Raiding Ranks and how they are determined:


Member Ranks
Guild Master - the Guild Master - currently Chizza (Lavache's hunter)
Cat Herder - Psychosis officers
Lieutenant - Raid leaders, Class officers, and similar activities
Core Raid - Core raid members of Psychosis (progression content group)
Raid Member - People that for whatever reason dont qualify for Raid Member
Member - Non-raiding members of Psychosis, or those that have not yet reached Raid Member status.
alts-R-us - Alt's of Raid Members & Members
Recruit - a new applicant to the guild
Who is this? - a silent rank - this rank can read guild chat, but can not post to guild chat.  If this is you, you screwed up.
CORE RAID MEMBER:  Top tier raid position

Qualifications: 
  1. Good Raid Attendance: Probably about a 70-80% attendance rate or higher.
  2. Preparation: 
    1. Equipment for raid is repaired, gemmed, enchanted.   
    2. Strats are read for new encounters BEFORE we attempt a new boss.  
    3. Consumables/Reagents are on that person when raid time begins.  
    4. Summary: This person is in the zone/ready for summon when the raid is scheduled to begin (usually before.)
  3. Technical Ability:  Plays class well.  
    1. Correctly Specced (PVE vrs PVP etc.)
    2. Summary: This person gets his/her job done effectively
  4. Overall Attitude:
    1. No Drama, this is guild policy and carries over into raids.
  5. Teamwork: 
    1. Able to look at each persons importance in a raid and NOT be a diva. 1 person does not make a team, regardless of skill.
    2. Able to effectively look past how he/she feels about a certain player personally and still work with that person to get their job done.
    3. Overall positive attitude towards raiding and the guild. Doesn't bring down morale of the raid by whining, finger pointing, or outright mocking a person/situation.  This is especially important when things don't go his/her way.
    4. Summary:  This one is kinda difficult.  This person is an asset to the raid.  They keep things fun, while maintaining good, focused performance.  They are able to encourage better raid performance in themselves and other people, without bringing the whole raid down.  Most of all they are able to function in a team setting WITHOUT bringing a big basket of drama to the table.  They are able to take both our wins AND losses as a learning experience and use them to contribute to future successes.
Benefits of Core Raid Member: 1st Priority on Raid Spots, bragging rights on 1st kills.

RAID MEMBER: 2nd tier raid position

Qualifications: 
This player is generally very close to making core raid member.  Generally only lacking in one or two of the areas of criteria for Core raid members.  When in raid, this person performs almost identically to a raid member. They are able to get their job done, but for whatever reason, have not pushed their character that extra distance to hit core raid status.

Examples include (but aren't limited to):
Somone who is an awesome player, but is unable to raid consistently.
Someone who is an awesome player but is undergeared for content.
Someone who is an awesome player but currently has an issue with spec/rotation.
Benefits of Raid Member Status: 2nd priority on raid spots. This is essentially our back up pool. These are the first people we go to in the event that our core raid group doesn't fill all raid spots.

MEMBER/FAMILY/FRIENDS/ALTS:  3 ranks essentially meaning the same thing.  These are our members who do not raid.  They are here because they enjoy our play environment.  They don't want to raid and generally aren't prepared for it.  They may be asked to raid based on skill/gear, but are a last resort.

Benefits of Member/Family/Friends/Alts:  They are in a guild full of fun, helpful, wonderful, enthusiastic people.  Being a member of Psychosis is a benefit in itself.

RECRUIT:  This is a person whom we have recruited for raid.  We are in the process of evaluating their performance/place in the raid. After our trial period is over, this person will either