Dkp

[OmegaFenix]

What are mmo's? Multi...

Massively Multiplayer Online Games.

MMORPG = Role playing game
MMOFPS = First Person Shooter
Stuff like that

[Oculate]

Say you want 2 items in the entire raid ... a marginal upgrade ring and [Sword of a Thousand Noobs] , you roll /roll 1-500 and hit 499 on the ring. Then you have nothing left for the sword.

Or ... you save everything and miss out on cool rolls in hopes of rolling on the sword, which never drops.

Or... you never roll on anything, you save up 1000dkp for THAT sword, and you end up rolling 5 vs a noob who can only roll 1-6 and wins it on 6.

Thats the point of the system, you've gotta be prepared to roll and loose it all...It balances out the guys who stockpile dkp (which can be unfair for the guys who don't raid as often).

[Oculate]

Loot ninja!




Miss Dixie, DKP was introduced BECAUSE people kept grabbing stuff and running like in Zimbabwe.

I still have that famous Garr video where a rogue ninja looted 3 t1 and a few bop epics, left the guild, joined a new guild and hs'd out all while still on vent

[Voicy]

Thats the point of the system, you've gotta be prepared to roll and loss it all...It balances out the guys who stockpile dkp (which can be unfair for the guys who don't raid as often).

Ok...

So you spend all your time on getting the right gear and flasks etc. and spend hours on end in a raid - every week. Working your way slowly to putting in enough time and effort to finally get that prize possession.

Then along comes skippy who hasn't put in ANY effort or help into getting as far as the team did in the raid, then after weeks of killing the hectic boss with a 5% drop rate on an awesome item ... finally it drops ... the item you've worked so hard for , only to lose it to skippy on an "unlucky" roll.

DKP rewards those who put the time in. Yes, this means those who raid most will get the best gear - but WoW isn't a charity. You reap what you sew.

[Oculate]

Ok...

So you spend all your time on getting the right gear and flasks etc. and spend hours on end in a raid - every week. Working your way slowly to putting in enough time and effort to finally get that prize possession.

Then along comes skippy who hasn't put in ANY effort or help into getting as far as the team did in the raid, then after weeks of killing the hectic boss with a 5% drop rate on an awesome item ... finally it drops ... the item you've worked so hard for , only to lose it to skippy on an "unlucky" roll.

DKP rewards those who put the time in. Yes, this means those who raid most will get the best gear - but WoW isn't a charity. You reap what you sew.

The fact you've spent so much more time raiding means you'll have more dkp - still gives you a higher chance to get the item than skippy (who would have say 1-5 chance of winning while you have a 1-1000 chance)

[Lynus]

Aaargh! Angreh 12 year old!

[Voicy]

The fact you've spent so much more time raiding means you'll have more dkp - still gives you a higher chance to get the item than skippy (who would have say 1-5 chance of winning while you have a 1-1000 chance)

Erm, 1-5 chance = 20%

1-1000 chance = 0.1%

I hear what you're saying, but I've had characteristically bad luck when it came to rolls.

Why should a new guy get to roll on the TOP items anyway? It's not like the top raiders will roll on every item, just the good stuff they've been waiting for.

When we still did normal rolls in guild raids, we had a rule...

All the new guys could roll on anything - 1 item per boss if it's a contested drop. However, if a Tier token would drop, then the "veterans" who can't upgrade anything BUT those tokens, get preference. Since they help MOST with the fights but won't benefit from most of the loot.