Wyrmrest Accord / US
We use the EPGP loot system for our progression raids. We consider this system to be fair and efficient, resulting in minimal drama.
If you’re new to our raid, please read and familiarize yourself with these rules. Guest raiders should see the Guest section.
Okay fine. A materialized view of the loot rules yields the following loot priority consideration:
If this doesn’t make sense, keep reading. See Loot Distribution for process details.
Unlike in DKP, you don’t “spend” your EP or GP when you win loot. Your numeric priority for loot is the ratio of EP divided by GP. This determines who wins a piece of loot over others asking for the same item. Whoever has the highest PR in a given roll wins the item.
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EP is distributed for participating in formal guild progression raids. EPGP is not used in our alt/friend casual raids. The following EP awards are available:
Players may also earn up to 200EP worth of Bonus EP each week through optional material contributions to the guild. Contributions should be mailed in-game to Zaestha, and all EP from the week’s donations will be rewarded to players following the next decay (see below).
Material contributions must be in multiples of the following quantities, and will not be prorated.
GP is assigned to a player when items are looted to them. Loot will be assigned according to the selections made by each player and their individual loot priority. The winner will be assigned GP according to its cost. The EPGP addon shows the GP value for an item on its tooltip.
When loot drops, the Master Looter will make the items available to raiders via the EPGP Lootmaster addon to select their preferences. We use the following options in order of precedence:
“Normal” indicates that you wish to be included in the first priority tier for an item. The player with the highest loot priority amongst those who select this option will win the item and receive 100% of the GP cost.
“Others First” indicates that you want an item, but may want others to get first shot at it. This is effectively a courtesy “I want it if no one else needs it more than I do” and is sometimes used for items that may not be large upgrades or ideal stats. Any players who select “Normal” will take precedence over this option, irrespective of relative priority. Otherwise, the player with the highest loot priority amongst those who select this option will win the item and receive 100% of the GP cost (50% if eligible for off-role discount, see below).
“Transmog” indicates you have no intention to use this item for any purpose other than to obtain its transmog appearance. The winner is responsible for reimbursing the guild with a Chaos Crystal (see above).
“Pass” indicates you have no interest in the item. If all players Pass on an item it will be disenchanted for the guild bank.
Trinkets and artifact relics that are taken as “Others First” for an Off-role purpose (such as a DPS player looting a tanking/healing trinket), will only be assigned 50% of the item’s GP cost. This encourages the continuation of off-role gearing.
Note 1: A raider who loots a trinket or relic for a secondary spec of the same role (ie Off-spec but not Off-role) will still be charged the full GP cost. Off-role discounting only applies to trinkets and relics assigned by “Others First” priority for use in a different DPS/Healer/Tank role category.
Note 2: Relics will not be eligible for off-role discounting unless they cannot be equipped in the player’s main spec artifact
Because tier tokens can yield a Warforged/Titanforged item and/or sockets, and artifact relics can be upgraded with randomly-determined powers using the Netherlight Crucible (NLC), these items represent opportunities for possible upgrades that are not knowable at the time of GP assignment. We give our eligible raiders an opportunity to “fish” for upgrades on these if no players have chosen to take the item for GP cost.
New guild raiders must surpass a minimum EP (MinEP) threshold to be eligible to leverage their loot priority against players with an EP over that threshold. This provides a short-lived barrier ensure that fresh raiders cannot immediately win loot over other raiders on their first night. We use a MinEP of 750EP, which is slightly more than one night of farm content.
Guild Raiders below MinEP can still win loot for GP if no players over the MinEP have selected “Normal”, “Others First”, or “Fishing” on the item.
Guests to our progression raid and trial raiders who are not in the guild may also receive loot if it would otherwise go for Transmog or Disenchanting. The winner will be determined by random rolls. If you don’t have the EPGP addons, whisper the Master Looter if you’re interested in any items when they drop.
The EP and GP of the entire guild is decayed by 10% at the start of each week to reduce the priority benefit of not taking loot and the impact of accrued GP. If you receive a large amount of GP in a short period of time from gearing up, decay reduces the severity of that GP hit over time.
Any questions or requests for clarification can be directed in-game to an officer.