1. Be on time

It's boring and frustrating to gather for 30 minutes before we can raid anything. Further, it encourages people to be late, which turns into a nasty cycle. We plan each night to take about 3 hours and we generally cannot extend that because people have work schedules to keep. So if we start late, that's simply less loot that night. If you've signed up, but are not online or otherwise available at invite time, you may be replaced if there are other people in-guild or not that are ready to go.

If you can't make it, cancel as soon as you know. If there's a chance you can't make it, update your signup note. If you'll be late or cutting it close, update your signup note. That's all we ask. If you can't communicate, you will occasionally lose invites to more communicative players.

2. Take breaks during trash pulls

The only time that we will wait on a single player is before a boss pull. So that's the absolute worst time to go afk. If you have any choice at all, try to take breaks while the rest of us are killing trash. This will allow us more boss attempts per night.

Do not take a break between boss wipes. Long pauses between wipes make people lazy and throw them off their game. Breaks between boss wipes should last no longer than 45 seconds, and you should be alive in the boss' room before you leave, so you can be buffed with the rest of us.

3. Bring consumables

You shouldn't have to spend all your time farming for consumables, but at the very least you should have food (preferably some feasts you can share with everyone) and mana/health pots.

When we do progression raids, we need everyone to be as buffed as possible. If there's any doubt in your mind that a boss might not go down in one or two tries, you should have elixirs or a flask active.

4. Fully enchant and gem yourself

It is demoralizing to raid with someone who cannot even be bothered to properly gem and enchant their gear, and even worse to see them take loot that they are only going to neglect. If you just got a new piece of gear that week and haven't had a chance to enchant it yet, fine.

If you have 2 or more pieces missing gems or enchants, or having improper enchants like those designed for PvP, the raid leader has the right to bench you at any time or make you ineligible for loot.

If you need help with the cost of such things, guild bank resources are available (as are many generous guildies), just ask an officer and they'll be happy to get you fixed up.

5. Improve your level of play

We are a casual guild and do not rigidly enforce performance standards. However, we do expect you to be serious about raiding if you ask to be invited. Put effort into your character and learn how to play it well if you continue to raid with us. We have lots of resources available and are happy to help you improve your play. All you have to do is ask. Players who consistently underperform and show no effort at getting better will find it difficult to get raid invites.

6. Miscellaneous Rules

Let the raid leader loot. Looting too early can often cause people to lose the chance to roll on loot. To be safe, just be patient and allow the raid leader or master looter to loot first. Now that badges are distributed to everyone automatically, there is little reason for non-raid-leaders to loot at all.
Don't link items in chat during looting. This often leads to confusion and people rolling on items they didn't intend to roll on.
Don't release until told. We often have people releasing as soon as they die, or as soon as a fight ends. This often causes problems. Try to be aware of when releasing is inappropriate, and if in doubt, ask or wait until you're told to release.
Communicate often but reduce chatter. This pertains both to ventrilo and to raid chat. We want to hear from you if it pertains to the situation at hand. We also like to have fun and joke around. Just try to keep it short and don't chatter on about other topics or carry on side conversations, especially if they're not funny. Remember there's 24 other people listening in.