The Gauntlet @ EU-Nordrassil

The Gauntlet is a 25man raid guild that is currently looking for a few extra dps to help further progression. The majority of our members are 25+ and although we do not have an age restriction for applicants, we expect guild members to have a decent level of maturity. However, that is not to say that we are super serious as there is plenty of humour and banter within the guild between members both in guild chat and on ventrilo.


Raid Times (Server Time):
Monday - Day off
Tuesday - Day off (used some weeks for progress runs or social flex runs)
Wednesday - 8:30pm - Midnight.
Thursday - 8:30pm - Midnight.
Friday - Day Off
Saturday - Day Off
Sunday - 8:30pm - Midnight.

Guild progression in previous expansions while current:
Vanilla: AQ 20, BWL, MC + some AQ 40

TBC: Sunwell - Cleared

WotLK : Glory of the Raider,
9/9 Ulduar Hard Mode (25-man and 10-man),
Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25-man and 10-man),
Algalon + Yogg 0 keepers.
Tribute to Skill (25-man),
Tribute to Insanity (10-man).
12/12 ICC HM 25-man, 11/12 ICC HM 10-man.
Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25-man and 10-
man).

Cata: T11 - 6/15hc & Glory of the Cataclysm Raider
T12 - 6/7hc & Glory of the Firelands Raider
T13 - 7/8hc & Glory of the Dragon Soul Raider

What we expect from you:

Dedication to the guild and its raiding goals.

Complete knowledge of your class, how to gear and spec it. It's something that we expect people to have put a lot of thought into so their character can be the best it can be.

Excellent raid performance goes without saying. This means you must be experienced in high-end raid content and able to play your class to a high standard.

Have a competitive nature as you will have to earn your raid spot and show that you are the best person for the job. You must be confident in what you are doing and want to show that you can do it to a high standard.

Always be prepared for raids, whether your sitting out for what ever reason or not, we expect people to be prepared with appropriate raiding consumables/gemmed and enchanted gear.

Have a friendly attitude towards your guild mates. Be willing to help out others when you can and you will find other members will do the same for you in return.

Be a team player ie not a self orientated elitist, you don't cry over loot or raid spots and you are not a drama queen or know it all.

You must strive to improve your performance at all times and not take offense from constructive criticism.

Be predictable with your online times. Everyone has to AFK for RL at some point. Please give us prior notice of this via the forums.

You must be fluent in English, both written and spoken. You must also have Ventrilo and Mumble installed and preferably a working microphone.

For 25 man runs we distribute all loot with the EPGP system. For our 10 man runs we use the inbuilt roll in the EPGP addon with main spec on mains beating offspecs and alts) overseen by a Loot Council. There is no DKP. We take the point of view that loot is a tool - not a reward - and therefore it is given out according to how it best benefits the guild based upon the amount of effort put in over a period of time. This means factors such what class an item is the best for, player performance, how many top-end hardmode items people have looted and what we need to clear the next encounter etc.

What to expect from us:

Stability, we have been a top end guild on Nordrassil for over 8 years.
We have a very strong community within the guild. A friendly and jokey atmosphere that is great fun to be part of once you get used to it. We also have a great community here on the website and encourage all new recruits to take an active role in that.

We are currently on a 3 night a week raiding schedule with a fourth optional night on a tuesday for progression / clear up. That doesn't mean there is no time for alt runs or occassional old content runs on other nights though.

We take our raiding seriously because that's the only way you can be succesfull at raiding current content before it's nerfed into the ground. But we don't expect any impossible attendance percentages either. Real life > WoW, simple as that.

If you have time to raid 6 nights a week, we're probably not the guild for you. If you however, like us, have a lot of other things that require your attention but you still want to raid current endgame content in a 25 man setting a couple of nights a week, then we are the guild for you.

So if you are tired of your 10 man guild or of your 5-6 nights a week raiding schedule, or are an old TG member that wants to return, or have always wanted to apply to one of the oldest guilds on the server with a long history of succesfull raiding but were afraid to, just go to our website and leave an application.