KanameHey Redeemed. Just sending out a reminder of the first Ops run tonight for Episode VI. We'll be starting at 6:00pm PT. Meet on the fleet and let Aelyniss know if you need an invite.
Unfortunately, work has me otherwise occupied this evening, so I will be unable to attend
WrayneI've been asked a couple times why a couple people haven't been able to sign up for an Operation or other event. One thing of note is that you must have actually created a "Character" in your profile to be able to sign up for these events. We do this so that people with lots of alts, *ahem* merc *ahem* can very easily specify who they wish to take to the event.
So! A couple of things have happened lately. The biggest new thing is that the keys to the guild have been passed to me, Wrayne, by Calik. This is not a change in leadership, he's still our great and fearless leader, but he may not be as present as he would like. So he's allowed me to steward for him until such time as he thinks he can. As for me, I don't want you to think of me as your guild master, even though that is my title, I just the schmuck who happens to have the least life of the officers and can be around, probably too often.
I would like to thank a couple people for stepping up and taking on the reigns of Officer. Siqua is going to be our new Roleplay and Lore officer, questions to that subject, he's happy to talk your ear off. Mercutio has reconsidered his decision to leave the Officer Corps and has been reinstated as our primary guild banker. Snarkdog has also stepped up to join us as officers to an unknown specialty as of now, but that is likely to change in the coming future!
Lastly, everyone did an awesome job helping us raise the money for the first two bank tabs, but is has become extremely clear that we will be needing more. Our first two tabs are pretty much full already and we don't have half of what we'd like in there yet. 2,000,000 Credits is the goal for the third tab and I'm hoping for even a fourth if can make it. Anyone who wants to donate can deposit straight into the bank itself. For anyone who hasn't found them yet the guild banks are located in the Galactic Trade Market, purple keys on your mini map.
Looking forward to be working with everyone toward a bright future for our guild.
After the success of last Friday's open ops run we're looking to start working on forming a Friday night ops team. This week's 6:00 server run will still be open, and certainly feel free to sign up on the Redeemed website events calendar even if the run looks full. Please show up at least 15 minutes early for group formup, we may get off just a little bit late as we will have a short discussion of what we're looking for in a team, although I'll make some points in this post.
1) We are not looking necessarily for just 8 people for the team. People have a lot of events to attend to on Friday nights and there will always be some variation in spots. 100% attendance is certainly not expected on Friday nights. Please sign up if interested, even if it looks like we'll have some overlapping roles--this may not be the only team forming, and if we have enough people we may run 16 man operations. We will just have to see how this develops.
2) This group is open to beginners, we expect to be running normal modes until patch 1.2 at this point. If you are a beginner, becoming active in running hard modes is a great way to prepare for operations. A number of us run them most evenings, and are quite happy to help new people learn and adjust.
3) There will be some minimum gear requirements to run in Team Bacon. A full set of the appropriate level 50 barrels/hilts, armorings, mods, and enhancements will be required in modable slots. Your other items should at least be level 50 blues or above--speak to our crafters in the guild if you need help, and many items are available on the GTN for reasonable enough prices if you are running dailies (you make about 200k just running them each day). If you're interested in the team, still show up on Friday even if you haven't met these requirements yet.
4) If you are running an operation for the first time, please be considerate of your other team members and watch videos of the encounters beforehand. It is best to find some (often on youtube) that offer fight explanations. If people haven't watched the videos, we have to spend more time explaining fights and answering basic questions when we could be actually playing and/or going more into strategy.
5) While not a "requirement" as such, we strongly recommend you talk to other 50s in the guild of your advanced class and read guides in our forums and elsewhere to learn how to better play your class in endgame--everyone always has more they can learn.
We wanted to fill everyone in on a few plans for the future. We have had an awesome time already running operations the past couple weeks. With more of us hitting 50 and ready to see some of this awesome content that BioWare has released we want to help groups set up 8 man operation teams.
Right now we have 2 teams ready to start in the next week or two. Mike Norton will lead one 8 man while Jason Clayton (Spoon) will lead a second. With as many great tanks we have in guild there is a possibility of a third group, possibly a hard core group of players who want to push the envelope :)
The multiple teams will help fill time needs by raiding on different schedule's as well as help to fit all our specs for groups. Keep watching the page and the forums for information on getting into one of the groups or even possibly starting your very own :)
And ya'll thought we never had to see Rakghouls again....I don't want to go to Taris even if it is for Purple Cunning Gear!...Well you make a good point. To Taris!
Queue times for Vrook Lamar are unacceptable right now. Going on 30 minutes. Started at position 250+....down to 114...it'll probably take an hour to get in
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