Farm Status is a World of Warcraft guild on Rexxar server whose current focus in the game is raiding. It is our constant goal to advance ourselves and the guild forward in a manner that exposes new content, upgrades our members, and challenges us.

All members are expected to act as adults and to moderate their behavior to a degree. By this, we mean don't blow up at guild mates and don't complain to guildmates about situations you can correct yourself (such as items, gold, or groups). Be constructive and reasonable in any concerns or criticisms and address them in private or keep them to yourself. Be respectful of your fellow guild members, keep serious race/creed issues out of guild chat, raid chat, or Ventrilo.

That said; we are a group of people who enjoy having fun with each other, often at each others expense. Things can and do often get a bit crude but it is all in good fun. If you have a good attitude and don’t take yourself too seriously and we will get along fine and I am sure you will have a great time.

Raid Schedule

Currently, our raid times are normally scheduled for 7:00pm Server time on weekdays and weekends. Off days are Friday, Saturday and most recognized U.S. Holidays. Guild Meetings occur at random but are usually on Sunday on weeks that we have them.

Applications

Our need for new members is in a constant state of flux, one week we have all we need then life comes at us and we may have a few new openings. If you don’t find your class on our list that isn’t necessarily the end-all be-all of our recruitment needs. Feel free to fill out and throw up an application at any time if you are interested in joining us.

Requirements for potential membership are:

• Level 70.
• Your gear will be evaluated and must meet a basic level of quality.
• Must complete a basic interview with an officer.
• If applicant is on a different server, must be willing to transfer to a PVE server.
• You cannot have an active application to another guild, nor apply to another guild while a Farm Status applicant or member.

Application Process

In order to join Farm Status you must first obtain an application for membership. You do this by fist gaining access to the website and registering on this forum, then filling out an application. The application will be reviewed and a reply will be made with comments or further instructions. Your class advisor or other assigned sponsor is your primary link between Farm Status and yourself during your application process. Any questions you have can be answered by this person. In the event they are not online you can ask another member of your class anything you would normally ask your class leader.

At this point you are a Potential Member of Farm Status and will be invited to the guild with the appropriate rank. A potential member begins with no DKP and is not guaranteed any loot. However, it is still possible to receive loot if none of our members need something you can use you would get it.

In order to be promoted to a full member an applicant has to have been evaluated to be able to meet several basic and advanced requirements:

• Must be revered with all “Heroic” reputations.
• Must be knowledgeable of your class.
• Must maintain a good Raiding Talent Specialization approved by your class advisor during raiding hours.
• Must come prepared with potions, elixirs, flasks, bandages, food, water, reagents and fully repaired ON TIME to every raid.

Raiding

Officers include the Guild Leader and Officers themselves only. Class advisors and Raid Leaders are not officers. They are, however, highly valued and respected veterans within the guild and should be treated as such.

10 Man raid environments such as Karazhan and Zul’Aman are not DKP driven raids. No DKP are awarded or used in these instances. Likewise, old word raid instances such as Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Ahn’Qiraj, Zul’Gurub or Naxxramas do not use DKP either. Any raids in which you participate in any of these locations is considered PUG. We do put sign ups up for Karazhan raids to be organized and conducted on our off nights, however.

Loot

Items are distributed in two different ways:

• In 10-20 man raid instances items will be awarded by the officers based on rolls and, in some cases, veterancy and need to a degree, specifically with regard to Tier items.
• In 25-40 man raid instances and encounters items will be awarded by the officers using the DKP system.

Remember when loot is awarded it is going to your fellow guild members and friends. We are all interested in improving our characters but your primary duties are to server the guild and uphold its best interests first. Any item awarded to any player will improve the guild as a whole.

Any issues that you have with loot distribution should be addressed BEFORE loot is distributed, in private, with the loot master and officer taking bids for that item.

Farm Status also distributes tank loot and warrior armor tokens to our main tanks FIRST. Over 90% of all the damage that comes to our raids gets filtered through these few stalwart individuals and we need them to be able to take that damage in as manageable as way as possible.

DKP System

DKP Site
The DKP site can be viewed here. Points are gained by attending raids and spent to purchase items which drop during raids. DKP is tracked by the officers of the guild using this system. Though the leading officers will keep track of your standings, ultimately it is your responsibility to keep track of your own point totals.

Farm Status uses a Split Zone, Zero-Sum, Fixed Price DKP System. Points you earn in Tier 4 level instances (Gruul's Lair, Magtheridon's Lair and World Bosses) may only be spent on items from those instances. Points you earn in Tier 5 level instances (Serpentshrine Cavern and Temptest Keep) may only be spent on items from those instances. Etc. We use Zero-Sum to a degree mainly to determine a bosses DKP value when he is killed by the raid. DKP is still split to the raid when an item is sharded and full DKP is still split to the raid if an item is awarded for less than its full price. Fixed cost means there is nearly no bidding beyond Primary and Secondary interest in an item which is explained below. Items are awarded to the person with the most DKP who wants them.

Please note that points are awarded to the player, not the character. You must specify a main character upon joining Farm Status and your alternates will not be allowed to outbid members who need items for their mains. You can switch your primary character over time, but this requires a certain level of veterancy in the guild and a transition period during which you can not bid on items. It is not encouraged.

Points are not allowed to be sold, lent or given to other Players.

Item Distribution
Farm Status uses a system losely based on a Zero-Sum DKP system for item distribution.

All items of epic quality or higher that drop in a 25+ man raid environment are assigned a base DKP value which can be viewed here: Click me.

When an item of epic quality or higher drops on a raid, a raid officer will announce the item and ask for tells of interest. At that point all raiders interested in this item will whisper the officer taking the tells for that item expressing interest in the item. There are two ways to express interested in an item, Primary and Secondary interest.

Primary Interest

• You want this item and are willing to pay full price for it.
• Other people who also bid primary can still beat you if they have more DKP.
• What you say: /w Officer Dragonspine Trophy Primary.
• If you win you will be charged the full DKP value.

Secondary Interest

• You can use this item, but you don't NEED it or want to pay full price.
• If anyone bids primary you will NOT be considered for this item regardless of your DKP standing.
• If more than one person bids secondary it will be determined by DKP standing.
• What you say: /w Officer Dragonspine Trophy Secondary.
• If you win you will be charged half the DKP value of 65, 32.5 points.
  

If only one person sends a whisper, they will recieve the item for the DKP cost that they indicated either full or half. After attendance levels and loot priority are evaluated for bidders, items will in most cases be awarded to the person with the highest current DKP that has the highest loot priority. In some rare and extreme circumstances the officers will and do have the right to use a loot council decision for awarding an item.

In rare situations If more than one person is tied for the most DKP the people with the highest DKP will /random for the item.

Rank Priority
Beyond Primary and secondary rank in the guild does come into play when awarding loot. Each "level" annotated here is considered completely equal and is higher or lower than the level above or below it respectively. (Note: Farmer+ is Guild Master, Officer, Raid Leader, Veteran Farmer and Farmer combined.)

1. Farmer+ - Primary Bid
2. Trial - Primary Bid; Farmer+ - Secondary Bid
If a trial bids primary and a Member bids Secondary this is evaluated by the officers and decided on by them who has priority.
3. Trial - Secondary Bid
4. Friend/Family - Primary Bid
5. Alt - Primary Bid; Friend/Family - Secondary Bid
6. Alt - Secondary Bid; Non-guilded Raid Participant

Attendance
All members of Farm Status are required to attend all scheduled raid events. Members with less than 60% raid attendance may have a lower loot priority level than members with more than 60% raid attendance. This percentage is subject to change. Your rank and status in the guild is not affected by this, only your loot privileges. Members with excessively low attendance will also be reviewed and removed from the guild as time passes.

Sitting Out of Raids
At times you may be available to raid but there may not be sufficient room in the raid group or you may be asked to step out of a raid. You will receive full DKP and attendance credit if you either:

• Remain logged in on your character within close proximity to the instance entrance (No more than a few minutes travel away) -or-
• Logout your character at the instance entrance and play on a GUILDED alternate character. (You must remain in contact with the person holding the waiting list as well as your class advisor so that you can be called if needed.)

In any case, you must be available at any time to be called into the raid group, should a position become available. Thus, if you are playing on an alt it is your responsibility to alert an officer of your decision by sending a tell from the alt. Only then can you be assured that you'll be recognized as sitting out.

The strategies that Farm Status uses will remain within the guild. This guild is currently engaged in a content race for server first kills. We do not share our strategies.

Playing Multiple Characters
Points earned through raiding with Farm Status are awarded to the player, not the character, hence a member with two level 70 characters will have a single pool of points from which to spend when purchasing items for either character.

You may not bring another player's character or a boxed alt to a raid without an officer's permission. However, in the event that a player has brought another person's character to the raid, the actual player will be awarded DKP and the character will be unable to purchase any items unless no other members of Farm Status in the raid may benefit from them or an alternate arrangement has been made before hand. Example:

• Sam has a level 70 warrior.
• David has a level 70 warlock

After asking an officer, Sam plays David's level 70 warlock for that raid. During the course of the raid, Sam is being awarded DKP while David is being awarded none. If an item drops that would benefit David's warlock, Sam may only purchase the item (using David's DKP) if no other members of Farm Status in the raid are interested in the item unless it has been agreed previously that David's warlock would receive a certain item and that is the express reason Sam is playing David's warlock.

Self-Removal

• Following an intentional and seriously motivated self guild removal, you will lose all of your earned DKP and will be unable to reapply to Farm Status for a period of one month.
• ***NOTE*** Members who have been in the guild for less than one month or Initiates would need to go back through the full application process to rejoin the guild. Chances of re-acceptance are slim.

Though these penalties may sound harsh, they're here to discourage members from leaving abruptly. As a mature guild, members ought to be able to address matters in a more positive manner through discussion first.

Release Version 1.4, December 18, 2007