08-24-2005, 10:40 PM
In operation a zero-sum DKP system operates pretty much like the loot list described. Once you win an item, you will usually drop to the back of the queue to get a new one.
In a non-inflationary DKP system, newcomers will actually enter in the middle of the list (since over time you would expect half the raid to have positive points and half to have negative points). They would be behind people who have been raiding before and not won anything, but ahead of players who had recently won an item.
And how you determine the initial order of the list? It would suck to be seeded #40....
There really is no perfect system. It's simply a matter of finding the system with the least flaws for your particular group.
Chris
In a non-inflationary DKP system, newcomers will actually enter in the middle of the list (since over time you would expect half the raid to have positive points and half to have negative points). They would be behind people who have been raiding before and not won anything, but ahead of players who had recently won an item.
And how you determine the initial order of the list? It would suck to be seeded #40....
There really is no perfect system. It's simply a matter of finding the system with the least flaws for your particular group.
Chris