Guild Meeting 2/19/2019

19th February 2019

Welcome to the RUIN gaming Community! Established in 2004.

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The RUIN community meets every Tuesday at 6PM Pacific Standard time on Discord to recognize outstanding members for promotion, discuss gaming news, events and scheduling for the upcoming week!

Patreon Weekly Update

New Allied Races Ahead! Kul Tiran Humans and Zandalari Trolls

Two new playable Allied Races are waiting in the wings to join the Battle for Azeroth as part of the Horde and Alliance—but first, you’ll need to prove your worth and earn your way into their good graces.

Siege of Dazar’alor 

The Alliance strikes at the heart of the Zandalari empire—while the defenders of the Horde will rally to their new allies’ defense—in an epic new raid, Battle of Dazar’alor.

This new raid provides both Horde and Alliance players with unique encounters for their faction—along with the opportunity to play through events from the opposite faction’s viewpoint.

WINTERGRASP RETURNS

Thanks for your continued discussion and feedback, and we’re glad everyone is enjoying Epic Battlegrounds!

We look forward to everyone being able to experience the return of Wintergrasp soon, as well as some other Epic Battleground surprises as we progress through Battle for Azeroth. – Blizzard

Thank You!

ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: ELSWEYR

Keep both eyes on the skies! During the Season of the Dragon, you can experience a year-long interconnected adventure that begins very soon with the Wrathstone DLC game pack and continues through the upcoming Elsweyr Chapter and beyond. Here’s the Season of the Dragon schedule:

TAMRIEL BURNS

The Season of the Dragon year-long adventure is unlike anything we’ve ever released before, and Elsweyr is a huge part of this epic tale. We can’t wait to reveal everything that is coming to ESO’s newest Chapter and this massive, interconnected story, so keep an eye out for more information in the coming months.

RUIN traditionally hosts a variety of guild events in and out of game. Including Blizzcon, movie premiers, summer vacation retreats and other gaming and entertainment industry related conventions and events!

Ruin Gaming is a multi-gaming community with members from all over the world. Currently, we are playing  World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. We also have a large presence in other games such as Star CitizenGuild Wars 2OverwatchDiablo III and more!

BLIZZARD COMMUNITIES

Bring your friends and family of the same faction together cross-realm through our new World of Warcraft Communities feature:

RUIN continues to grow!

2019 offers a staggering spectrum of games to experience, new expansions, new titles and a constant stream of updates are scheduled for launch. Ruin is actively testing emergent games across the spectrum of different platforms. Our objective has been to narrow the field of candidate and select from among the best contenders for major community deployment.

Ruin is recruiting exceptional people. Additional officers and creative specialists are required in order to continue the growth of our expanding organization. Contact us on Discord for further information!

2019 Roadmap

The RUIN team has been very busy reviewing games across the MMO Genre and have collaborated on building a vision to share in this Roadmap. We constantly gather suggestions and feedback directly from our communities and players in order to effect change and positive reforms within Ruin.

RUIN continues to provide an exceptional gaming community experience for all community members. We are currently working on researching massive multiplayer content across the expanding genre while setting community mission objectives, organizing and executing events and in game content at the highest levels possible.

RUIN will continue to communicate with the player base through guild meetings and updates throughout the year. Our goal is to create a process of continuous improvement of all aspects of the Ruin community.

EVENTS

Ruin hosts a variety of yearly events and conventions for our members. All Ruin members are encouraged to attend!

As part of our Community Events circuit Ruin hosted a Disneyland and California Adventure Holiday 2018 tour. A special focus on gathering information on and preparing for the opening of Galaxy’s Edge: the largest ever expansion to Disneyland.

Guild Meeting Schedule

  • General meeting: Tuesday 6PM Pacific Standard Time on Discord.
  • Officers meeting: Tuesday 5PM Pacific Standard Time on Discord junior officer’s meeting room.

Ruin Patreon

Our mission is to provide a fun environment to play games within a like-minded community. Furthermore, we aim to provide exciting content on current and upcoming games via YouTubeTwitchSocial Media and more. Subsequently, we encourage Game Developers to provide our community with massive multiplayer content that we have always envisioned, bringing virtual communities into a fully realized and complete state.

As the RUIN gaming community continues to expand, hosting over 20,000 active members with 7,000 registered on Discord, a need to facilitate and organize common procedure, training protocol and general information for use in multiple gaming platforms has arisen.

Executive Summary

  • Achieving the core mission of providing the best gaming and online community experience possible requires strong communication infrastructure and feedback mechanisms to ensure a continual process of improvement.
  • Additional Officers and technical specialists are required! Producing relevant gaming news coverage and updates for current and upcoming games for the RUIN community!
  • Expanding the Warrant Officer Department with additional Technical Officers and information officers to assist in scheduling, communicating and supporting team activities across all RUIN branches is a critical initiative for 2019.
  • Extensive use of modern social media and integrated peer reviewed and edited rules, expectations and guidelines for all members is a critical goal for RUIN in 2019.

World of Warcraft News

World of Warcraft News and Updates

Delve into the ongoing story and lore in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth with Cinematic Project Director Terran Gregory and Senior Game Designer Steve Danuser in our developer live stream.

Let us know in the comments below what story and lore discussion you’d like to hear, then join us live Thursday, January 10 at 11:00 a.m. PDT. – Blizzard

MMO Champion Weekly Update

Reap the Bounty in Tides of Vengeance

There’s a bounty of new mounts, pets, toys, and gear available in Tides of Vengeance. We’ve rounded up a selection of what’s available to help you formulate a plan of action.

Battle for Azeroth PTR Patch 8.1.5 Developers’ Notes

Blizzard has announced that the 8.1.5 PTR has started to be deployed to the PTR. This patch will contain the long awaited Zandalari and Kul Tiran Allied Races but the PTR will start with only a few features. A Hati questline has been confirmed for Patch 8.1.5 at some point! – Wowhead

Tides of Vengeance

The Alliance is set to stage an attack on the heart of the Zandalari empire in a bid to sever the ties of the Zandalari and the Horde. They’ll begin with a naval strike on the docks of Dazar’alor in the Siege of Dazar’alor and push their way toward Rastakhan’s throne room in the heart of Dazar’alor in Empire’s Fall.

Engage your enemies in the new Darkshore Warfront, repel their Assaults on your allies’ lands, and continue the War Campaign. Plunder epic rewards in new Island Expeditions and discover exciting adventures!

The Horde and Alliance have established their footholds in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, each seeking to use these staging points as inroads to the flow of Azerite in enemy territory. Now the Horde and the Alliance will use those hard-earned footholds to launch large-scale assaults deep into enemy territory. While the assaulting faction tries to break through their enemy’s defenses, players must rally the local forces to drive the invaders from their continent.

New Allied Races

Venture forth as one of the new playable Allied Races in Battle for Azeroth. Earn the respect of the Nightborne, Lightforged draenei, and other noble allies, and you’ll unlock the ability to create new prestige characters of that race.

Once you’ve recruited an Allied Race, you can rediscover Azeroth through a revamped leveling experience featuring zones that scale as your character grows in power. Reach level 110 with a new Allied Race character to earn a distinctive Heritage Armor set—a lasting symbol of your dedication.

Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance Survival Guide

Comprehensive guide to World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth 8.1 — War Campaign, Leveling Improvements, New Islands, Darkshore Warfront, New Azerite Traits and much more!

Faction Assaults

The Horde and Alliance have established their footholds in Kul Tiras and Zandalar, each seeking to use these staging points as inroads to the flow of Azerite in enemy territory. Now the Horde and the Alliance will use those hard-earned footholds to launch large-scale assaults deep into enemy territory. While the assaulting faction tries to break through their enemy’s defenses, players must rally the local forces to drive the invaders from their continent.

War Campaign in Tides of Vengeance 

The War Campaign continues in Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance, with tensions escalating as the story leads into the Battle of Dazar’alor. As part of our preparations for Patch 8.1.5, we have updated our Alliance and Horde War Campaign guides with new quests and summaries of the lore!

Terror of Darkshore

The conflagration of war continues to burn brightly between the Horde and Alliance. Even as the Horde continues to entrench themselves within Darkshore all is not quiet on the warfront.

Blizzcon 2018

BlizzCon 2018 is in the books, and we hope you had as much of a blast as we did. Whether you made it in person or joined us from home with the Virtual Ticket, we’d like to extend our heartiest thanks—as always, you’re the ones that make BlizzCon truly epic. It was a big year for news at the show, the esports competition kept us constantly at the edge of our seats, and we got to check out some of the most inspiring cosplay we’ve ever seen. – Blizzard

Tides of Vengeance

The War Campaign will continue and will affect the enemy faction more.

Incursions – which are similar to Legion Invasions. The opposite faction is directly attacking your zones. You can use incursions to level your alts.

Gaming and Community Updates. A well informed guild is a critical community objective.

World of Warcraft Classic

Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft Classic will be set in patch 1.12: Drums of War. In a developer update, Blizzard said it chose patch 1.12 “because it represents the most complete version of the classic experience.” – Polygon

Ruin will host a Horde and Alliance Classic Community!

Recent Posts:

World of Warcraft News

Warfronts

Warfronts represent large-scale war on the homefront as members of each faction fight for control of a location critical to the war effort between the Horde and Alliance.

Anchored in the real-time strategy (RTS) origins of Warcraft, you play the role of a lieutenant leading the charge on the ground of a massive battle. Together with 19 fellow allied players, you will create an outpost, secure resources, set up supply lines, and train troops to help push forward and assault an enemy stronghold. Unlike Warcraft III, you’ll be fighting in this conflict firsthand rather than commanding from a top-down perspective—putting you on the front lines of a large-scale, 20-player PvE experience.

WAR MODE, PVP TALENTS, AND MORE

War Mode tears down boundaries and server rule-set distinctions, allowing players on any realm to decide when they want to jump into a world PvP experience full of like-minded players in the ongoing battle between Horde and Alliance.

Blizzard Explains the Entire History of World of Warcraft

Blizzard’s Ion Hazzikostas, Patrick Magruder and Jimmy Lo tell the entire history of World of Warcraft. From the game’s launch date, until it’s newest expansion (Battle for Azeroth), Blizzard chronicles every aspect of the legendary MMO’s journey. – Wired

ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: ELSWEYR

Keep both eyes on the skies! During the Season of the Dragon, you can experience a year-long interconnected adventure that begins very soon with the Wrathstone DLC game pack and continues through the upcoming Elsweyr Chapter and beyond. Here’s the Season of the Dragon schedule:

TAMRIEL BURNS

The Season of the Dragon year-long adventure is unlike anything we’ve ever released before, and Elsweyr is a huge part of this epic tale. We can’t wait to reveal everything that is coming to ESO’s newest Chapter and this massive, interconnected story, so keep an eye out for more information in the coming months.

Face the beasts of Hircine in Wolfhunter, The Elder Scrolls Online’s latest DLC game pack, as you venture into two all-new, four-player dungeons. Contend with fang and claw as you fight to liberate the stronghold of Moon Hunter Keep or join the Great Hunt in March of Sacrifices.

Star Wars: The Old Republic 

With Game Update 5.10 – Jedi under Siege, the next phase of the SWTOR storyline will kick off with a bang on the ancient Jedi world. Ravaged by a cataclysm centuries in the past, this beloved planet has been part of Old Republic stories since the original Tales of the Jedi comics, and we’re really excited to bring it to life for our players as a new Daily Area with separate Republic and Imperial storylines.

With this ancient world, we will see the return of several fan-favorite characters as well as the introduction of some exciting new characters including a powerful Jedi veteran (not Revan) who will join Republic players on their mission to protect a hidden Jedi base and a deadly commando who will aid Imperial players in their mission to destroy it. Over the coming months, we’ll bring you more details about the planet and offer more insight about the conflict.

Conan Exiles

Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the brutal lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a savage world, build your kingdom, and dominate your enemies in brutal combat and epic warfare.

Start with nothing but your bare hands and forge the legacy of your clan, building anything a small home to gigantic fortresses and entire cities. Wage war using swords, bows, siege weapons, and even take control of giant avatars of the gods and lay waste to enemy cities.

Explore a vast, seamless world full of challenge and opportunity. Hunt animals for resources, slay monsters for treasure, and delve deep underground to discover the secrets of ancient civilizations.

RUIN PROJECTS

Goals

Additional multimedia original creative content for the community. A focus on video editing, unique livestreams and podcasts for 2019 to better communicate gaming news information and community events and objectives!

Instagram

In-game screenshots from ALL games. These may include landscapes, cities, NPC’s, raids, dungeons, delves, strikes, cinematics – anything!

Direct your image and any relevant details to @Mauve#2477 on Discord!

Disneyland 2018

Ruin 2018 Disneyland and California Adventure

As part of our Community Events circuit Ruin hosted a Disneyland and California Adventure Holiday 2018 tour. A special focus on gathering information on and preparing for the opening of Galaxy’s Edge: the largest ever expansion to Disneyland.

Upcoming Games Resources:

The following games are currently our core focus for 2018:

Expansions and New Games

Information and updates from all major games, movies and technologies relevant to the greater Ruin Nation community.

At their core massive multiplayer online games provide for the communal experience of the Great Myth a fundamental human pursuit throughout nearly ever culture and time in history. All of the intellectual properties; Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls etc. are modern adaptations and additions to the great human myth telling tradition. Expansive universes in which the heroic journey of many trials can be more directly experienced.

Ruin as a guild is strongest when actively engaged in challenging guild versus guild online environments with a strong support structure encouraging our members to adapt and improve in order to most fully contribute to success in our campaigns. We encourage members to immerse themselves in the rich lore and ever expanding stories that are the foundation of every game we play, invest time and pride into your characters and fully enjoy the online gaming experience to the fullest in game and within the community!

Have fun and win!

Officer Promotion

RUIN needs additional Officers, outstanding members with gaming experience, military backgrounds and professional administrative abilities should step forward for courtesy promotions to assist with day to day guild upkeep and leadership service.

Within RUIN leadership through content as well as training and technical support and development are accomplished through departments focused on these specific objectives. Those interested in advancement should contact an officer in game or on voice communications.

Branch Schedules and Objectives:

Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls Online offers arguably the best large scale PVP environment in the Imperial Cyrodiil province. RUIN offers nightly Cyrodiil clears, offering an unparalleled level of rewards and character progression in an highly discipline siege warfare environment. RUIN continues to support the Aldmeri Dominion campaign and our faction allies.

Delve into the treacherous swamps and jungles in Murkmire, The Elder Scrolls Online’s latest DLC game pack, as you explore Argonia and discover a hidden world as dangerous as it is beautiful. Investigate Murkmire’s long-forgotten past and help an Imperial scholar recover a mysterious and powerful relic. Brave the challenges of Blackrose Prison, a new 4-player arena, and test your might.

Cyrodiil Campaign

PVP Objectives: To fight and win by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of Cyrodiil operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders.

Guild Activities

World of Warcraft

World of Warcrft Battle for Azeroth continues to deliver best in genre progression raiding and structured PVP. The addition of world quests, invasions and open world events provide an alternative path for character progression.

Star Wars The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic offers one of the best leveling experiences of any MMORPG currently available. Engaging and immersive story driven game play allows for an unparalleled role playing experience, with enormous character customization and development all within the award winning Bioware Knights of the Old Republic universe.

RUIN continues our long tradition in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Construction of the Guild Ship and Stronghold on Yavin IV continue! Please pitch in towards these projects through the Stronghold Tab by donating copies of decorations to the guild.

Knights Of The Eternal Throne: ‘Starting Your Saga’ Video Guide

Whether you’re creating a character for the very first time, or returning to an existing and beloved character, this brief overview will show you how to begin your epic adventure! Tag along as we explore the basics of Character Creation, learn how to jump straight into the Knights of the Eternal Throne saga with a Boosted Level 65 Character, introduce new features arriving with the expansion, and much more! Get ready to start your new saga with style – you’ll be prepared for whatever Empress Vaylin throws at you!

Latest News

Guild Events

Ruin in SWTOR provides a wide spectrum of player content.

  • Operations
  • Casual PVP
  • Planetary Conquest
  • Uprisings
  • Flashpoints
  • Stronghold Construction

Conan Exiles

City Construction

The primary objective of RUIN in Conan Exiles is to construct a well defended guild city capable of keeping members safe from siege warfare and attack.

Conan Exiles Updates

New Dungeon: The Dreg

The Exiled Lands are filled with dark caves and mysterious ruins, but now you get a brand-new dungeon to challenge your adventuring urges!

Latest News

Guild Events

  • Documenting construction through screenshots, videos, livestream.
  • Social media advertisement and growth of the RUIN Conan server

Latest News

Final Fantasy XIV

RUIN has returned to Final Fantasy XIV!

Additional information: Ruin FFXIV

Latest News

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 4.4

We are pleased to announce that the patch notes for Patch 4.4─Prelude in Violet have been released in their entirety. Be sure to check them out for a comprehensive list of additions and refinements to the realm, including the continuation of the Four Lords amd Omega sagas, new features such as mannequins and the Leap of Faith GATE, and more!

Guild Departments:

  • PVP – Player versus Player
  • PVE – Player versus Environment
  • Human Resources: Recruitment, training, events coordination.
  • Technical Officers: Infrastructural development and upkeep.

PVP – Player versus Player

The PVP Department of RUIN develops PVP doctrine; establishes standards; and builds the future fighting force of RUIN.

The PVP Department schedules relevant PVP events.

PVE – Player versus Environment

The PVE Department of RUIN plans, schedules and progresses through group Player versus Environment content.

The PVE Department establishes transparent and impartial systems for the distribution of rewards to team members.

Human Resources

Human Resources recruits, trains, and educates members of RUIN develops leaders and fosters technical skills and mastery of all relevant content and related technologies.

HR Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Investigation

HR Conflict Resolution conducts sensitive or special interest investigations as directed by the HR Directorate; provides investigative support to all RUIN branches and elements; maintains overall responsibility for RUIN investigations and enforcement of all relevant codes of conduct, license agreements and general community requirements.

HR conducts and controls all RUIN investigations of serious infractions and crimes. Upon request, or as necessary for effective law enforcement.

RUIN Technical Corps

The Ruin Technical Corps provides information technology and engineering services in support of RUIN. Warrant Officers are technical leaders and specialists.

The mission of the RWD is to develop and maintain information technology for RUIN across all current and future platforms.

Warrant Officers must demonstrate literacy and exceptional understanding of relevant technologies.

Maintaining the Ruin Discord and promoting a strong presence on social media with the objective of sharing the gaming experience with a wider audience. Providing for the training, education, and inspiration of recruits in order to encourage each member to become a competent leader of character committed to the values of professional excellence and service to the greater RUIN community.

The RUIN Warrant Department reports directly to guild leadership.