Now, when you add a new member, they are added to the guild as a Raid Commander
since, as far as the game is concerned, that is your lowest level rank. If you click the
promote button twice to make them a member, your guildmates online will see, in their
guild chat area,
XXXXX is promoted to Assistant Guildmaster
XXXXX is promoted to Member
Needless to say that is confusing and not very well organised. A better way, to add those
two ranks, would be to use this example:
Create the guild and get the base ranks. Select the Officer rank from the drop down list
box and rename it to Assistant Guildmaster. Select the Veteran rank from the drop down
list box and rename it to Raid Commander. Select the Member rank from the drop down
list box and rename it to Officer. Now, click the + button and add a rank called Veteran.
Then click the + button again and add a rank called Member. Now you have all of the
same ranks but they are in the correct logical and hierarchical order and the game will
function much more smoothly for you.
For the reason illustrated by those examples above, it is a good idea to plan out your
ranks before you heavily populate your guild with characters. If you need to add a rank in
later, you will end up needing to rename old ranks and demote members to the new, lower
rank (lower in terms of its location in your hierarchy list in game). That can be a lot of work
and a lot of spam in your guildsay.
*:
Now that your ranks are all created, you need to spend some time promoting or demoting
(depending on if you needed to add in ranks and reorder the names in the list, as a result)
your guildmates to the correct rank. Not everyone is a chief and too many chiefs will ruin
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any guild. So odds are you will have some brand new members, some members who
have been around awhile, some long time veterans or good friends and some trusted
officers. You need to get them assigned to the correct ranks.
To do this press O and click on the guilds tab. If needed, select the little arrow in the
lower right of the light to change the view so you can see the member’s name and current
rank. As you will recall, there are 2 views. The last view you used will be what is
displayed when you press O so if needed, change the view.
Now that you see a list of all members and their current rank, to promote or demote
anyone, do the following:
¨ Single left click on their name
¨ Click once on the red promote or demote button
¨ Wait for the yellow message to appear indicating that char has been promoted or
demoted (going too fast will result in an error occuring)
¨ Repeat the button press as needed to reach the desired rank
since, as far as the game is concerned, that is your lowest level rank. If you click the
promote button twice to make them a member, your guildmates online will see, in their
guild chat area,
XXXXX is promoted to Assistant Guildmaster
XXXXX is promoted to Member
Needless to say that is confusing and not very well organised. A better way, to add those
two ranks, would be to use this example:
Create the guild and get the base ranks. Select the Officer rank from the drop down list
box and rename it to Assistant Guildmaster. Select the Veteran rank from the drop down
list box and rename it to Raid Commander. Select the Member rank from the drop down
list box and rename it to Officer. Now, click the + button and add a rank called Veteran.
Then click the + button again and add a rank called Member. Now you have all of the
same ranks but they are in the correct logical and hierarchical order and the game will
function much more smoothly for you.
For the reason illustrated by those examples above, it is a good idea to plan out your
ranks before you heavily populate your guild with characters. If you need to add a rank in
later, you will end up needing to rename old ranks and demote members to the new, lower
rank (lower in terms of its location in your hierarchy list in game). That can be a lot of work
and a lot of spam in your guildsay.
*:
Now that your ranks are all created, you need to spend some time promoting or demoting
(depending on if you needed to add in ranks and reorder the names in the list, as a result)
your guildmates to the correct rank. Not everyone is a chief and too many chiefs will ruin
- 23 -
Professional Guild Management for World of Warcraft
any guild. So odds are you will have some brand new members, some members who
have been around awhile, some long time veterans or good friends and some trusted
officers. You need to get them assigned to the correct ranks.
To do this press O and click on the guilds tab. If needed, select the little arrow in the
lower right of the light to change the view so you can see the member’s name and current
rank. As you will recall, there are 2 views. The last view you used will be what is
displayed when you press O so if needed, change the view.
Now that you see a list of all members and their current rank, to promote or demote
anyone, do the following:
¨ Single left click on their name
¨ Click once on the red promote or demote button
¨ Wait for the yellow message to appear indicating that char has been promoted or
demoted (going too fast will result in an error occuring)
¨ Repeat the button press as needed to reach the desired rank
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