Raiding as we go forward

[Quark]

Here's a possible way to allow raid participation on failed boss attempts to count in a zero-point system - briefly, if you participated in an attempted boss kill, you earn a credit.  When the boss finally does go down on a later raid, if this is the first kill of that boss, then the points for the boss's loot are divided among everyone who has a credit, whether they're on this raid or not.  You can potentially earn more credits for having been on more attempts.

This is useful for raids where no useful crafting material is likely to drop before the boss in question, i.e. Onyxia or Blackwing Lair.

What do people think?
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It devalues one raid (the first succesful after failures), but I can deal with one kill being less valuable if it means everyone who worked towards it earlier gets credit.