After the world that was Molten Core and Blackwing Lair become things of Burning Crusade Past, we, the leads of The Leftovers, determined that with the changes coming in high end raiding with Burning Crusade, that a significant change in the overall structure of high end raiding is in order. That change has proven to be a great system - and now as we run through Wrath, it continues.
Our overall desire was 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 intended to move to a system of chartered raiding.
Charter raiding groups are run along the lines of the what was once such groups 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. The Charter system has proven to be a successful tool, with every Charter having its own personality - and a Charter for just about every style of raiding you can imagine.
Each group will be formed by a sponsors (Called Charter Leads) 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: All 25 man Raiding instances, except for Vault of Archavon (which by nature is a pick up raid), are considered Charter Only raids. As well, if you wish to create a Charter for the 10 man raids, you may as well - and it is highly encouraged.
Noncharter Raiding Instances: ALL Old World and Burning Crusade instances, as well as the aforementioned Vault of Archavon.
Please note: With 10 man raids, we are happy to have you use the PvE boards to schedule raids. However,
at this time in order to use the calendar system and point 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. 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. The form, and a sample, can be found at
http://leftoversraiding.org/index.php/topic/34210/1/wotlk-charter-application-form.html. 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.
4) 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.
5) Unless specifically exempted, 4 leads must be listed for a 25-man charter application, and 2 for a 10-man charter application. One of those leads must be present on any raid run by this charter.
The benefits to Charter Groups:1) Massive reduction in LO leadership overhead. This system will eliminate the necessity 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 friends and guildies 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 performance 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, MC, AQ40 , as well as later raids like Serpentshrine and Sunwell. Now that Wrath is rolling, we have reviewed and altered our raids as necessary. We expect this will also occur when other expansions go live.
Any raider or group that wishes to form a raid to a Charter Instance, 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 or 70 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.
