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Brotherhood of Veterans [BRO]Organization and Balance
The Brotherhood of Veterans [BRO] takes a highly organized approach to game play, focusing on scheduled groups, strong leadership, and dedicated farming teams. The variety of scheduled events and groups provides a balanced atmosphere. Different officers are in charge of various activities and set up schedules for members. For example, an officer volunteers to do a campaign push. This officer takes a group through a campaign over the course of five days, completing all missions and primary quests needed to finish the storyline. They also work as floaters at times to help individuals with hard missions quests or caps.
Other officers set up farming groups in Sorrows Furnace, Underworld, Fissure of Woe, Tomb of Primeval Kings, and Domain of Anguish. These officers run the teams as though no one has been there before, for two reasons: so everyone is clear about what to do and so new players don't get lost or left out. The Domain of Anguish is an absolute favorite with members because it is lucrative and holds their interest. After Hard Mode came out, they added a Vanquishing Officer to their schedule.
The event coordinator also designs activities such as 1 vs. 1 tournaments, in-game hide and seek prizes, and dodge ball with Mesmers. The Brotherhood also has weekly raffles based on a strike system-good behavior equals participation in the drawing. Sometimes the guild creates promotional videos, or makes videos just for fun. So far, they've posted twelve videos on their website.
Every year BRO has a Veteran's Day festival to honor the members who have served. The guild birthday is also a yearly event. Officer meetings every Sunday gather the decision-makers together to see if they need new guild policies or schedules and to evaluate the preceding week. Then they get a solid concept of how the next week will go. Monthly guild-wide meetings offer an open format for everyone to speak, regardless of rank.
The guild was formed on February 4, 2006 by several friends who had served in the war together. The guild comprises four guilds run as if they were one, with a total of 140 members. BRO keeps one officer for every seven members, but promotions in the Brotherhood aren't just handed out; they are earned and can be taken away at any time if an officer isn't maintaining the standards.