My first and last rant about loot.
Posted On Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 By Jay
I’m normally not one to rant. This is my first rant about loot and will be the last. Without further ado:
I wouldn’t have minded had we had Naxx on farm. I wouldn’t have minded had the upgrade been a side-grade for the cloth rollers. I wouldn’t have minded had there been a small discussion of the events in question or the loot distribution that normally occurs when a class rolls on lower armor tier loot. The fact remains that we don’t have Naxx on farm. The upgrade was not a side-grade for the cloth involved. And there was no discussion. The druid won and within a couple seconds the loot was given.
So who was the culprit? A druid rolled on a piece of cloth gear. In fact a very good piece of cloth gear for many of our raiders. Not the best by far, but at least in the top 10 for most classes involved. On said piece of loot, Boots of Forlorn Wishes , every cloth wearer in the raid rolled on it, save our three geared priest, myself inclus. And a druid won it. A fucking boomkin no less.
There was an immediate morale drop. Many on both vent and in raid as we called bullshit. I was peeved. I can’t explain why I feel cheated. I’m more upset that the cloth wearers lagging in the dps meters didn’t get the upgrade. I’m more upset that the raid overall didn’t get an upgrade. I’m really upset that the raid didn’t discuss it.
How have you handled this in the past? How often do you let Paladins roll on mail/leather/cloth upgrades? How about shaman? Is it appropriate for the druids, shamen and paladins to roll on lower tier armor classes before said class? What do you think?
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If you can roll on leather, then when you want to roll on cloth, such as your boomkin you mentioned… then you roll as off-spec, at least in my guild. We consider your highest armor value armor class to be your “main” armor class. So in this situation, he would have rolled last, if at all.
Loot council takes a long time, but we found it to be the most beneficial. We actually started allowing the entire raid in on it, and that has helped a lot. It’s not perfect, and there are times where you really do have to “bitch” to be heard, but in the long run it works the best, and it keeps people happier because they understand why this did/didn’t get loot.
GL,
Terrasus
Terrasuss last blog post..Rapture Fixed… ain’t healin’ great?
I agree Terrasus. I know we adopted a similar system the very next night.