So, it has been just over a week since we first published On the Drill field and a lot has happened since then. Star Wars the Old Republic has had a turn in leadership as the NA Battalion has stepped up recruitment and is driving at a steady speed.
NA DIs Modanya, ShadowRunner & Tantalus have been pushing forward bringing recruits in with the full understanding of what being a member of TAW is all about. They have been showing their unyielding motivation and desires to ensure loyalty and dedication from our new recruits and striving for the best quality and measures. Meanwhile, Vashone has left the position as a DI to further pursue his desires in becoming a leader in the Empire platoon and has already hit the ground running setting plans for future PVP excitement. Good luck and see ya on the battlefield Vashone!
Adrenalin was appointed position as the second Squad leader to aide in Empires dominance in PVE end game content. While Flipluck has maintained his push to end game successfully organizing multiple 8 to 16 man operations for the republic. Both have been gaining support from other guilds and 50s drawing a verbal alliance in raiding.
Our successful Thursday meeting brought out our members back to Tatooine where we held a soon to be anual TAW v TAW meet wich included a great turn out as well as a new event to be sponsored by us "Nude Brawling". (video of event coming soon)
Our members have maneuvered around to the point that growth is at its heaviest potential for this division. Almost daily, new recruits are coming to join TAW on both the Republic as well as empire platoons. Russell is now holding position as the CO of SWTOR NA Battallion and is leading firmly with his XO TIGGERR.
Jediborg was appointed position as PL for the Republic platoon and Zartaan has taken the lead for Empire. With this, Both sides have been pushing their expectations and reaching end game goals and accomplishments. Jedi has focused on and obtained his third lvl 50 (Jedi Guardian) and is gearing him up to lead on into end game raid content. Zartaan on the other hand has been focused on his lvl 50 Imperial Agent and pushing his platoon deeper into the end game content at least three times a week.
Given a chance to speak in his own words, Zartaan has honored us with his own insights up to this point.
"Since coming to play SWTOR with T.A.W. I have seen this imperial guild go from a sniper, assassin and an operative that wanted to play as some evil cutthroat bad guys to having a very successful full on raiding guild that no longer has to even go out of it's way to recruit as much, and that being because we have people that want to be part of a good raiding guild coming to us. For me personally the past few months have been very interesting with many highs and lows. I have met some people that I now consider friends that I interact with everyday. I have also been so frustrated that I have had my finger hovering over the quit guild key just a heartbeat away pressing it, from seeing set backs and seeing growth sit still.
On the other side of that I have taking screen-shots that are on my desktop background right now of the guild downing Karraga on hard-mode. But the one thing I always knew was there is NO better managed guild in gaming anywhere and it wasn't gonna be better anywhere else then it was here, there wasn't no way.. So even at low points and during frustration I decided that these guys had the tools in place for me to take charge of the situation and build an Imperial guild. I knew it would be a lot of work, anything worth having usually takes a lot work to get. And so here we are I hope you all are pleased and have fun gaming with The Empire of TAW. And I fully intend to keep pushing this thing until it is a monster and continue to help you all get gear and reach new achievements.
A few upcoming goals I would like to push for are:
Last and most important...........Keep communicating problems and new ideas, this is YOUR guild, we are always listening...."
Thanks for the input Zartaan!!
Stay tuned for words from Jediborg in the near future, as I am sure his plans will be brought to light as well as far as where the Republic platoon will be headed.
Upcoming talks have begun for a all out recruitment drive. Talks and preparations are being made by the NA DI unit. these talks are of rewarding our members with different items and gaming equipment such as gaming headsets, keyboard/mouse combos and free month of game play. so definitely stay tuned for further information on this as it comes.
For now, We end this session of On the Drill Field, we look forward to seeing you next time or in game.
May the force be with you.
-Draxton
Welcome to the first installment of "On the Drill Field",
Our former NA SO: TIGGERR has bounced his way to XO of the battalion and has turned the guide iron of the DIs over to myself. As the new SO of the NA Battalion, I will send in reports about upcoming events and strategies that will be implemented among my fine staff of DIs.
With the most recent updates for the SWTOR battalion, we have vamped up in our recruitment methods as well as our expectations. Our DIs are in full force and ready to take on the challenges of meeting with our new recruits and fulfilling boot camp needs. We have adopted a new charter to follow when conducting our boot camps and, thanks to TIGGER and his hard work and dedication, we now have a fully functional, new and improved DI Guide that became active on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012. Our current DIs have proven themselves and stepped up to the challenge to weed out and train the recruits to represent our unit and TAW as a whole, with highest standards.
Currently our fine staff of active NA DIs are as follows:
Staff Officer - Draxton, 2nd Lt
Drill Instructor - ShadowRunner, SGT
Drill Instructor - Tantalus, SGT
Drill Instructor - Modanya, CPL
Drill Instructor - Remulus, CPL
Drill Instructor - Vashone, CPL
Drill Instructor - akillathehun, LCPL
As we proceed further down the road, many things will come our way and offer many opportunities. stay tuned for more details as they present themselves. For now however, know that for a soldier to be formed, proper training and dedication must be given from both sides. With this, the unit will survive and grow to its full potential...
Until Next time,
Draxton
On the Drill Field