08-16-2005, 07:57 PM
I think you actually want several tanks decked out in good gear, because you can't count on one person being available all the time - backups are good.
You may find it interesting to consider this strategy: with the Basin Raid Points ('BRP') system, Tichondrius Basin also adopted a procedure where all MC-gathered crafting materials were banked, and people were awarded a small amount of BRPs. People could then cash in BRPs for specific crafting materials from the bank. Thus, everything would stay relatively balanced and you wouldn't have people accumulating random stuff.
If you don't want to deal with points, then just say something like, 'All crafting materials will go to a guild bank. If you're interested in material for some reason, please apply to your raid leader. If there are more people interested than materials available, we'll ask them to roll for initial disbursements.'
You may find it interesting to consider this strategy: with the Basin Raid Points ('BRP') system, Tichondrius Basin also adopted a procedure where all MC-gathered crafting materials were banked, and people were awarded a small amount of BRPs. People could then cash in BRPs for specific crafting materials from the bank. Thus, everything would stay relatively balanced and you wouldn't have people accumulating random stuff.
If you don't want to deal with points, then just say something like, 'All crafting materials will go to a guild bank. If you're interested in material for some reason, please apply to your raid leader. If there are more people interested than materials available, we'll ask them to roll for initial disbursements.'