Difference between revisions of "Of Draco Dusk (Guild)"

• Novaster

• Corrider

• Averil
• Wumpulump
• Yamifox------(Shivermist Buster)
• Formed 07 August 2012 20:45 EST

• Hollow-Edge (Joined 13 July 2012 sometime around 11:00 PM EST)
• Snarklefarf
• Wolfdragoon
• Formed 19 August 2012 21:50 EST

• Andyz (Joined 06 August 2012 18:35 EST)
• Mumalot
• Staynoon
• Formed 06 January 2013 21:08 EST

• Novaster------(Shivermist Buster)------(Blitz Needle)

• Averil
• Wumpulump------(Shivermist Buster)------(Blitz Needle)
• Yamifox------(Blitz Needle)

• Hollow-Edge (Joined 13 July 2012 sometime around 11:00 PM EST)
• Snarklefarf
• Wolfdragoon

• Andyz------(Blitz Needle)
• Mumalot------Joined 05 August 2012 5:36 PM EST)------(Shivermist Buster)------(Blitz Needle)
• Staynoon------(Shivermist Buster)------(Blitz Needle)

• Chaseawsm------(Joined 24 June 2012 sometime in the early morning)------(Shivermist Buster)

• Averil
• Novaster
• Snarklefarf
• Wolfdragoon
• Yamifox

• Andyz
• Cobalt-luster
• Hollow-Edge
• Novaster
• Mumalot
• Ringosake
• Saikuru
• Snarklefarf
• Staynoon
• Sverna
• Wolfdragoon
• Wumpulump

• Cobalt-luster
• Novaster
• Mumalot
• Wolfdragoon
• Zunaka

• Averil (Polaris)
• Cobalt-Luster (Argent Peacemaker, Warmaster Rocket Hammer, Blitz Needle, Shivermist Buster)
• Mikaxsus (Voltege, Blitz Needle, Argent Peacemaker)
• Mumalot (Glacius, Shivermist Buster, Blitz Needle)
• Novaster (Blitz Needle and Shiver)
• Wolfdragoon (Shiver)
• Wumpulump (Leviathan, Dread Venom Striker, Blitz Needle, Gigawatt Pulsar)

• ---for details on full loadouts, PM individuals.

• Cobalt-Luster
• Mikaxsus
• Mumalot
• Novaster
• Staynoon

• Mozna
• Rogerick (Joined 23 December 2012 17:15 EST)
• Siroverlord (Joined 08 August 2012 18:11 EST)
• Sverna (Joined 2012)
• Taiitu (Joined 25 December 2012 07:07 EST)
• Ventaile (Joined 16 November 2012 11:00 EST)

• Abyssally (Joined 16 January 2013 00:47 EST)
• Dagerr (Joined 09 February 2013 15:17 EST)
• Dromedor (Joined 06 July 2012 17:54 EST)
• Ihateeverything (Joined 29 January 2013 18:15 EST)
• Ironhero (Joined 30 December 2012 09:46 EST)
• Limitbreaker (Joined 19 January 2013 13:19 EST)
• Majestic-Mango (Joined 01 January 2013 09:35 EST)
• Mikaxsus (Joined 02 February 2013 03:03 EST)
• Nintendax (Joined 21 January 2013 21:27 EST)
• Onoa (Joined 02 February 2013 23:48 EST)
• Owlert (Joined 15 January 2013 19:32 EST)
• Paxster-Blue ( Joined 27 December 2012 8:46 EST)
• Ramza-Boulavarde (Joined 2012)
• Ringosake (Joined 12 August 2012 01:11 EST)
• Rumeyl (Joined 16 January 2013 00:50 EST)
• Saikuru (Joined 22 December 2012 15:12 EST)
• Scythedoom (Joined 04 January 2013 11:45 EST)
• Skydomv (Joined sometime November 2012)
• Tacoknighte (Joined 2012)
• Vyndel (Joined 30 December 2012 08:36 EST)
• Zephyrgon (Joined 03 January 2013 15:09 EST)
• Zunaka (Joined 22 January 2013 22:54 EST)

• Recruits come/go in a guild. Names and join dates of guildies are in the Guild Record of the Hall, and are put on the wiki when membership status is acquired.

• Draco-Dusk-Raffle
• Draco-Dusk-Vault

To become a recruit, an individual must:

• ---Have read the "Core Rules" and "becoming a recruit" information on this wiki.
• ---Run a mission with an officer or the Guild Master.
• ---Answer a series of questions asked by the Guild Master or an Officer.
• ---Be patient, be understanding, and have a general good vibe.

To become a member, a recruit must:

• ---Be in the guild at least 14 days.
• ---Show consistently polite, nice behavior. This includes listening skills! People are very variable, so each individual will be monitored for rank-up.
• ---Show some kind of dedication to the guild. This includes: interacting with other guildies, donating 5% mission crown rewards to the Treasury if not vanguard, donating furniture to the treasury, not threatening to leave the guild for another, ignoring other guild invites with a laugh, and so on.
• ---Special Circumstance: if a person shows extreme interest through incredible deeds and charity.
• ---This rank-up may take some time, as we need to get a very clear idea of your character.

To become a Veteran, a member must:

• ---Help an individual of lower in-game rank (they do not have to be in the guild) with a mission they have extreme difficulty with.
• ---The person helped should tell an officer or the Guild Master which guild individual helped them, and if their experience was satisfactory. But this is not required for the rank up, because it is not fair to the helper, who spent energy. However, if a complaint comes in later then there's trouble, but this will probably never happen.
• ---Be of Vanguard rank.

To become a Midnight Draco, a Veteran must:

• ---Gone above and beyond the call of the Guild (helps out a lot, donates to vault, keeps players happy).
• ---Be Vanguard
• ---Have passed the Draco 101 Test.
• ---Have a Dragon Costume of some sort (any scale or chroma family helm with a body that makes sense) to prove your love of dragons.
• ---Have either a Shivermist Buster or a Blitz Needle.

The Officers' Rings

• ---Officer Ring positions are closed once filled. Officers are chosen based on their enthusiasm, responsible behavior, and activity levels during vacations. Three officers are chosen every 25 members until 100 members are reached. Beyond 100 members, 3 officers are chosen once every 50 members.

To be in the Shadow Circle, an individual must:

• ---Have completed a Shadow Lair.

To be a Crimson Hammer, an individual must:

• ---Have completed all tiers of Operation Crimson Hammer.
• ---Please note, this is just a title for bragging rights, and is not a necessary thing to achieve as it costs actual money.

To be a Vanaduke Vanquisher, an individual must:

• ---Have defeated Lord Vanaduke in his throne room
• ---Condition: Alone with no deaths. (No mist/CE revivals).
• ---Condition: All slags must spawn for every wave.

To be a Juggernaut, an individual must:

• ---Have reached 45,000 prestige
• ---This title shows a high interest in running a variety of levels.
• ---This title indicates that an individual has a wide variety of offensive and defensive gear to combat almost any situation.
• ---This title is indicative of likely prowess at Danger Missions.

Core Rules Again

• Be civil, be nice, no begging, and have fun.

~~Every individual of any rank is required to maintain the expectations of their rank and every rank below their own.~~

Guild Master:

• ---Novaster will be the deciding word for guild issues (unless outvoted by all umbra officers), maintain the raffle and vault accounts, approve all recruits and rank-ups, and try to be available at all times. Only the GM may remove guildies, for three reasons: 1) so dislike is focused on the GM only, 2) so the voting process is followed and biased is minimized, and 3) to limit a threatening atmosphere.

Officers:

• ---are expected to be very active (with the exception of Corrider, as we occasionally need an unbiased opinion), show patience, be a permanent guild participant, show exemplary gaming skill, and be a Midnight Draco (to prove mission availability and sufficient gaming skill to help with missions).

PLEASE NOTE that officer rings are of equal status. They are named according to their general duties (penumbra is closer to "lighter" recruit issues). The officer rings serve as the claws of the Guild. There are always three officers per ring, and officers can request to have their position moved from one to the other if a swap wants to be made. All rings have the tasks of the other rings, merely putting more emphasis on their specific duties.

Umbra Officers' Ring: Votes on Guild Master decisions. A unanimous vote is needed to override the Guild Master's choice. (All Penumbra tasks are also handled by this ring).

Penumbra Ring: searches for new recruits, maintain a positive guild atmosphere, help out guild buddies in serious need (if mist is on hand), enforces guild rules.

Nexus Ring: Focuses on maintaining a healthy social base through the guild, while trying to be unbiased. Nexus officers will also tend to remind individual guildies of the general rules, should they be forgotten.

Veterans:

• ---seek to improve skill sets. (This includes making a shiver and/or blitz for easy regular vana runs!)

Members:

• ---actively try to help individuals through missions and maintain a positive attitude.

Recruits:

• ---hold polite conversation, patience, decent "active player" status, patience, did we mention patience? Patience.

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Devil's Advocate:

• ---Corrider will contribute an opinion for the most sensitive guild issues.

Being a Midnight Draco:

• ---Being in this circle is a special position, and opinions are taken into serious consideration by Officers and Guild Masters. Midnight Dracos are expected to be permanent guild participants. You are the light in the darkest of the night, the nothingness beyond dusk.

Being a Teacher

• ---Answering any question about the game to the best of your ability, running missions with the primary purpose of teaching combat techniques, offering tips about secret areas and game manipulation, forming gatherings in haven and concocting team strategies. Teacher status will be proposed by any individual of the Penumbra Ring, and decided by the Guild Master, if the individual can answer ten of the Draco 101 Basic Test questions. Being a Teacher is an active role, so be prepared to answer loads of questions! Note: Midnight Dracos can choose whether or not to maintain their Teacher status, but must have still passed the test.

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• Core Rules Again: Be civil, be nice, no begging, and have fun. Mens Rea plays an important role here!

1) Do not beg. Begging is asking for anything of anyone in the guild, except mission help.

However: You may, if you are only a recruit, (or a member in need of a 5* item) ask an officer or the GM to withdraw materials from storage ON OCCASION to craft.

2) Do not complain about party members' abilities to game. We are full tier, and members are made to be aware of that when they apply.

Instead: Advise members to game properly in a nice manner.

3) No racism. We have members from all over the world.

4) Do not use guild chat for personal one-on-one conversations. Do not spam in guild chat. Do not conduct business in guild chat. Do not discuss sensitive topics in guildchat, you know, the ones that almost always make people disagree. (Politics, religion, and sexism are the big three no-nos). PM individuals to talk about those things instead.

Instead: Use guild chat to ask for general mission help, or participate in a friendly group conversation.

5) Do not send random mission invites. Pop ups are annoying. This means do not send an invite unless someone asks you to.

Instead: Use the guild chat or send a private message to people asking if they want to run a mission. Do not send the invites unless people respond with an affirmative.

6) Do not, in general, complain about things (especially how low your personal CE is, etc.) in guild chat. We want to keep a light atmosphere.

7) Stop when someone asks you to stop. The current topic is too upsetting, or your behavior is too annoying. (Like spamming, yelling, etc.)

8) Do not ask for promotions. Read the wiki's information on promotions, and you will understand how our system works. Do not imply that you want a promotion.

Instead: You may ask once if you feel you have vanished into our ranks and we have forgotten you. Make sure you are qualified for the rank up before doing so.

9) Do not insult, name call, or taunt guild members.

10) If an individual goes inactive for 30 days or more 'without announcing the reason' to another guild member, they will be removed due to inactivity. The reason must be a real life situation - other games are not acceptable as reasons to go inactive and stay in the guild, since that is your free time spent elsewhere of your own will: logically, if you don't want to spend that time in spiral knights, then remaining as a standby participant in a guild does not make sense. It is very easy to wander for a long time in other gaming worlds, so we harbor no hard feelings should you leave for a long time for this reason. See return to guild policies below.

11 If you swap your representing knight in the guild with another knight under your control (an "alt" account), then you stay a recruit in the guild for 7 days, then the rank you had before on the other knight will be restored. This helps maintain consistency through a period of decision making.

Breaking the Rules

• ---Applies to breaking of core rules, and multiple instances of other rules.
• ---First offense: 5k to Treasury.
• ---Second offense: 10k to Treasury, demotion (if a recruit, you are out of the guild)
• ---Third Offense: removal from guild.
• Severity varies. If a person commits a particularly dastardly deed, officers of the Umbra ring (typically: can be any officers on duty) and Guild Master will vote to remove the offender, no matter the number of offenses. It takes two officer votes and the GM's vote to remove a person in this manner.

Examples of Behavior that will typically get you removed:

• Violation of rule 7, 9

Removal Notices:

• You have been removed from the guild <Of Draco Dusk> due to offensive, disrespectful behavior. (Insert Details describing behavior).

• You have been removed from the guild <Of Draco Dusk> due to repetitive breaking of the rules. (Insert Details describing rules broken).

• If you leave the guild on your own for any reason, you can only return once. We want stability in our ranks, and hopping in and out of our guild is not conducive to stability.

• ---Members removed due to inactivity will be documented for later, because individuals removed for this reason may rejoin the guild once if they wish.
• ---Members removed due to Breaking the Rules will be mailed a letter describing the reason for their removal, and will never be allowed back into the guild.

• Try to get 3333 usables in your belt (such as poison vials, sleep vials, and so on - these drop from boxes and enemies) to get better elevator prizes.
• Try to complete a level with full health (at the very end of a mission, dropping your vitapod is an easy thing to to) for better elevator prizes.
• The elevator wheel can only give materials, money, or boxes if you are at full health with 3333 usables at the end of a level.
• Don't revive yourself unless the whole team is dead (A COUNTDOWN TIMER IS VISIBLE). Mist lets you play the game, don't waste it!
• We encourage joining open parties. It facilitates healthy guild bonding. If you don't want anybody joining your party, lock it. An open party is basically an invite to guild members. This is NOT like a random invite (see rules information).
• Students (anyone not a Teacher, or even Teachers, because we all learn all the time): check the list of Teachers to know whom you can ask questions about the game, and get precise, correct answers!
• The Wiki is your friend! But sometimes the damage/speed bars are LIES.

• Donations are OPTIONAL. We just brainwash you with our Gremlin Ray to do so. For what the guild does as a baseline for upkeep:
  • For now, we ask that 5% (five percent) of the crowns earned in any mission a Vanguard runs be donated to the treasury. The % donated is up to the individual, and those below the rank of vanguard are not asked to donate, because we would rather you focus on getting the rank of vanguard. Donations are optional for all guild individuals, as you are paying for aesthetics with your donations. We want you in the guild for your personality, not your wallet.
• Quick math: on average, Vanaduke runs yield a 450 crown donation per run.
• Large donations are much loved! (Thanks especially to Staynoon, Sverna, Ventaile, Wolfdragoon, and Wumpulump).
• Rooms and Expansions are delicate issues. In general, we will not purchase rooms, as they cannot be moved without being destroyed. In general, we will not expand without consensus and sufficient funds, as expanding increases upkeep: and we want to have a relaxed atmosphere. A demanding upkeep causes unwanted stress! And nobody wants stress in a game.
• Themes and Environments are also delicate issues. We will tend to change these according to events and promotions in game, for example, we did spooky theme for the Moorcroft kat event.
• Furniture is an aesthetic class of items that make the hall feel more like home. Furniture is purchased with a consensus system, with more expensive items taking more guild members to want them to authenticate a purchase. Furniture is paid for by funds in the treasury. Individual pieces can be paid for by a single guildie with a deposit to the treasury equal to the cost of the desired piece. A request must then be sent to an officer or guild master to obtain the furniture for display.
• Event furniture is placed in the treasury as pure donation. Donating furniture does not justify taking resources from the guild, as you have a choice to sell the furniture on the market. Furniture doesn't help individuals progress through the game or purchase more CE if it's stuck in a treasury. Hey that rhymes. Feel free to collaborate with other guild members to purchase the more expensive (typically rare) event furniture pieces.

• If you take mist from the well, you must: pay back the equivalent in crowns (according to the current CE market rate), minus 10% of that value. The crowns can go to the Vault Bot (For CE conversion back to the well) or the Treasury. This method means you get energy for less, and the guild profits.
• Example: You are at 70 mist, and withdraw from well. 30 mist was taken from the well, you are now at 100 mist. Say the current CE rate is 8,300 crowns for 100 CE. So you would give 2241 crowns back.
• Simple Equation:------------[((Price of 100 CE on market) / 100)*the amount of energy taken from well] = A ------------ A*0.10 = B ------------ A-B = what you give for the withdrawal in crowns.
• Guild members of Veteran rank or higher have Mist Well access.
• A person who deposits 500 or more CE into the well may take from the well without giving crowns back, but only up to the amount they deposited.
• Feel free to use the well for your own shenanigans, as long as you fund yourself.
• For basic mist well mechanics, read the Mist Well page on the Spiral Knights wiki.

• Materials placed in guild storage are pure donation. Guildies can take materials for free FOR SPECIAL TRANSMUTING PURPOSES ONLY. Bulk withdrawals for the purpose of selling or making multiple transmutes ("rage crafting") are not allowed. If you can't get a certain item due to rank, ask the appropriate rank to withdraw for you. We would let everyone have all access, but not everyone we let into the guild can be trusted right away. :(
• If a lower ranked guildie wants to donate materials classified higher than their own rank, they should mail the items to an officer or guild master with a "donation for storage" subject line, or trade, so we can put them in the right place.
• 5* general materials are placed in veteran storage. Please ask nicely for five star materials.
• Rare items (such as Shadow Lair materials, Mod Cals, Enamorocks) and recipes are placed in officer storage.
• Accessories and Costumes are placed in Officer Storage, minus the hallow class.
• Recipes are bought for 100cr more than the basil sale price. Crowns from recipes go to either CE for the Mist Well or the Treasury.
• UVed items are bought for 500cr more than the vendor buy price. (Please keep decent UVed items for yourselves).
• Accessories are sold at a price the donor feels prudent. Placing accessories in storage is a donation, and does not justify taking resources from the guild, because accessories don't help indiviuals through the game, or help buy more CE unless they are resold.
• Lol usables
• Special Circumstance: Chroma Tears and Dragon Scales go in officer storage, because of their relative rarity.
• don't freaking do this (Bad Withdrawal Incident).

• Rare Items: Keep in mind these are not always available:
• 3,000 for a mod calibrator. We don't have calibrator mods.
• 10,000 for a Nightmare Mane.
• 8,000 for a Celestial Ore.
• 15,000 for Gremlonium.
• 18,000 for a Maiden's Tear.

• PM the GM for old vault data.

• As of now, the Vault is a functioning medium for the Mist Well-CE circulation.

• Do not give anyone but the character "Draco-Dusk-Vault" or "Novaster" crowns when making a deposit.

• Special thanks to Corrider for making a Gunslinger Hat for the vault's costume!

• 3F rooms may be rented to guildies. This is a person's chance to arrange a personal area the way they want to (within certain limits...like no theme changes or purchased "room" class guild hall things, or floor tiling changes)!
• Rooms may be rented by anyone in the guild.
• It costs 1,000 cr to rent a Room for one week. The crowns are deposited by renters into the treasury.
• A person may rent a Room only once a week, we have to share! This is only if there's no competition to rent, otherwise a 1k fee a week keeps the room.
• Furniture purchase/placement requests go to officers or the Guild Master. We will arrange what we have for that Room, or buy what you want, if you supply crowns.
• Renting a room allows an individual to express themselves with furniture, or feel like they have their own tiny house.
• The room will be named " 'Individual's Name' Room (time (military) and day the room rent expires)" or a personalized name, if appropriate.

• -----Floor 1-----"Public Floor"-----
• 1-A: Hunter's Lodge
• 1-B: The Lava Pit: Bar and Grill
• 1-C: Lounge Ledge
• 1-1: Command Console and Entry Hall
• 1-D: Lounge Ledge
• 1-E: Alchemy Room
• 1-F: Auction Room
• -----Floor 2-----"Guild Buisness Floor"-----
• 2-A: Laboratory
• 2-B: Draco 101 Classroom
• 2-C: Scholars' Ledge (Mewkat Nest)
• 2-D: War Room
• 2-E: Lounge Ledge
• 2-F: Dragon Hoard (Mist Wells. DOOR: Veteran+)
• 2-G: Officer Meeting Room (DOOR: Officer+)
• -----PENDING Floor 3-----"Guild Relaxation Floor"-----
• 2-A: Timeless Faux Garden of Meditation (pending)
• 2-B: Ninja's Room
• 2-C: Rentable Room
• 2-D: Occupied Dorm Room
• ??? rentable room, resting area (beds), dorm room, etc.
• Note: upkeep reduced with kat update. It is now 105,500 crowns.