08-25-2005, 03:07 PM
If it helps, here is the web tool that we've used to update the point system that we've used. If no one else wants to take over the admin, I'd be happy to do it (I'm not available on Mondays, so I may not be the best choice, but I'm willing).
Was just thinking about things like the priest epic... in the list system, you can virtually guarantee that whoever the top priest is when we do the initial rolls will stay up there until they get their epic. With a point system, it's possible for someone to catch up to the top spot if they're on more runs than the "top" person. In the list system, if someone comes every Thursday, they're on top till they get whatever they want, even if others come Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.
I love the idea of a loot council in theory. In practice, I think that people need to know ahead of time what's expected of them, and that the only way for people to feel that the system is fair is if it's numbers-based, and they can track those numbers.
If there are special cases, like a leatherworker getting to loot the Onyxia head, I think that the raid will be okay with it if we explain the reasons before the kill. Maybe talk to an officer in each of the guilds first, and refer anyone with problems to that officer, so that anyone who has an issue can discuss it with someone they're comfortable with, without bugging the raid leader? I think there's been a Basin officer on all of the runs I've been on, and I think the same is true of CA and Lurkers.
Was just thinking about things like the priest epic... in the list system, you can virtually guarantee that whoever the top priest is when we do the initial rolls will stay up there until they get their epic. With a point system, it's possible for someone to catch up to the top spot if they're on more runs than the "top" person. In the list system, if someone comes every Thursday, they're on top till they get whatever they want, even if others come Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.
I love the idea of a loot council in theory. In practice, I think that people need to know ahead of time what's expected of them, and that the only way for people to feel that the system is fair is if it's numbers-based, and they can track those numbers.
If there are special cases, like a leatherworker getting to loot the Onyxia head, I think that the raid will be okay with it if we explain the reasons before the kill. Maybe talk to an officer in each of the guilds first, and refer anyone with problems to that officer, so that anyone who has an issue can discuss it with someone they're comfortable with, without bugging the raid leader? I think there's been a Basin officer on all of the runs I've been on, and I think the same is true of CA and Lurkers.