Many guilds employ a DKP system (an acronym from a different game in the past) to help distribute loot. These systems award points to members who exhibit various worthwhile features and allow members to use those points to purchase or auction (against other raid members) for particular loot items.
The benefits of such a system: (1) it recognizes personal willingness to bargain for certain loot items, (2) it provides incentives for raidmembers to conform to accepted norms, and (3) it ideally provides a more equitable and less random distribution of loot.
The drawbacks of such a system: (1) All people may not agree on how or why points are awarded, and (2) keeping track of individuals' "one-time" and "rollover" points can get tedious.
Massacre will experiment with a DKP system for the distribution of epic drops. The system details the awarding of points that will refresh at the start of each raid. A DKP point will be awarded for the following:
Non-rollover points -- points that appear at beginning of raid and disappear at its end.
- GEM installed
- Ventrillo installed
- Omen2 installed
- Preferred spec -- Tank
- Being on-time and on-site for raid
Rollover points -- points that carryover to subsequent raids if unused.
- Zero-sum point --- A point is awarded to those who received no epic loot during the previous run.
- Compensation --- A point can be awarded by the MoA as compensation if an individual is slighted or wronged.
Recalling DPK points
- Unexpected absence
- Unexpected AFK for >5 minutes
- Not following captain's directions during raid
Ideally this system will allow individuals to decide for themselves how much they sacrifice for a given loot item. Once all of one's points are used they may no longer bargain for a drop and could only receive loot from a need roll where the item is uncontested. Also, those who do not receive anything will not be left emptyhanded, for their "zero-sum point" will be allowed to rollover to the next raid.
2 comments:
The loot system for Kara has give me more headach then anything else. The guild has lost more people about this issue then anything else and it is time to do something about it. After reading the blog i will aggree with the propose system of points allow for kara run. We also needs to keep in count the experience of a player. Someone that has been in kara 10 times should have the advantage over someone who has been only one or two times. We could also use the last tab of the guild bank (the fifth tab for now) to keep the items until it is time to give those away. We could do as a vendor and show the items available and people could use their points to "buy" an item.
Big E
There's a couple of things I'd like to see, although this is definitely a good start:
1. Recognition for players who:
- Have a raid appropriate spec
- Have raid appropriate gear (i.e. not PvP gear)
- Have put in significant amount of effort
- Will use the gear
- Make appropriate use of consumables
Okay, I don't know why I made an outline out of that. Anyway... E's idea is good, but items have to be awarded in the raid as far as I know (all BoP), and cannot be banked.
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