Eyes of Life

    Killed PoFear, Vim & Viggor, Wither & Decay, Lady of Life and tonight will be GRUUUMMUUS! We also got a stupid amount of augs out of PoFire. I lost count, but no one ever leaves empty handed. If you are looking for an active guild on Xegony with groups and raids every week night ... Your In Good Company!

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  5. GriefPK Elder

    Kill'n the things, doing the stuff! We are looking for 110 raiders! Returning players welcome! Server transfers welcome! Groups of friends welcome! Folks that can raid Wed/Fri nights ... very welcome!

    Groups all day, raids at night. We are going wide! Not just for raids but so there is always some one to group with and always people playing. Never log on to an empty guild chat again!

    If you don't want to box when ToV comes out ... You're In Good Company!

    Not to drop names, but did I mention that Riddick raids with us? His eye shine is OP in PoFire...
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    Seriously, bring a toon to Xegony and raid with us. We have fun, work hard and look good doing it! ;p
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  6. Corwyhn Lionheart Guild Leader, Lions of the Heart

    Based on your loot formula I am guessing this would not be the best fit for very casual raiders who aren't making several raids a week?

    Its a great idea I would have just liked it to be more occasional raider friendly. Best of luck with it.
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  7. Yimin Augur

    Thats with anything in life, the more you put in the more you get ....But why are you here knocking them is my question ?

    YiMin
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  8. Corwyhn Lionheart Guild Leader, Lions of the Heart

    Actually I didn't think I was knocking them. Griefpk and I get along great and we were actually just talking about this after I posted.

    Oh wait I get it expressing an opinion on how I would like to see the loot go was knocking them to you. Ummm no it wasn't :)

    I think the more important question is why you think I was knocking them?
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  9. GriefPK Elder

    look'n vicious!
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  10. GriefPK Elder

    My kinda Friday night!

    Challenge accepted ...

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  11. Vastradar Journeyman

    Did you get any screenshots from our raid last night?
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  12. GriefPK Elder

    nom nom nom ToV group content! If you are not devouring ToV hunters, heroic missions and all the rest every night ... contact us! We are doing nightly zerg raids to roll through ToV content and its crazy fun!

    Nathstar Diamond's have been requested by members so its on the raid schedule! If you have a toon that needs some EOK achievements to complete their Nathstar Diamond IGC is the place to be! We will be clearing EOK and ROS for raid achievements over the next few months per member request!
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