Hey guys,

There is two things I want to address here. Let's start off with the positive part.

Eternity Vault (Hard Mode) [3/5]
Tonight we've taken our first shot at Eternity Vault (Hard Mode) and we've managed to kill three of the five bosses in there.
So this means some people have gotten some nice new shiny's (Rakata gear). We'll continue our effort on Sunday!

Good job everyone!

OPS attendance
Although I do realise Real Life > Game life some people still think not showing up for an OPS they subscribed to shouldn't be a problem. In my opinion however it is. 7 REAL PEOPLE are victim of such behaviour. It means either we have to cancel the OPS or we have to spend time to get other people and setups sorted. Both aren't good for morale and for our mood.
Therefore I would strongly ask all of you to show up ON TIME (15 mins before OPS start) OR let us know you can't make it well in advance!

Usage of the planner
Our planner is a bit quirky. Therefore I would like to explain the usage once more.

1. I would like everyone to sign up for the days you CAN come to an OPS or a HM.
2. Even if enough of your role have signed up we urge you to still sign up. We will create the group based on what we need (Hardmodes need our best geared players and Story mode OPS we'll fit people in as much as possible to gear up)
3. If you put yourself as UNAVAILABLE that means you are UNAVAILABLE (hence the term unavailable) for that particular OPS even if you happen to be online. If you change your mind change your status back to AVAILABLE and tell the OPS leader you are available.
4. If you are not sure if you can make the OPS or HM in time, but you would like to come. Subscribe yourself to the OPS or HM and put a message in the note stating that you might be late and how much late that would be!

The future of Tranquility's OPS
Wether or not we like it the player numbers in SWTOR are dropping and we see similar results in Tranquility. This means if you want to continue doing OPS you need to be aware you need 7 other guildies to do that. We do have several people at 50 with several alts and several people in the levelling stages.

It is in YOUR benefit to help your guildie as much as possible to get her/him OPS ready. The more options we have the more OPS we'll do. It also doesnt hurt to pass on loot if you have some higher level gear already to benefit your fellow OPSer.

Furthermore we are going to be a bit more strict on when to repair, when to take breaks etc. Also don't go to an OPS with ONE stim in your inventory. Take several with you so we dont have to wait.

Guildbank
While we do have an open guildbank where people can withdraw stuff without questions being asked it would be nice if you deposit some money in the guildbank if you take something out. If you take a stim from the guildbank it will save you money but the one who made it spend time and effort on it. I would suggest depositing 50% of the GTN value in the guildbank for the items you take out.

In our second run we cleared the Karragas Palace OPS in Story mode.

Where in the previous attempt we killed all bosses except Karragas himself, tonights run proved to be the end of that Wild Wild West Hutt. After having cleared the entire OPS It took us two attempts to kill Karraga.

Great job by everyone and thanks for leading the OPS to success Farîs!



On the picture: Faris, Rahr, Abbraxus, Eva"something", Jaffas, Gyros, Catroop and Puzzle.

Missing is Catnap who decided to give her spot to Jaffas during the OPS.

Cheers,

Nick

Hello Tranquils,

First off i'd like to congratulate Jacq, Steef and Havard with another level 50. My healer would be in that list also but since it's my fourth..... Also we've gotten some new members also and we'd like to welcome them all to the guild. Enjoy your stay with us. Remember to install Mumble, because it will make your stay more pleasant.

Sven led his first OPS on thursday and I have to say that it was a very pleasant evening with a good result. Only two unlucky wipes in anotherwise clean run. We even managed to gear up some people in the process. This Saturday faris will get his turn leading us hopefully through karagga's palace for the first time. If that Hutt isnt giving us to much of a hard time.

A lot of people have been doing the dailies and Hardmodes to get geared up and get money. Just ask in guildchat if people are willing to go and we are sure you'll find a group.

Enjoy the weekend,

Havard/Nick

Hey Guys,

To make sure everything concerning OPS will go smoothly now and in the future Havard and me decided the following:

- Please sign up to OPS even if you think it is full. Some people are quite willing to step out to help out!
- Faris and Sven are appointed to OPS leaders. They will take turns in leading an OPS every week.
- Next EV run will be led by Sven.
- Next saturday Faris will lead the Karagga's Palace OPS.
- Since we want to get as many as possible people ready and in OPS we will start rotating people when possible (ofcourse taking gearlevel and groupsetup into account)
- Some people want to gear up alts to have options for endgame (or just for fun). We will evaluate this situation and adjust our guildrules accordingly in the next few weeks.

- The normal gearing process is Dailies -> Hardmodes - Story mode OPS -> Hardmode OPS. For now we will not be taking freshly dinged level 50's to OPS even if it seems an easy ops. You do need to put in some effort and get atleast your modifyable gear kitted out with purples through dailies. It will only take you 8-9 days to get yourself geared out making loads of money in the process.

Hey,

Another week has gone and here is our second guildnews bulletin.


General
- Congrats to Stefan (Koa -> Tank) and David (Da'ranni -> Tank) on reaching level 50!
- We are going to plan some Daily runs so we can refund some money bank to the guildbank.
Especially Havard spend 1200k on the first slots in both the Republic and Empire guildbank.
- Any donations to the guildbank will be appreciated.


General
- We've had our first attempt at Karaggas palace. 3 bosses bit the dust. Working on the last ones will continue on saturday.
- After some trouble (SW:TOR seems to hate Melee) we've cleared Eternity Vault (Story Mode) again.
- Remember that two OPS nights and 1 HM night are planned.
- We encourage you to sign up because we know who is available then.
Even if 8 people already signed up there is allways a chance you can come along. Especially on the EV run!
- OPS arent intented for fresh level 50's. Try to gear up through either dailies and/or hm's. Get rid of your greenies and atleast half of your blue stuff.
- We will try to rotate and bring in as many people as possible in our OPS runs. Sign up!

Cheers,

Havard/Nick