Hope Remains Guild Rules

General Rules  

1. Real life always comes first.
2. Treat others as you would want to be treated.
3. This is an adult guild and we're pretty relaxed about conversation topics in guild chat. This does not mean that members have the right to say whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want. Seriously disruptive behavior will be addressed.
4. Don't ask for power leveling or run-throughs in guild chat.

Alts

Alts are welcome! You can have as many of your alts in the guild as you wish.

Activity

Characters that have not logged in within the past month will be removed from the guild. If for some reason you will be gone for an extended period of time (military service, really awesome vacation, etc.), please send a whisper or in-game mail to an officer letting us know when you expect to return so that we can mark that down in your Officer Note and not remove you from the guild. If you find yourself removed from the guild for inactivity, just whisper an officer and we will happily re-invite you.

Guild Events

Every guild member is able to add an event to the calendar. If there's something you'd like to do with the guild, whether it's a dungeon run, PvP, raiding, or something else, you are completely welcome to organize it yourself! We simply ask that you try to avoid scheduling an event overlapping an event that has already been scheduled.

If you organize and lead a guild run, it is your show! We will provide a default set of raid and loot rules, but as a raid leader you are not required to stick to them. The only requirement is that if you choose to deviate, you must make all of your rules clear in the event description and announce them at the beginning of the run. Running with master looter on and saying "Oh, I forgot to mention Ashes of Al'ar is reserved for me!" is unacceptable (for example).

Raiding Rules

1. Never start a raid early. If there are more people interested in a raid than there are available slots, we don't want to end up with a race to see who can log on the earliest. Real life always comes first!
2. For more difficult content, raiders are expected to come prepared and play their best. Consumables, enchants and gems are not required, but they are encouraged. If you are having difficulty performing at a level required for the content, please feel free to ask more experienced guild members for assistance with choosing gear, gems, enchants, talents and so on. 

Loot Rules

Current Expansion Content

Loot is rolled for main spec first, off spec second, greed/disenchant last. Your main spec is the spec you prefer; not necessarily the spec you are currently running with. We do not store enchanting materials in the guild bank; you are free to keep any materials you win and do whatever you wish with them.

Old-School Content

We'll just be running with Blizzard's standard loot window here. If you want something for any reason other than vendoring/DEing, roll need. Otherwise, roll greed or DE. Gear upgrades in old-school content do not take precedence over people wanting items for costume purposes or other reasons. Gear in old-school content is easily replaced just through leveling.

Guild Bank Rules

Free Tabs

We've opened up the first two bank tabs for free use by anyone of Member rank or higher. If there is something you want in one of these tabs, take it! That's what it's there for. Please do not abuse this privilege (by taking everything out to vendor it, for example). Abuse of the guild bank will likely result in a gkick.

Valuables Tab

The third bank tab is locked for officer use and is meant to hold more valuable items. This is to avoid losing difficult-to-replace items in the event of a guild member being hacked or other badness. If you'd like to put something in this tab, send it to an officer. If you'd like something in the tab, just ask!

Collections

Some of our other tabs are reserved for collections, like the guild rock collection or our Back Room collection of naughty items. These are completely open as well, but please don't remove these items unless they were improperly placed (someone put food in the rock collection, for example). They're intended to sit there and be funny.