THE BASIN
Home
About Us
Want
In?
Forums
|
NEWS
Basin now guild level 36
Posted by Zakrah on 21 December 2009 - 04:07 PM |
Hey guys WAR Basin has hit guild lvl 36.
We now have the sexy red pole option on our standards, which come with a lovely chaos-y doohickey at the top. Sweet!
Thanks all for your efforts that have got us this high 
Zak
Comments: 6 ::
View Comments
|
Basin joins Retribution Alliance
Posted by Zakrah on 10 October 2009 - 02:00 PM |
The Basin is now part of the Retribution Alliance. It is one of the most active alliances on Badlands, plus they have a number of enthusiastic rvr leaders who are the main movers-n-shakers when it comes to Order crushitude. Guilds in Retribution include: All Out Assault, Xen of Onslaught, Pwn Shop, Da Waaagh Division, and Army of Darkness.
I'm thinking that we are going to have a whole lotta fun with our new alliance. Basin has a complimentary set of talents to offer our alliance friends for the good of the realm
It'll take a day or two to reset all the alliance permissions - thanks for your patience!
Zak
Comments: 4 ::
View Comments
|
The Basin hits guild rank 34!
Posted by Zack on 29 September 2009 - 02:25 PM |
Just a quick note: Basin hit rank 34 over the weekend, giving us another slot for our Corrupter's Standard. XP bonus anyone?
Congrats everyone, and keep it up!
Comments: 4 ::
View Comments
|
100,000,000 Renown
Posted by Zakrah on 14 September 2009 - 01:27 AM |
WAR Basin today achieved 100,000,000 renown as a guild! And it has happened one day shy of our first birthday.
A big THANKS to everyone who has ever played WAR wearing a Basin tag over their heads, you've all helped make our guild a success. There will be a party tomorrow night to celebrate our birthday, and yes there will be CAKE (singing is optional)
Zak
Comments: 1 ::
View Comments
|
Basin joins "Skullthrone Alliance"
Posted by Zakrah on 28 August 2009 - 03:38 PM |
Last night Basin joined the "Skullthrone Alliance" which includes Check Your Tears, KoS, beep beep, and Templar Knights guilds. We are now reunited with a bunch of rvr buddies from our old server, woot! I know we are all looking forward to some serious Order crushitude while teamed up with the folks in our new alliance.
WAR Basin also achieved guild level 33 a couple days ago. Every one of you guys helped get us to this point, thanks for your efforts! With the new level, Basin now has another vault tab: tab4. Tab4 is now our request-only tab for top gear that has been donated by Basiners for request by other Basiners who would put it to good use. See our trading forum for more details.
Finally I want to let you guys know that there is another player on the server who has hit a bad patch. Drevlyx and Mystra are husband/wife who team up to run Hand of Tzeentch guild on Badlands. Mystra had heart surgery a few days ago, but Drev tells me she is doing GREAT. Tomorrow the docs will put the finishing touches on her heart fix, then she should be home soon after that. They have a couple kids who I'm sure are missing their mom, but Drev tells me everyone is holding up well considering the situation. So when we finally do get to team up again with Myst to kill some stunties, give her a big "welcome back"
Zak
Comments: 0 ::
View Comments
|
Choose Your New Guild Heraldry!
Posted by Zack on 03 August 2009 - 11:00 PM |
As part of the transition from Skull Throne to Badlands, The Basin has opted to take advantage of the option to update our guild emblem and colors. After a very lengthy discussion, we have narrowed down the candidates to nice tight list, broken up by color, emblem and border. If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to visit the vote thread HERE and cast your vote.
Remember, whatever we pick is going to be on your back until Mythic shuts its doors (or the next transfer!!), so please take advantage of this opportunity to voice your opinion!
Comments: 3 ::
View Comments
|
Badlands, here we come!
Posted by Zakrah on 14 July 2009 - 03:53 AM |
Okies friends... this is what most of the officer crew is thinking of doing for WAR Basin. A couple officers were not on for some of the discussion this evening, so pending their input we may make some changes. We will continue to chart the course as things come up. If you have any suggestions then please reply in the discussion topic. WAR Basin will indeed move to Badlands... more people = more rvr = more fun
Here's the plan:
- You transfer your toons at your leisure to the Badlands server starting tomorrow afternoon. This is done via Mythic's account management website.
- For the first week or two on Badlands, we have a placeholder guild called "The Basin" (same name as on Skull Throne). We have already made this guild on Badlands, so when your toon is transferred you can whisper an officer right away to get a guild invite. No need to post an invite request.
- Then after a week or two, we will delete the placeholder guild on Badlands (leaving everyone in the temp "The Basin" without a guild) and transfer our old Skull Throne guild to Badlands with its 31 levels and renown total intact. "The Basin" lvl31 guild (now on Badlands) will be empty, and every Basiner left on Skull Throne will be guildless. Hopefully by waiting a couple weeks, we will have a chance to communicate to our active players on Skull Throne what is happening.
- Next, you will need to post a new Invite Request for our Badlands Basin guild. Many toon names will be different (including mine) so we need to keep track of who's who on the forum. Once you have successfully transferred your toons and know their name, you can post a fresh invite request in the brand-spankin' new forum.
- Finally, after your invite request is posted, we can invite you to the lvl31 "The Basin" on Badlands.
Thanks everyone for your patience while we make the move
Zak
Comments: 7 ::
View Comments
|
Forum upgrade inc!
Posted by Zakrah on 16 June 2009 - 02:51 AM |
Hiya friends, we soon will have a super spiffy forum upgrade after our dynamic duo tech team of nlx and Allweasel make sure things don't blow up in the process. For a sneak preview of the new functionality, check out the Basin Hellgate London boards (alas, that branch of the Basin is gone but the forums are up for testing the upgrade). Don't bother looking in the Hardcore Burial Grounds forum there, or you will discover all the spectacular ways I managed to get my guardians killed 
You can help with the upgrade by making sure your email address is the same on every Basin board that you are registered.
I've asked for a list of folks in WAR Basin who have multiple emails spread throughout the Basin branches, when I get my hands on such a list you will hear from me personally 
Thanks all for your attention to this matter! It will go a long way to helping minimize the work for our tech team.
Zak
Comments: 7 ::
View Comments
|
Basin hits guild level 30
Posted by Zakrah on 01 June 2009 - 02:02 PM |
WAR Basin guild is now level 30 
The folks running the LV quests last night pushed us over the top, but every one of you guys has helped us get here with questing, rvr, and keep claims. Thank you all for doing your part to benefit our guild!
We now have a third standard, with one tactic slot on it. We should decide now on at least one more guild tactic, and preferably we should choose three more to max out (we haven't committed to any guild tactics in a looooong time so we could actually do this). I've started a new guild tactic topic, if you have an opinion please post so we can get this done.
Basin also has two more standard bearer spots. If ever you want to use standard, buy one from the quartermaster and then ask an officer/LO to be assigned a standard bearer. Then, you can use our standard for increased run speed if you haven't got a mount yet in T1 or T2 (very fun) or you can use it during pve (leveling at a PQ or for dungeon runs) or for rvr (but do realize that our banner can be taken by the enemy). There is more info about our standards and the tactics they have now in the guild standard topic. So the take home message is: don't hesitate to ask to use a Basin standard! Carry our colors proudly into battle!!!
Arc whipped out the Vendetta standard in a scenario a couple days ago... I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you are VERY confident in your scenario team. It had the effect of freaking out at least one healer who felt even more pressure to keep him up, the enemy tends to focus on anyone who is holding a banner. It did add another dimension of fun to the scen, though
The last perk we received as a level 30 guild is the ability to upgrade keep doors to level4. We discussed this a bit in officer chat and it is unclear how much benefit it will be, but perhaps every little bit helps during a keep defense. The downside is that additional upgrades drain our guild coffers even faster. There has been some talk of having a weekly in-game guild gold production night - we will raise taxes to the max and farm the crum out of some PQ. I have two warlord pieces that were donated to the guild and will try to sell them to raise our guild savings so we can continue to claim keeps without worry about funding it, but until then we should probably try to claim only when strategically critical to the war effort and only do the big keep upgrades when the keep is actually under attack.
Finally, as always, if you have any suggestions for WAR Basin don't hesitate to post, send a PM, or poke me in game
Thanks all!
Zak
Comments: 5 ::
View Comments
|
Basin Fund Drive
Posted by Zakrah on 27 May 2009 - 08:11 PM |
Hiya friends...
To keep the Basin running we need to feed the hamsters. Unfortunately, hamster food isn't free. What's nice is that we only pass the hat for the hamster food fund about once a year, so that you don't have to endure ads and other nonsense while surfing our lovely forums.
Every time I group up with you guys I’m reminded that the most fascinating thing about our guild is the huge variety of folks who proudly wear the Basin tag. Basiners are drawn together here in our virtual home from around the world, each of you bringing an interesting personality and spectrum of talent which makes gaming together hella fun.
Also in this mix is probably as great a range of abilities to donate, so don’t feel any pressure to give. However, after taking a moment to think about how much the Basin is a part of you (even while at the same time you are an integral part of the Basin), should you feel so moved to donate then please do
ta muchly!
Zak
ps. Please check out TPJ's note on the Basin main forum for info about which hamsters are hungry.
Comments: 1 ::
View Comments
|
Destruction in Altdorf
Posted by Zakrah on 17 May 2009 - 11:01 AM |
Skull Throne Destruction made a triumphant return to Altdorf on Thursday, for the first time since last year! To get even this far, it took legions of Destruction coordinated by a handful of fearless leaders, many of whom have been working tirelessly for months to make it happen.
Congrats to everyone on a job well done
The achievement is a major landmark on the way to capturing the enemy city and the ultimate challenge: taking out Emperor Karl Franz. So, there is no time to rest on our laurels -- there are bigger fish to fry!
For more details there are a few write-ups in the Basin RvR thread, including Morel's description of a woolly mammoth in Victoria's Secret and Staark waxing poetic about getting all tingly.
The previous visit to Altdorf was Dec 6 2008, and I get the impression there were as many frustrations on Thursday as there was last time once the enemy city became instanced. Mythic needs to get their stuff together so that wb of folks who have worked together all night can stay together for fighting in the city. In the meantime, it would be worthwhile discussing how to improve things next time we get to the enemy city.
Congrats again to everyone involved, and I'm sorry the news item is a few days late... my keyboard had to dry out after getting inundated by saltwater
Zak
ps Anyone get any screenshots???
Comments: 1 ::
View Comments
|
Basin LV team kills N'Kari
Posted by Zakrah on 29 April 2009 - 03:40 AM |
Last night our very own A team of pve'ers finished up the challenging Lost Vale instance. The first time they entered Lost Vale was back on Jan 5, but persistence in playing together weekly has paid off with their success in finally taking down N'Kari yesterday.
Congrats to Drust (Drust, chosen), Zack (Morend, marauder), Culland (Nuum, zealot), Jehrendil (Bundar, shaman), Toast (Plinktoast, squig herder), and Var (Gvar, black orc)!!!
Here's to many more clears of LV by our A team... and to someday our Basin B team reaching that point
/drink
Zak
Comments: 7 ::
View Comments
|
WAR Basin hits guild level 27
Posted by Zakrah on 30 March 2009 - 04:58 PM |
We achieved level 27 as a guild a couple days ago.... go us! Now our standards have faster run speed, useful in T1 and T2 rvr before mounts are available. If you are leveling a toon, don't hesitate to ask to be assigned a Standard Bearer so you can take advantage of this. You should also check out our guidelines to follow while using our standards.
Basin has top priority on keeping folks together, and I always get a thrill when a long-lost Basiner returns to play with us. However, we may be able to level faster as a guild if we take out a few inactives. I also am more than a bit annoyed with the unwieldy guild list when finding a toon name for alliance promotions or standard bearer assignments. Check here for more info about the Spring Cleaning of T1-T2-T3 inactives. The alliance chat issue is especially a pain, even when properly promoted your toon may be bugged for aliance chat and require attention again with a repromote. So if you cannot chat in /as, let me know and I'll fix it ASAP.
As a guild, we also need to pick and max out another Guild Standard Tactic. It may be a good time to look at the tactics we have, how they are working for us, and pick another to try. We should reopen the discussion! If you have an opinion, please post in our standard tactics discussion thread. I will also ask around the alliance and see what tactics other guilds prefer, perhaps we can get a better idea of what works best so we make wise choices.
Up and coming in a near-future patch are improvements to Claimed Keeps. Soon we will be able to earn even more guild experience with claims, especially when upgraded. Hopefully this will help us level faster as a guild! The downside is that the guild bank may take a hit, we will be keeping tabs on our finances and adjust the tax rate as needed.
In other news, Basin now has a fresh pack of great players joining us from the Legion of Lions guild. Similar to Basin they have a long history of gaming with each other even before WAR, in fact, many of us fought with and/or against them in DAoC. It's great to have you guys with us and on our side, now
Finally, Arc of Vendetta has put together a schedule of Alliance activities, including oRvR nites and training nites. The first training nite last week was informative, we discussed what addons are critical for rvr success. I will put the schedule for April on the guild in-game calendar and also post a reminder a day or two before in our guild MoTD. If you have limited play time, try to make the planned events for the highest probability of fun when you do have time to play!
Thanks all, and as always comments/suggestions for the WAR Basin guild are appreciated - don't hesitate to send a PM or whisper in game
Zak
Comments: 2 ::
View Comments
|
Basin joins "Learn To Play" alliance
Posted by Zakrah on 11 March 2009 - 04:18 PM |
Basin is now a part of the "Learn To Play" alliance on Skull Throne Destruction, along with Vendetta and Knights of Ni.
The alliance was established fresh by Vendetta, the top rr Order guild in the game, who rerolled Dest on our server for the challenge earlier this year. A challenge it is indeed as Dest is the underdog realm here, but in the past couple weeks with Vendetta in T4 good progress has already been made with how Destruction guilds play together on Skull Throne.
Learn To Play alliance will be implementing a "Dual Alliance" with the existing "Adjust Your Gameplay" alliance which includes KoS, Check Your Tears, Sinister, and others. We will establish a shared channel and everyone will use a mod that autojoins this channel. So we will have double the opportunities for grouping, forming up oRvR warbands, and communication.
Also, Basin will host the alliance boards... stay tuned for details!
It's really been a thrill so far teaming up with Vendetta, and the new alliance is yet another reason to be totally stoked for future of oRvR on Skull Throne - there's much fun to look forward to
/cheer!
Zak
Comments: 4 ::
View Comments
|
Basin in top 10 guilds in renown
Posted by Zakrah on 03 January 2009 - 12:43 AM |
After last night's guild RvR nite, WAR Basin took over the 10th spot in amount of renown earned on our server, Destruction side. Nice work, all! There is a cluster of guilds around the 30 million renown mark so we will have to continue the fight to keep our spot.
In all guilds on the server (including Order) we are 17th. In all destruction guilds on every server, we are 111th. In all guilds on every server (including Order) we are 234th.
Basin is number 2 in number of toons in guild on Skull Throne, Destruction-side, with 327 toons in guild. Exodus is number 1 at 387........ time to guild some more alts
Zak
Comments: 7 ::
View Comments
|
Basin joins Dark Empire alliance
Posted by Zakrah on 15 December 2008 - 12:37 PM |
Basin is now a part of the Dark Empire alliance on Skull Throne Destruction.
http://www.darkempirecod.com/
We now have the ability to easily team up with some of the top guilds on the server, and have access to a treasure trove of talent for organizing warbands and groups, primarily for the crushitude of Order
Thanks everyone who helped make this happen. The best is yet to come!
Comments: 5 ::
View Comments
|
Altdorf captured!
Posted by Zakrah on 06 December 2008 - 02:06 PM |
Late last night Altdorf was captured by Skull Throne Destruction! Word on the street is that we did it with 40min remaining.
Many Basiners spent a ton of time online in the past two days to make it happen, and your efforts paid off! It was a thrill to log on and have a couple dozen folks in Basin ts last night and very cool to join a big guild wb involved in getting victory points in Altdorf. The queue to get into the old city to join you guys left me frustrated, but at least the surrounding areas had some pretty darn good open rvr with pugs of players trying to get to the city.
If any of you took screenshots, please post or send them to me
Congrats all!!!
Comments: 23 ::
View Comments
|
WAR Basin hits guild level 20
Posted by Zakrah on 25 November 2008 - 04:20 PM |
WAR Basin Skull Throne guild achieved level 20 last night! We now have over 20 million renown points. This has really been a group effort getting here, thank you all for helping us get to level 20 as a guild.
We now can proudly display our lovely emblem on our cloaks
Zakrah
Comments: 5 ::
View Comments
|
Heavy Metal Event!
Posted by Zakrah on 18 November 2008 - 06:08 PM |
Today is the launch of the live in-game event Heavy Metal, which is the prologue to the introduction of the new character classes in December. Players who complete the daily quests will get to start their Black Guard or Knight of the Blazing Sun a week earlier than those who do not.
http://www.theamazon...?showtopic=1010
Today is also patch 1.0.5
http://www.theamazon...?showtopic=1034
Join in the buzz in the forum and perhaps team up with other Basiners on the new content!
Zak
Comments: 0 ::
View Comments
|
|
FORUM INFO
539 members have made 17544 posts in our
forums. Topics: 2245
Replies: 15299
There are currently 8 people in our forums.
Members: 2
Guests: 6
Anonymous:
0
Go Join Them!
|
