DKP Rules

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Raid Attendees

Mains: players are be expected to attend Raids as their main character / toon, unless they have pre-request to bring an alt or are requested to bring an alt by Raid Council (RC). Please make sure both the Main and Alt are Staged at the start location of the raid (APW or Wavebreaker Island for example).

Affinity / Subclass: mains are normally discouraged from changing their affinities or subclasses without prior discussion with the Raid Council, as this could be detrimental to the raid as a whole. The raid gains a great benefit from having as many buffs or specialised abilities available from varied classes and subclasses.

Alts

Requested by RC: If an alt character/ toon is requested to attend by the Raid Council then that character will have the same looting rights as a main and forgo the right to claim Rot Loot. (1)

Requested by Player: If a player requests(3) that his/her alt attends a raid then they forgo the right to loot or bid against a main during initial loot distribution. However if no main bids on an item of loot the rot loot system will be brought in to effect, see Rot Loot.(1)

Alt Invite: on occasion raid members will be invited to bring ALTs along for a farm run as the raid is staging. At other times any ALT request will be considered as long as bringing that ALT is not detrimental to the success of that evenings raid plan. Any special rules pertaining to ALT's rolling on rot loot items will be explained at the beginning of the raid.(1)

Points

We use a DKP system to distribute loot. You earn points in the following ways:
1 point for showing up on time
1 point for every 30 minutes you attend after we start
Bonus points for first kills (2 for a mini, 5 to 10 for a main boss depending how hard he was and how many tries it took us to kill)
Raid council may award bonus points to "THE RAID" or an individual member at their discretion for specific actions or activities.(2)
Bad behaviour and extreme negligence can lead to disciplinary actions, which may result in DKP deductions, see "Disciplinary Procedure" (1)
Everyone in the raid or waiting outside it (if we have more than 23) earn points as long as they are not AFK for more than 15 minutes at a time

Loot Distribution and Point Spending

You may recieve raid loot if you are in groups 1 to 3 during the encounter. This is a game mechanic, not a guild policy. Anyone outside the first 18 players in the raid list are locked out of the encounter and unfortunately the loot also. If you loose connection or reboot during or just after the fight you may also be locked out of looting.

Raid loot can be handled in a number of ways depending what it is..

-True Auction: "<Item Link> 25 DKP" for example
The opening bid is announced and anyone in the raid who was on the engage list and who has the points may bid. Bids are done in increments of 5. If you have been bidding but do not have the next fulll increment of 5, you may bid to your max points. (You would say "42 All In," making the next available bid figure 45 should your opponent wish to continue bidding) We handle armor molds and adventuring gear from bosses in this manner.
-Static Point Random: "<Item Link> 5 DKP random" for example
Anyone who was on the mob's engage list and who has the 5 points may /random for the item. If your roll is the highest, you are given the item and 5 points are taken from your bank for it. We handle adventuring loot from minis and crafting loot in this way.
-Random to Those Who can Use: "<Item Link>, roll if you need" for example
If you need this item, you may /random for it. The highest roller is given the item at no DKP cost. We handle spells, abilities, and quest items this way. Bind on Equip crafting recipes however may be stored for later use if we are unable to farm the materials to complete the recipe at the time
-Random 18: "<Item Link> & a /random 18 command" for example
The loot distributor does a /random 18 (or however many are in the raid if it is less than 18) and /gives the item to the person in that slot on his list. If master looter rolls a 7, he will give the item to the 7th person he counts down to on his raid window. We handle Hoptonian Ores for quest armor molds this way if no one is present who has a mold already.
-Rot loot: will be available to ALT raid members when Main/Invited Alt characters attending the raid decide not to bid on a looted item. Rot loot will be distributed to ALT's using a random 100 roll method and will cost 5DKP.

Special Loot items

APW molds (used to make class specific APW armour)
These items can be used by any class, they are auctioned to the attending raiders for a starting DKP price of 25dkp. The Raid Alliance will then provide the materials and schematics to produce a finished item. Ore will be prioritised to those who already hold a mold, in the order they were obtained.

Tormented Soul (used to un-curse APW crafted items)
These items will be treated as APW molds with an auction starting price of 25dkp. Once we have all materials to produce an APW item. The item will then be offered to whoever can use it, in the order that the raiders obtained the Tortured Souls.

Credit Card Bidding
If you would like an item but do not have the required number of opening points you may bid on it as long as no one wants it who has the points. To bid on credit card, you would say the amount asked for as a minimum bid followed by CC, "25 CC" for example. In cases of a Static Point Random, you would /random and announce in /raid "CC random"

If more than one person is bidding on credit card, the person with the most points would win. (The person who has 13 points would take preference over the person with 0) If all parties have the same number of points, a roll is required.

Need Before Greed
We only distribute loot to those who can use it and we ask that you think before bidding on something you would only use to solo with. A ranger is allowed to bid on medium healer gear since the class can equip it, but this is counterproductive for all since he loses points he could spend on raid-useable loot and the healer he bid against loses an immediate upgrade. If it is suspected that someone is "point gouging" or bidding on an item they would not use simply to make someone who needs the item pay more, we will deal with it severely.

Crafting loot is offered to those who can equip the item now first and those who can equip it at some time in the future next.

Disciplinary Procedure

If an attendee has been deemed to have repeatedly acted irresponsibly or without due care and attention,
disciplinary action may be initiated if committed within the same RAID. .(1)

Serious actions would include but are not limited to..
a) Wiping a raid by not following instructions after being briefed.
b) Knowingly not following Raid Commands or Instructions.
c) Being offensive/prejudicial to the raid members ie sexist, raciest.

1st offence - A reprimand and a one on one talk.
2nd offence - G4'd for the rest of the current encounter.
3rd offence - -5 DKP (no one should screw up that many times after being told)

Small Print

(1) There must be a minimum of 3 RC members in attendance and the majority must agree to move forward with this decision or action.

(2) RC members are exempt from receiving individually awarded DKP. However they can receive raid wide bonus DKP if in attendance.

(3) Players must have a minimum raid attendance of twice per week in order to be eligible to request their ALT’s attendance at a raid. This is to ensure that a players Main has an opportunity to gear up successfully.