My opinion on this is...
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... that I think we are probably able to decide loot drops by /rand method with one usable item per cycle -- with some exceptions where we will need to allocate loot to help "All of us" proceed. But, for this to work, we all will need to be really open in communicating our feelings. I also think that regular participation should count for something, and I'm not sure how to do that fairly. If a rogue item drops in Ony/MC raid, I would hope the item goes to one of the people that has suffered with us for tha last 6 weeks, rather than a random 1st timer filling in the raid from Honorables.
When Onyxia dropped and I won the Sinew, I offered it to Porlupus because in my opinion, he had slogged it out in that hell hole more than I had. You might say, "Wow! You're generous." But, I'm surrounded by a bunch of great people that are just like me. Look at Sabra, when she couldn't get back to Onyxia to get her loot, she just said "Oh, well, give it to the next highest."
However the loot is allocated, it should be clear and reference-able by anyone coming on the raid. We should be able to say, "go to XYZ web page to undertand our raid loot rules, and that explain that exceptions will happen if certain items drop that will help our MT/MA or front line that the loot allocation is at the discretion of the raid leadership".
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... if we go for a points system, which from the discussion on the CA board I'm not sure is the common desire, then we should steal all the good brainpower invested by the Basiners, unless someone has a huge objection to some aspect of it.
Why?
We already raid with Basiners in Honorables, so they will be familiar with the system. They are smart people and have spent much effort thinking about it, and living with it and if it works then that is an endorsement.
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... that I think we are probably able to decide loot drops by /rand method with one usable item per cycle -- with some exceptions where we will need to allocate loot to help "All of us" proceed. But, for this to work, we all will need to be really open in communicating our feelings. I also think that regular participation should count for something, and I'm not sure how to do that fairly. If a rogue item drops in Ony/MC raid, I would hope the item goes to one of the people that has suffered with us for tha last 6 weeks, rather than a random 1st timer filling in the raid from Honorables.
When Onyxia dropped and I won the Sinew, I offered it to Porlupus because in my opinion, he had slogged it out in that hell hole more than I had. You might say, "Wow! You're generous." But, I'm surrounded by a bunch of great people that are just like me. Look at Sabra, when she couldn't get back to Onyxia to get her loot, she just said "Oh, well, give it to the next highest."
However the loot is allocated, it should be clear and reference-able by anyone coming on the raid. We should be able to say, "go to XYZ web page to undertand our raid loot rules, and that explain that exceptions will happen if certain items drop that will help our MT/MA or front line that the loot allocation is at the discretion of the raid leadership".
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... if we go for a points system, which from the discussion on the CA board I'm not sure is the common desire, then we should steal all the good brainpower invested by the Basiners, unless someone has a huge objection to some aspect of it.
Why?
We already raid with Basiners in Honorables, so they will be familiar with the system. They are smart people and have spent much effort thinking about it, and living with it and if it works then that is an endorsement.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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