Post by Meekiyah on May 7, 2014 18:11:14 GMT -5
First, I want to say thank you all for being loyal supporters of your Linkshell! We want to proceed into the future with bigger, better ideas to make SoS as great as it possibly can be.
The sackholders will now be meeting weekly to discuss any and all linkshell issues, and ways to improve performance. We want this LS to be a perfect balance of Social and Endgame, but in order to do that, we have to implement some form of structure. I know change is not easy, and it can be frustrating. But once everyone can see how it improves the linkshell as a whole, we believe that we have nowhere to go but up!
First, linkshell community guidelines:
There are now 8 sackholders in SoS. Each sackholder is there to support the LS and it's members. We will all be monitoring LS chat as well as posts in the forums looking for any issues that may need to be addressed in our meetings. However, if you have an issue you'd like to inform us of, PLEASE DO SO! We want everyone to know that their opinion is valuable. Any issues need to be discussed with a sackholder in /TELL ONLY! Please do not bring up issues in LS chat that may cause an argument or heated debate. Send a tell, message, or private message on the forums to any one of the sackholders and we will discuss your issue with you as best we can. If needed we will bring the issue up at our next meeting so that a decision can be made by the leaders.
Next, we have implemented changes on how our DM2 runs will be handled, as well as other LS events.
Party setup and Rotations:
With the LS growing, and more people getting clears and properly geared up, we now know that it is time to have some structure to how we select people for events. In the past we never had these issues, most of the time we had to shout for pugs to fill spots in our runs. But now that more and more people are available to go, we are going to end up with too many people and not enough spots! So how can we make this fair for everyone? How can we make sure that everyone gets a chance to attend events? This is where the website really comes into play.
Alliance and Party setup will be picked by signing up for each event via the website. Each LS event will be on the calendar at least 1 week in advance. You will have all week up until 1 hour before Gather Together time. At that time, sign ups will be cut off and the attendees will be notified. If we have more people than allowed in party setup, we will then implement the rotation. Some members will go on our first run, some will go on the second run, and anyone who wants to go twice ill have to roll (/random) for a chance at the second run. So, when posting on the site, you will have to list your jobs available, and which runs you are available to attend. Some people may only have time for 1 or the other, or both.
Let me take that into a bit further detail. For example:
When I sign up for an event, particularly this system is for Dm2, I am going to post like this...
Meekiyah: Can take WHM, RNG, or DRG. Am available for 2 runs.
So now, the event leader knows what jobs I can bring, and the runs to consider me for.
1 hour before Gather Together the event leader will begin making the list to prepare for party setup. The first 18 ppl signed up on the site will be invited first, according to jobs. However if we have too many of one job (say 3 PLD's) then one of those or more will need to change to a different job, or wait for the second run. (Having more than 1 job endgame ready will help you get spots much more easily!!)
Once all have been invited, if there are still spots open for 1st run, we will announce in LS how many and what jobs we need. It will be first come first serve on who gets invited this way.
Once the 1st run has completed, everyone will drop party. The people who signed up for event for 2nd run will be invited first. Then after, those who went on 1st run, but wanted to attend 2nd also, will then roll eachother to fill spots. The highest roll-lowest will be invited in order until spots re filled. If we still have open spots after that, we will once again announce in LS to fill remaining spots.
If you came to the first run and DID NOT MERIT to be prepared for a second run you will NOT BE INVITED until all other spots have been filled first.
The last issue that we discussed as leaders was implementing a probationary period for new members to be able to lot on big item drops during events. We have come to a decision, and we WILL be putting a 1 WEEK PROBATION on all newcomers to the LS. During that time you may not lot on any weapons/gear that are /seacommed by other members. YOU MAY still lot on any weapons/gear that are deemed free lot, and any synth materials, tales, or trash drops (spells, crystals, plutons, etc.) With the new members arriving in the LS daily, we have to make sure that we weed out the new people who are coming in to get drops and then leaving for another shell.
If you have any questions or comments, leave them below, or contact one of the sackholders in game.
The sackholders will now be meeting weekly to discuss any and all linkshell issues, and ways to improve performance. We want this LS to be a perfect balance of Social and Endgame, but in order to do that, we have to implement some form of structure. I know change is not easy, and it can be frustrating. But once everyone can see how it improves the linkshell as a whole, we believe that we have nowhere to go but up!
First, linkshell community guidelines:
There are now 8 sackholders in SoS. Each sackholder is there to support the LS and it's members. We will all be monitoring LS chat as well as posts in the forums looking for any issues that may need to be addressed in our meetings. However, if you have an issue you'd like to inform us of, PLEASE DO SO! We want everyone to know that their opinion is valuable. Any issues need to be discussed with a sackholder in /TELL ONLY! Please do not bring up issues in LS chat that may cause an argument or heated debate. Send a tell, message, or private message on the forums to any one of the sackholders and we will discuss your issue with you as best we can. If needed we will bring the issue up at our next meeting so that a decision can be made by the leaders.
Next, we have implemented changes on how our DM2 runs will be handled, as well as other LS events.
Party setup and Rotations:
With the LS growing, and more people getting clears and properly geared up, we now know that it is time to have some structure to how we select people for events. In the past we never had these issues, most of the time we had to shout for pugs to fill spots in our runs. But now that more and more people are available to go, we are going to end up with too many people and not enough spots! So how can we make this fair for everyone? How can we make sure that everyone gets a chance to attend events? This is where the website really comes into play.
Alliance and Party setup will be picked by signing up for each event via the website. Each LS event will be on the calendar at least 1 week in advance. You will have all week up until 1 hour before Gather Together time. At that time, sign ups will be cut off and the attendees will be notified. If we have more people than allowed in party setup, we will then implement the rotation. Some members will go on our first run, some will go on the second run, and anyone who wants to go twice ill have to roll (/random) for a chance at the second run. So, when posting on the site, you will have to list your jobs available, and which runs you are available to attend. Some people may only have time for 1 or the other, or both.
Let me take that into a bit further detail. For example:
When I sign up for an event, particularly this system is for Dm2, I am going to post like this...
Meekiyah: Can take WHM, RNG, or DRG. Am available for 2 runs.
So now, the event leader knows what jobs I can bring, and the runs to consider me for.
1 hour before Gather Together the event leader will begin making the list to prepare for party setup. The first 18 ppl signed up on the site will be invited first, according to jobs. However if we have too many of one job (say 3 PLD's) then one of those or more will need to change to a different job, or wait for the second run. (Having more than 1 job endgame ready will help you get spots much more easily!!)
Once all have been invited, if there are still spots open for 1st run, we will announce in LS how many and what jobs we need. It will be first come first serve on who gets invited this way.
Once the 1st run has completed, everyone will drop party. The people who signed up for event for 2nd run will be invited first. Then after, those who went on 1st run, but wanted to attend 2nd also, will then roll eachother to fill spots. The highest roll-lowest will be invited in order until spots re filled. If we still have open spots after that, we will once again announce in LS to fill remaining spots.
If you came to the first run and DID NOT MERIT to be prepared for a second run you will NOT BE INVITED until all other spots have been filled first.
The last issue that we discussed as leaders was implementing a probationary period for new members to be able to lot on big item drops during events. We have come to a decision, and we WILL be putting a 1 WEEK PROBATION on all newcomers to the LS. During that time you may not lot on any weapons/gear that are /seacommed by other members. YOU MAY still lot on any weapons/gear that are deemed free lot, and any synth materials, tales, or trash drops (spells, crystals, plutons, etc.) With the new members arriving in the LS daily, we have to make sure that we weed out the new people who are coming in to get drops and then leaving for another shell.
If you have any questions or comments, leave them below, or contact one of the sackholders in game.