Guild Ranks first topic:

This is a rough draft for discussion and debate.  But we need some kind of timeline for it to be implemented.  10 ranks is excessive, they have to be paired down and clearly defined in requirements.

My ideas are as follows:


KING:  Final word.


LORD: Advisors


KNIGHTS:   Officers day today decision. Admin of lower ranks.


SQUIRES:



ALLIES:  LIAR,  guild missions etc.


All are for debate and expansion of duties.

yeah too many ranks atm.

Below squire id like to add the rank soldier for new members and squire for active people

We could try Allies for those who will be staying and Guild Mission rank for those who may join imprompto. So we can know who would have to be removed. Soldiers for brand new members and squire for those who have proved to be more active..

What to do about the old (Zombie Rank) members who have not logged in over 3 months or longer? If we want to keep them in the guild i say we keep the Zombie rank specifically for them so they're easy to keep track of.
Or do we want to kick them and do away with the ranking? I know Mistweave was in AoL for a while and he died.

Thank you for starting this discussion Seamon.  These are our primary ranks.  I would like to eliminate at least one of the others.  Soldier and Militia are practically duplicates of each other.  The only difference between Peasant and Militia is if the person has registered on the forum.  Do we wish to continue a requirement for forum registration for beginning the process of gaining rank?  I kind of like it, but registration does not guarantee participation.

At this time, I do not see the Zombies as an issue.  However, we may wish to cull them at some point.  I would feel bad eliminating someone like Mistweave.  Though Zombie is an uncomfortable title for a dearly departed friend.  There are some old names that were really big in the guild at one time.  Jack, Amer, Aura, Mighty, etc.  However, I would not object to removing it.  Any of them would know how to contact us for reinstatement.  (except Mistweave)

Guild Mission Rank is in a trial phase.  So far, it is only being used for Second Missions.  I think it worked well the first day and I've noticed one of them is representing for us frequently now.  So far, I like the idea.

So, I would say definitely get rid of Soldier.  Possibly get rid of Peasant and Zombie.

I've created a list of people that are currently marked Ally and are not a member of Liars or RLR.

We will need to discuss responsibilities of higher ranks more.

Soldier or Militia... toss up.  I didn't notice people were leaning towards the title Soldier.

The Peasant, Soldier and Militia ranks are confusing as to what the differences should be.  Maybe those should be combined.  The Ally, Guild Missions and Zombie ranks are self-explanatory.  I could see some use in the Zombie rank as being a convenient place to put members we're thinking of kicking.  Guild Missions might be nice to keep track of people that we may like and eventually want to court for full membership.

At the moment, Zombie is for people we are saving from kicking.

We could combine peasant and militia to one or combine peasant militia and soldier into the soldier class if we want more simplicity.

also I think we should keep ally, gm, and the zombie rank; We have plenty of room for members so it wont hurt keeping them until we really need the room. Plus I believe Jambo, a zombie is still deployed so it would kinda suck for him if we get rid of zombie rank

my proposal right now for ranks follows as

King -the leader
Lord - Advisers
Knight - Officers
Squire - Long/full/trusted member/on forums/what have you
Soldier - Newly added
Ally - ally
Gm - Gm's
Zombies - zombies

That looks really good Zero

Looks good to me too.

Bhukk wrote:That looks really good Zero Very Happy

Flynx wrote:This looks right to me. Nice job Zero!

I feel like that slow kid that finally gets the answer after its been said 4 times. XD Yes its basically what seamon said but I added soldier under it cause I dont want to get rid of it in favor of militia

Zero wrote:King -the leader
Lord - Advisers
Knight - Officers
Squire - Long/full/trusted member/on forums/what have you
Soldier - Newly added
Ally - ally
Gm - Gm's
Zombies - zombies

I like it.

Still waiting for a few officers to chime in on this one.  So far, it looks like we have a consensus on what ranks we want to keep.

I approve.

OK then!  That is almost everybody.  So, it is a done deal.  I will be eliminating the two other ranks below Squire today.  Next topic for discussion will be defining the requirements for the ranks.