After long consideration, we, the leads of The Leftovers, have determined that with the changes coming in high end raiding with TBC that a significant change in the overall structure of high end raiding is in order.
Our overall desire is to return to our successful roots, open signup raiding, run with a minimum of administrative overhead.
With the potential offered with a simpler loot system, multiple raiding instances, and the prospect of some very exciting and versatile slotting software, we intend to move to a system of chartered raiding.
Charter raiding groups will be run along the lines of the existing 20 man groups such as Pirates, Ninjas, and Easterners with the addition of being "sanctioned" raid by LO. This means they will be official raids using LOP and other LO guildlines.
Each group will be formed by a sponsor(s) that will be leading said raids. These raid leads will be responsible for slotting, rosters, and point entry. Each individual raid run under charter must have at least one of these leads present.
Charter Raiding instances: Gruul's Lair, Magtheridon, Serpent Shrine, Tempest Keep, Mount Hyjal, Black Temple and Sunwell.
Noncharter Raiding Instances: BRS, ZG, AQ20, Onyxia's Lair, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Naxxramas, Karazhan and ZA.
Please note: With Kara and ZA, we are happy to have you use the PvE boards to schedule raids. However,
at this time in order to use the calendar system, you must form a charter for these instances. This also includes all Non-Charter raids.
How to form a Charter Group:1) Charter Raid leads must submit an official raid charter (see example below). The charter must contain raid objectives, number of raiders, how often raids will be held, what days the raids will be, and a list of raid leads or officers.
2) Once the charter is submited to the LO Leads it will be reviewed and either approved or denied. If it is denied an explanation will be given.
Some things that will be considered when the leads are looking at a new charter:
- What is the benefit of this group vs another group running the instance already? What is unique about them that would allow them to exist in comparison with other groups?
- Is the group Charter sane and workable?
- Will the proposed leadership work well with the other Charter Leads?
3) Once the charter is accepted, the raid leads will be given access to the Charter Leads forum, which replaces the current Group Leads forum.
4) All charter approved leads must become LOP entry trained within a week of charter approval and before their first official chartered raid.
5) The raid leads are solely responsible for the success or failure of each group. If a charter group is seen to be failing due to leadership issues the charter may be revoked.
6) Unless specifically exempted, 4 leads must be listed in the charter application. One of those leads must be present on any raids run by this charter.
The benifits to Charter Groups:1) Massive reduction in LO leadership overhead. This system will eliminate the nessesity of subleads.
2) Reduction in total overall workload for all leads.
3) It will remove the tenure mindset on raiders that we have seen develop in the ST system. Competition for slotting will promote( hopefully) more successful raid groups.
4) It allows ST folk to stay together if that is what they want. It also allows flexibility to move between groups if a raider is not happy with the way raids are run or the preformance of a raid group.
Non-Chartered Raids:LO will continue to have it's longstanding and popular PvE forum, used to coordinate raids and activities to Non-Charter Instances. Non-Charter Instances refers to such early instances as UBRS and BRD, as well as later raids like AQ20 and ZG. Now that Burning Crusade is rolling, we have reviewed and altered our raids as necessary. We expect this will also occur as Wrath of the Lich King goes live.
Any raider or group that wishes to form a raid to a Charter Instance (Being things like Gruul, SSC, BT, etc.), but does not wish to gain a charter for them, we request that you do not use the LO boards to coordinate your raids. However, any "old world" level 60 instances or the 10 man instances - you are free to use the PvE boards.
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If you have questions about Charter Groups, please use this discussion topic.
