[AB]Combine Syndicate ~ The Paradigm of ProgressionFollow

*New Post, means new recruitment officer!*

Greetings and thank you for your interest. Within this post it is my goal to outline as much information about Combine Syndicate (CS) to help prospective members make an informed decision about joining.

Background:

Combine Syndicate was formed to fill a long-standing void on the Antonia Bayle server. The founding members saw that there was so much raid content going untouched, not enjoyed and hardly utilized. And so, a idea was born: to have a raid force, unique to other raid forces within EQ2 that would revisit the old content, tier by tier. Our members were given a date, a level and a mission. Since the creation of the guild, we have been holding on strong to our ideals, original charter and have progressed through content to the best of our abilities, sometimes with a less than optimal raid force.

Notable Dates:
*Dates may be off a day or two, gathered from various posts*

Guild Formed ~ Jun 2, 2009
Guild Level 30 (Guild Hall) ~ July 16, 2009
Darathar Dead ~ July 23, 2009
Guild Level 40 ~ August 13, 2009
Godking Dead ~ August 19, 2009
Guild Level 50 ~ September 02, 2009
Pedestal of Sky Clear ~ September 03, 2009
Labs/Lord Vyemm killed (2 1/2 groups [3 healers]) ~ October 11, 2009
Mutagenic Outcast killed (3 Groups) ~ October 19, 2009
~Switched to Holiday Raid schedule~ November 02, 2009
Talendor killed (3 groups) ~ December 15, 2009
~Three day Raid schedule resumes~ January 6th, 2010

Full T5 Kill list
Full T6 Kill list
Full T7 Kill list

About Us:

Combine Syndicate is primarily an EST Casual Raiding guild. We are a guild built upon a solid foundation of veteran players seeking to experience the game for the pure enjoyment of the content. CS is now raiding T7.

Progression guild means simply, that we are going tier by tier to raid each level of content as we level as a whole.

Level locking is a non-negotiable requirement of all raiders. No exceptions and no mentoring is allowed at this time.

We highly encourage our members to use the AA slider to aid gaining more AA during the times we are locked for further progress.

Also, as a guild we have several members who enjoy and do not mind to help prospective raid members level up to reach our level lock. If you are interested in rolling a new character to come join us for raiding, please speak to an officer and we'll try to get you into our many leveling groups to help you along the way.

We also have several crafters within the guild and at our disposal to help you with maintaining spells, skills, armor, weaponry and etc.

The bulk of our members can be defined into two majorities:

1. Dedicated Raider

*Prospective dedicated raider must be level 70.
*Must attend at least ~60% attendance over 30 days for loot eligibility.
*Must have Ventrilo and at least be able to listen. (Mic not required but encouraged.)


2. Non-Raider (Back-up raider and casual/normal member)

*Non-Raiders are casual players who like to raid with us sometimes or are good friends and family of our dedicated raiders.
*They are not held to the same standards as our dedicated raiders but are asked to be active at least once every 30 days to maintain guild membership.
*Also, we currently do not allow those outside of guild join our raids unless they are applicants (or alts of dedicated raiders, which is rare). We will -always- pull from our non-raider ranks to fill raid slots first.


Guild Hall: South Freeport Tier 1 - Full Amenities
Progression: Currently Locked at level 70.

Normal Raid times:

Wednesday & Friday:
Raid Form up ~ 8:30 PM EST ~ Raid Start: 9:00 PM EST

Sunday:
Raid Form Up ~ 7:30 PM EST ~ Raid Start: 8:00 PM EST

Current Raid Schedule till January 6th, 2010:

Sunday:

Raid Form Up ~ 7:30 PM EST ~ Raid Start: 8:00 PM EST


Recruitment:

We are always recruiting. Always. However, these classes are where we see the most need on our raid roster:

HIGH NEED:

*Wizard
*Illusionist


MEDIUM NEED:

*Troubador

LOW NEED:

n/a


Guild Contacts:
**Direct PM links**
Guild Leader: Aalora
Recruitment Officer: Tuirse
Asst. Recruitment Officer: Nerces
Raid Leader: Crymzon
Asst. Raid Leader: Moefiy
Internal Affairs Officer: Britches



For more information and/or if you'd like to apply, please visit us at: http://combinesyndicate.com.


Edited, Dec 28th 2009 10:37am by Tuirse

Edited, Dec 28th 2009 9:47pm by Tuirse

Edited, Jan 1st 2010 6:58pm by Tuirse

Whenever you guys post this, I almost think of joining up. It'd have to be a new character though, and my alt-itis is so bad that I most likely would never get high enough to play with the big boys. But it sure sounds fun.

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Thanks,
CS Leadership