Raiding as we go forward

[Kevin]

According to IA's webpage:
Doesn't sound so bad by itself, but you could see how loot ends up for newcomers/low attendance people.  Don't forget IA expects a certain amount of attendance, and we don't.
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I was talking to some IA members today and they do have a hidden point system. As I understand it there are numbers that are assisgned to those priorities to help keep them straight. Points are never subtracted though they are just weighed against loots already won. It's not a traditional point system but numeric values are used to help make the decision.

I personally like an idea like this as well which is why I was talking to IA members about it. It also plays a bit to our alliance set up. Guild Master (or designated member) from Lurkers, CA, HH, Forces of Will, the Basin, whoever else get to do the decision stuff.

Our current system will continue to work (and the status quo is what will happen tomorrow night as well regardless) and may continue to work forever, though since I've had grumbles about it already I'm not as optimistic about it.

I also wonder about people like me and Bun-Bun who have in fact taken 2 different chars into the raids. Taranna has been in Onyxia as much, if not more than Gnolack and I think they have the same number of runs in MC. A straight point system would pretty much have to be character based I would think or else I could run with Taranna 8 times in a row then spend all my points with Gnolack. So if we do something like IA does that counts for my dedication regardless of who I take but only Gnolack or Taranna gets attendance stuff or something. Sure if Gnolack may not be there but Telsak always will Telsak should have a priority on the tank gear. If I get no consideration that GG is there regardless of char then I could end up in a situation where all the warriors and all the druids are getting stuff ahead of me even though GG is there every night. And in a way that makes sense and I don't think I would get too bitter about it, but I'm not the only one in that boat. Dragoon, Tal, Lissa, Bun-Bun, and Treesh have 2 capped chars each that are part of the alliance. Though I think Bun and I are the only ones who have run both of our capped chars so far. So that is something to think about in this case. I have actually decided who I was going to take simply based on who was already there. It's been Gnolack some nights, it's been Taranna others. Though it's becoming more Taranna for Onyxia and Gnolack for MC.

Anyway just some rambles. Again. :)