Selecting people from the soldier pool if the need arises

[Incentos]

Was wondering if there is a certain policy concerning this subject. I mean, what happens if there is a need for a certain class and lets assume....there are 3 or 4 soldiers from that class willing to participate but you only need 1. Which one do you choose?
 
Is it based on skill, gear, right attitude? Maybe other things i missed?
 
I sometimes get questions from soldiers about this subject wondering why they havent been picked for the raid. I used to tell them the things i mentioned above but lately i'm not sure about this anymore and wondering if other things are more important like knowing the right ppl in the guild.
 
Can any officer help me out on this? I'm kinda lost here :unsure: .

[Knabbel]

Yhea that is a good idea. Mainly to answer with a proper answer instead of not knowing why someone is picked or not. I can imagine as soldier that you are willing to raid and eager to look for that spot......
 
As far as I know now it is the one that /w the fastest right?

[Sazgul]

It's more like the one that will benefit the raid the most. Not the first to whisper.
 
As a soldier you can get to raid (MC+) when theres a spot open and none from that RG to fill it. If the spot needs to be filled, it is with a certin class/profil, and the one fitting this profile best, would get in.
 
And theres a lot to be taken into consideration. But it's NOT done by you knowing the right people in the guild, it's done by your personal qualifications (skills, reputation, gear, current application status towards RG1/RG2 ("see that person in action"))

[Knabbel]

So to all soldiers, show the best of yourself during party instances.....then we can see you in action!!

[Bastet]

There is currently no official policy on soldiers, but one might be forcoming shortly.

[Incentos]

Last night i got a whisp from a soldier who was pretty ****ed....and i can't really blame him. One or more spots in RG2 where filled up by soldiers but no request for soldiers was made in guildchat. How did these persons join the raid?

[Sandrion]

So to all soldiers, show the best of yourself during party instances.....then we can see you in action!!

I have to say, in 40 man instances it's hard to watch one or more people; simply because it's so crowded. You get to know a person better in 5 man runs, because then there input will make a larger difference and they are a lot easier to observe. In a 40 man run you will only be clearly noted if you make a major **** up :tongue: .
 
But back on topic. Like Sazgul said, it's mostly dependant on role/class need.

[Nefrion]

Last night i got a whisp from a soldier who was pretty ****ed....and i can't really blame him. One or more spots in RG2 where filled up by soldiers but no request for soldiers was made in guildchat. How did these persons join the raid?

We took in Toff (soldier, warrior) because OA wanted to test him out. The rest has been said by Saz/Bastet

[Umbra]

I'd probably say it's not so much watching one person, although if a soldier is in the raid peopel do tend to notice their actions a bit more, but mainly, if you're a healer and your group is dead alot, or a lock who gets aggro alot or a tank with no aggro etc, people will remember, of course this goes for all raid members but it kinda averages out over number of raids, so make a good first impression or something. Not sure about anyone else but TS also has alot to say for impressions. Alot of peopel are only on to hear orders, but if you join in the talk, get involved etc it's alot easier to put a voice to the name and get an idea of what you are like. These ideas of course are all AFTER you are in a raid, as to how peopel get in I don't know, not being an officer, but people shouldn't get annoyed at not getting in, trust in the leaders to get the right people in, main moral is, not to react to something that you have assumed (i.e. if you don't know the full story, don't go off ranting, you'll probably make a tit of yourself)

[Nefrion]

You can easily see if people do their job well. As for Toff last night, he did a great job tanking even though it was his 2nd MC run and he had very little experience.
 
 
So dont think you can sit back and dont do anything in RG2.
 
We are watching you :ph34r:

[Incentos]

We took in Toff (soldier, warrior) because OA wanted to test him out. The rest has been said by Saz/Bastet

Ok, clear. :happy: Maybe next time throw a line in guildchat explaining this to the other soldiers so they know? :wink:

[Mazii]

Toff signed up for queue, and when OA asked on TS who was in queue, Toff and another warrior was. We decided to take Toff because he applied for RG2 and therefore it was a great opportunity to test him.
 
So to those Soldiers, sign up in queue as fast as you see it publiced, then your chances are bigger!
 
(btw, great job yesterday, Toff, you got some pretty sweet gear, ehh?

[Nefrion]

I explained it to the one warrior who whispered me about it.

Why the **** do they wanna talk to you about it? They should have grabbed one of the marshalls instead

[Neff]

Im gonna have to make toff read this thread. He was having a blast, and really liked the way MOlten core went, and getting all thoose epix didnt make it worse!

[Sazgul]

And as a reminder to soldiers.
 
Taken from this link
 

Soldier Membership
Applications for this category of membership are always considered. This category of membership has no priority to join official Guild raids.

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Soldier
Benefits
You can be a full member of SoG, be in the same 'club' as your friends and enjoy the SoG atmosphere.

Your commitment
None, you can be any level (L60 is not a requirement) and you can do as you please when you are online.
You have no commitment to raid and in this category of membership members can only raid if the raid fails to fill up with defenders or if there is a specific class need.

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