Just a reminder, Diablo 3's midnight release is tonight!  Now for all you awesome people who are planning on playing it, or just got it for free with the annual pass, there is a post on our forums in the "other games" section titled "Diablo 3/Battletags."  This post can be a huge help as long as we use it. First of all let me talk a little about battletags. Battletags are essentially RealID with one major exception, no private information is given AKA your name. Now it was made specifically with D3 in mind, but can be used in all current blizzard game. So you can see whenever I log on any blizz game, for example even what character I am currently logged on in WoW. In Diablo this will allow you to seemlessly join into a guildmates game and help them destroy the forces of evil, also a great tool to make new friends. Say you join a random game, and meet some really helpful and nice peeps, well you can easily add them to your "friendlist" by adding their battletag. 

Keeping in mind you can only have 4 people in each game, getting as many battletags as possible is key to finding plenty of good games with good peeps to play with.  We have a huge jump on most the community beacuse we already have a guild full of awesome people wiling to help each other out! So lets use our support group.

All I am asking you guys to do, is to put your battletag info in that post, that simple. My info is already in there with a few other guildes. Feel free to add me, and hope to see you all in Sanctuary :)

It’s come to our attention that recently there have been a few conflicts regarding raiding.  We’d like to take a moment to state the guild expectations regarding raiding.  We would like to emphasize that all of our raid protocols apply to LFR raids as well.

1) Be on time – you are to be ready for the first pull at the scheduled raid time.  Group formation begins at 15 minutes before raid start time.  All members should AT LEAST be on location at start time.  If you are doing anything else besides waiting for the first pull at start time, expect to be left.  If you are not in the group at start time, you are likely not going to be added, unless you are in communications with a raid leader.

2) Come prepared – This includes being geared, gemmed, and enchanted appropriately.  Know the requirements for actually getting into the raid (according to the ilvl filters) and make sure you meet them.  This is not anyone else’s responsibility but your own.  While we do provide most food buffs and elixirs, you should be ready to use your own if it is necessary (We realize LFR is quite easy and doesn’t require it).

3) Be in Mumble – Voice comms are a requirement for raiding, even LFR.  You have to be able to hear target callouts or on-the-fly strategy changes.  If you don’t have a mic, sign in and listen while replying in /raid.

4) Know the fights – Take the time to at least briefly read about the encounters that we will be facing that evening.  Watching videos on the fights is also recommended as they can be easily found in multiple locations online.   You don’t have to be an expert on every mechanic, just know kind of how things are going to go to ease the learning curve.  On a side note, if you aren’t entirely sure of how something works, please ask. That’s what raid leaders are there for.  

Further info regarding raid prep is posted by Katastros here: http://darkwind.wowstead.com/forums/darkwind-private-forum/raiding/1068049-raid-preparation

~Kulwych and Bakey