Saturday, October 29, 2016

Planning for an active defense

DRPSD Guidance - Active Defense Preparation

Upgrading Stronghold to Level V


This is a big step for many reasons, but primarily the activation of the defense exposes the clan to weekly tournaments where the clan can gain or lose the precious industrial resources needed to grow its footprint in the World of Tanks. The "Stronghold Defense" tournaments brings a stronger concept of "Clanism" to the clan if managed appropriately, due to the raiding other clan's resources for self growth and of course defending against raids of its enemies.
The Derp Side plans to use this moment to its advantage by training its personal in a way that elevates them individually and can elevate the clan in synchronicity. The clan is also disclosing its plan of growth and best practices through public documentation to be used in it future evolution wherever it takes it.

Skirmish Activation Overview


Activating the skirmish puts the clan in a high alert phase that will allow DRPSD to defend against attacking clans and also provoke and make attacks against other similar valued clans earning resources proportionate to the clans' stockpiles. A clan is able to attack out of its similar industrial resource ranges if it is able to attack with a low level Command Center (bellow Tier VIII) at a high stronghold defense rating, meaning they must battle  with Tier X's and a larger team size. This allows two types of clans to benefit in desired normal stagnated growth periods:

  1. A New Strong Clan - they are always looking for the challenge and can earn more
  2. The Mighty that have Fallen - they consumed their CC levels to protect their assets

DRPSD  uses strongholds for a training grounds into clan wars. Participation will determine the chance for participation in DRPSD clan wars. Some members will immediately be accepted into an XO's legion.



Weekly Clan Growth Guidance

Stronghold Preparation


In this guide it will be discussed what is needed of the stronghold in preparation for activating the defense of the stronghold. Blindly constructing the level V Command Center without understanding what their clan will face would not be wise without understanding what stronghold must contain and have stockpiled in preparations for the up coming clan wars.

Clan Preparation


Building a clan and participating in a clan that runs skirmishes is not the same as one that participates in Strongholds by night and day. One is obligated itself for a specific commitment while the other is just saying "You're kewl, let's hangout sometime", and it is very important to understand the difference. With this article we will discuss how a clan is formed from conception through stronghold preparation tactics.

Officer Preparation


A clan is defined by the officers it keeps and it officers are defined by the clan it manages. The guidance provided will assist DRPSD officers in preparation for entering into the Stronghold Defense period, and give insight into what is beyond. We have many dedicated officers but we need more and need it to expand beyond IRL. The guidance here will discuss aspects of how a clan should manage its officers to ensure that it can survive issues that arise in real life, regardless of the officer it occurs to. The guidance will provide a way for a clan to avoid such issues before they arise.
In addition, the guidance is used for full clan disclosure. The Derp Side will grow with transparency and officer dedication, and this understanding will be provided in this guideline.

Derp Side Preparation

All three discussed guidance's of clan growth are incorporated into the Derp Side strategy and the next phase is revealed. As most DRPSD member's should know without reading this our intent is to train ourselves using the stronghold defense activation. If the officers and commander are ready the clan will use its accumulated influence to attack the most tactical points on the clan wars map.
This guidance will discuss the beginnings of Clan wars as what clan members can expect from this change.

Friday, October 28, 2016

Grinding Guide

Grind with expertise with Novembers weekly grind tips

Welcome to DRPSD's grinding guidance to optimize effectiveness of the player. This is done by focusing on key aspects of the game that are true progression and complete tasks. There are many achievement categories with in the Wargamming system. Some are core game accomplishments in such that you can not progress any further. Mixing and matching the accomplishments correctly and timing the focus allows the player to progress and earn faster. Ideas for this are broken down into three categories that many players encounter while playing the game.

Categories

Rather than focusing on the different missions, campaigns, rewards etc. the discussion is broken into three typical questions a player inevitably faces. While order is not meant in any importance, the order is of great importance in the understanding of how it all comes together as one guide. While you may be interested in only understanding one aspect it is important to understand the previous discussion before jumping into the next due to the dependency in the solutions offered.

Getting the "Right" Tank

In this topic tank progression will be discussed. A strategy to allow a large garage be created and consumed by the best tanks in the game. Details on how to pay and earn the tanks are discussed. Wargamming offers many opportunities for the player to earn premium tanks and even excel through tracks up to the top tiers with decreased effort and cost. Learn the right track and how to get to the tank you need. 

Developing the "Right" Crew

Not all players are equal but very often the worst players are driving around with the worst crews. A good player can and often will play with inexperienced crew when they start out, but rarely due they once they realize the crew's importance. In this sub-series tips and guides are provided that will allow players to improve their game quality and be able to play a wide spread of features the game offers.

Earning

There are numerous accumulation aspects in the game beyond the basic in game credits. In order to earn the basic income the player must understand the full commerce of the game. This guide will not just help the player earn more basic income but also improve their clan earnings be it gold or industrial resources as well as improving the players personal Free XP. 

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Roles and Responsibilities

DRPSD Role Responsibilities

Interested in Joining the DRPSD? Speak to a recruiter and apply today.
Speak to any one of our Recruitment Officers or Personal Officers about joining.
Role Purpose
Commander Officer Management
Stronghold Defense Planning
Clan Wars Planning
Reserve Construction and Usage
Resource Positioning
Executive Officer Member Management
Stronghold Defence Planning
Clan Wars Planning
Reserve Construction and Usage
Resource Positioning
Personnel Officer Member Management
Combat Officer Create and Command Skirmishes
Host Training Rooms
Intelligence Officer Clan Wars planning
Quartermaster Treasury Allocation
Recruitment Officer Recruit new Clan Members
Junior Officer Honorary Rank for resource earning
Private Promotional Rank for resource earning
Recruit Default rank for resource earning
Reservist Indicator of inactive clan participation

DRPSD Role Stipends and Requirements

Role Requirements for Rank Responsibilities for Stipend Stipend
Commander NA Manage and Publish Clan Data
100+ Industrial Resources Per Month
200
Executive Officer Commander's Choice 100+ Industrial Resources per Month
Tier VI Skirmish Count 200+ per Month
Tier VIII Skirmish Count 10+ per Month
200
Personnel Officer Commander or XO Choice 100+ Industrial Resources per Month
Clan Reservist Count less than 10
Clan Member Count greater than 50
200
Combat Officer Good Microphone
Weekly Activity
Politeness and Maturity
250+ Industrial Resources per Month 150
Intelligence Officer TBD TBD TBD
Quartermaster TBD TBD TBD
Recruitment Officer 3000 PR minimum
Recruit only players 2750+ PR
Earned 500+ Industrial Resources
Recruit 3+ people per Month 100
Junior Officer Earned 1000+ Industrial Resources No Stipend NA
Private Earned 500+ Industrial Resources No Stipend NA
Recruit Earned 10+ Industrial Resources No Stipend NA
Reservist None No Stipend NA
In addition, all members will receive a 500 gold stipend upon earning their first 1000 Industrial resources for the clan. Monthly earnings will be determined from the Wargamming tracked weekly earnings value multiplied by 4 at the end of each month.


Sunday, October 2, 2016

Climbing The Ranks

DRPSD Climbs in Clan Rankings

The DRPSD is as of this moment ranked 863. This is fantastic! In addition, we are seeing movement in other stats like average T10 tanks. Great job to the grinders in prep for Clan wars and great job to the skirmish participants.
In the coming weeks we will be posting grind strategies, Stronghold preparation plans, and our strategy for landing into clan wars this winter.
We need you all at your best so stay tuned for more information and keep on DERPing.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

September Recruitment Results

Awesome Job on Recruitment

Special Congratulations to RBY1100 on completing the Requirements to receive a stipend along with clan earnings bonuses


We did have some churn and that is OK. In fact, the DRPSD officers are anticipating a drop in numbers while we get a bit more aggressive with participation. This is to be expected as we fine tune the DRPSD culture and every fits into their role allowing us to move forward, earn bonuses, and eventually earn heaps of GOLD.

Expect to see more information coming on how we plan on achieving this. In the coming months the DRPSD will switch its recruitment strategy to ensure we only recruit players that have a full understanding of clan requirements. Also, this will pave a path to find the next round of officers that will secure the officer rank for the coming clan wars.

Until then keep derping and earning those resources!

Results have been filtered to only show recruits that are still with the clan:

Recruit Recruitment Officer
BFME21  N_tro_P
animallover_1 333JCITB333
TFGunz  N_tro_P
333JCITB333  KingShadow5201
TheRelentlessRestroom Traxxasman10
_Seanlee_  RBY1100
WorldFighter2013 jaxonjaxob
dhg_killtrocity RBY1100
UWNICK  RBY1100
pha766 RBY1100
Mojohammer Traxxasman10
Felonious_Raven RBY1100
Vincent_defender  RBY1100
nattydreads RBY1100
angrydylan  RBY1100
Grymir  RBY1100
GetMoney RBY1100
Daishi_22 Traxxasman10
Tankionline_railgun RBY1100
glytch96 derftegel1
tebone932 derftegel1
Another_Wallet_Warrior  Traxxasman10
generaljawa  Traxxasman10
Mr_Derpwell N_tro_P