Our looting policy has evolved to handle two situations: gearing alts or filling off-spec slots in pre-3.1 instances, and gearing main spec in Ulduar.
The rules for pre-3.1 gear are lax: there are two rolls for each item, priority and non-priority, for any usable item, for either spec. Raiders can roll repeatedly in either category, but will always lose if they have won previously in a category to someone who has not.
Ulduar loot is important, so the two rolls are main spec/ offspec, according to the function for which the raider was invited. Exceptions are made for those who are asked specifically to change spec for a fight. Raiders may win once only in each category.
Most of the non-guildies in our raids are personal friends of the guild officers. They tend to be alts from major guilds, and are not loot hungry. Mistaken loot assignments are easily fixed by opening tickets.
Problems can arise when we go /lfg to fill slots, however. We can be victimized by pugs that complain about everything that happens, or roll for everything that drops, confusing the lootmaster. A more subtle problem are pugs who do not understand our rules, or refuse to understand. An episode in a pre-3.1 instance led to this thread:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...903511513&sid=1
I personally find the OP officious and verbose.:mellow:Is there a point buried in the verbiage?
I think not. Our rules in our instances are Law. The Law is carefully explained. If you don't agree you are free to leave. Not knowing or understanding the Law on your part doesn't constitute mismangagement on our part. The problem is that the OP did not understand what the Law really meant until he found out the hard way.
The underlying issue is that WoW culture generates expectations of who is more worthy of what ("reputable guilds always do it this way") and these expectations are carefully tuned to the momentary advantage of whoever is expressing them. I like the way that simple rules and the hard edge of a dice roll cut through these knots.
The rules for pre-3.1 gear are lax: there are two rolls for each item, priority and non-priority, for any usable item, for either spec. Raiders can roll repeatedly in either category, but will always lose if they have won previously in a category to someone who has not.
Ulduar loot is important, so the two rolls are main spec/ offspec, according to the function for which the raider was invited. Exceptions are made for those who are asked specifically to change spec for a fight. Raiders may win once only in each category.
Most of the non-guildies in our raids are personal friends of the guild officers. They tend to be alts from major guilds, and are not loot hungry. Mistaken loot assignments are easily fixed by opening tickets.
Problems can arise when we go /lfg to fill slots, however. We can be victimized by pugs that complain about everything that happens, or roll for everything that drops, confusing the lootmaster. A more subtle problem are pugs who do not understand our rules, or refuse to understand. An episode in a pre-3.1 instance led to this thread:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...903511513&sid=1
I personally find the OP officious and verbose.:mellow:Is there a point buried in the verbiage?
I think not. Our rules in our instances are Law. The Law is carefully explained. If you don't agree you are free to leave. Not knowing or understanding the Law on your part doesn't constitute mismangagement on our part. The problem is that the OP did not understand what the Law really meant until he found out the hard way.
The underlying issue is that WoW culture generates expectations of who is more worthy of what ("reputable guilds always do it this way") and these expectations are carefully tuned to the momentary advantage of whoever is expressing them. I like the way that simple rules and the hard edge of a dice roll cut through these knots.
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