“Bridgeburners is a high-end raid-guild trying to balance in-game progression with a nice atmosphere and a healthy raiding schedule”

Who we are

Bridgeburners was founded at the start of TBC by members of several renowned high-end raiding guilds on Emerald Dream, who wanted a fresh start going into the new content. After finishing Sunwell as the top-ranking guild on ED, we are aiming to continue on and complete WOTLK in a similar style.

Most of our members are old-school gamers that now have a job, family or similar real life commitments, but still want to enjoy multiplayer gaming and its familiar sense of accomplishment. Many have gone through the hardcore 24/7 raiding phase, played the game at the highest level and are tired of the real-life sacrifices we had to make to stay at the top. We are now a little older (our average age is somewhere in the late 20s), a little wiser and we know what we want out of the game and how to go about getting it.

We believe in the principle of quality over quantity, both in terms of time spent raiding, and in the way we deal with our members. Our guild does not have a huge roster with a large pool of disposable raidfodder. Everyone in BB is here for the long run because they believe in our founding principles and because they enjoy the nice, drama-free environment where everyone cares about making the guild the best it can be. Make no mistake though, we are a raiding guild, devoted to beating everything the game has to offer, but in our own time and in our own way. We enforce such things as high attendance, consumable use, sensible division of equipment and efficient PvE specs during raids.

What we offer

We do not raid every night. Our raiding schedule is maximum four days a week (CET):

Monday: 20-00 to 00:00
Wednesday: 20-00 to 00:00
Thursday: 20-00 to 00:00
Sunday: 20-00 to 00:00

Keeping our raid hours comparatively few lets our members prioritise raiding on these days and show up well-prepared, well-rested and eager to play, while still leaving room for arenas, battlegrounds, other characters or just relaxing and messing around. In addition to the official raiding (25man), we also have a very active -optional- offday event schedule with numerous member-organized events each week.

We have drawn on our experience through TBC and WOTLK to develop a DKP model that embodies fairness and rewards commitment. Bridgeburners employs a system where DKP earned and the cost of items acquired decays over a relatively short period. In effect this means all new members are on an equal footing to our founding members in a much shorter time than in many guilds. We ask our members to maintain at least a 75% attendance record (that is a member is expected to attend at least 12 raids per month), though most of our members have attendance above 90%.

What we want

Does the above sound like a good fit?

Requirements are either gear and progression at roughly our own level, excellent knowledge of your class, ideally in all its possible roles and varieties, or a quick mind and a furious spirit with a character that clearly shows he or she can and will do everything to fit in and make themselves useful as quickly as possible despite being behind. All applications will be treated in confidence.

Recruitment

You can find more information in the recruitment section of our forums at http://www.bridgeburnersguild.net

Please be sure to follow the guidelines in there if you decide to apply.

Leadership

If you have questions about anything, feel free to contact one of our officer team either on our board or in-game:

Celeus (GM), Ashayla, Farlap, Olog, Taralish

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