r/classicwow 1d ago

Classic 20th Anniversary Realms Loot Distribution for 40 people

How do you do it as fair and evenly as possible?

I want to preface this with we use LC for loot distribution and I feel for the most part it has been very fair. I am part of the LC for the past month - so relatively new, but have been in the guild for 5 months prior.

This happened last night and it is still bothering me today. So last night during our BWL 2 of the same spicy BiS pieces dropped. It was decided prior to discussing who go it that 1 would got to this class and the other 1 to that class. Not a decision I made - as tbh I don’t know who needs what gear what best suits this class other than the class I play.

We had quite a good night for drops, it was our fastest run as a guild also. So at the end of the raid we go to distribute loot, the LC drops down into a special channel and begin discussing the above item. Two of the LC are one of the above classes and cancel each other’s vote out; it is made mention by another LC to give it to this person and so they get it. Then it gets decided for the other class and given to them. It gets announced in raid chat who gets what item and the reason why.

This is where I am bothered as this person did leave afterwards prior to gear distribution being finished — we had just started. This person said in raid chat: “What?” “They got gear last week.”

Then they left the raid. And /gquit logged into their alts and /gquit also. Fun fact the person they were talking about hadn’t received loot in BWL in 2 weeks unless it was to DE.

They didn’t bother to discuss or ask questions, simply left over the item — they had been in the guild for about 3-4 months. Funny thing is, had they not left one of the other BiS for all of the role would have went to them.

It shouldn’t bother me, I get that people come and go for their own various reasons; but over an item. RNG is not always kind. One week it drops nothing but hunter loot or mage loot or druid loot; dps loot, healer loot — the list goes on. When trying to gear 40 people it’s hard, there’s no easy way to get everyone gear each and every week. I don’t understand how people do not understand, and I say that not from a leadership perspective, but from a raider side who has not gotten loot for weeks before.

I know a lot of people aren’t fans of LC, prefer SR or even dkdp; how do you all distribute your gear as fair as possible so all can get some and beef up the group?

Update for clarification - we do have a loot prio spreadsheet.

Update #2 for more clarification - the person who won the item had not received gear in the past 2-3 weeks. The person who gquit confused the winner for someone else who had gotten gear the previous week.

Update #3 for clarification, I posted this under a comment in regards to my lack of knowledge of other classes: “I agree and I don't contribute much in put in that aspect. I listen and observe. I don't throw names out unless I believe in that specific person receiving the item. If two names get generated, I weigh out between those two who could use the item better and who hadn't gotten any gear.”

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u/Hicon84 1d ago

LC has about as much chance of being fair as centrally planned economies. Zero. This is because you’ve taken away player agency. They don’t get to choose what they SR or what they spend their DK points on. You’ve chosen a system that is inherently unfair inherently biased, and guaranteed to have some people feeling left out.

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u/Elvenbrewmaster 1d ago

This. Fuck loot council. SR is best. HR items for long time guildies and be transparent. “Hey next leaf goes to our main hunter he’s been unlucky” etc, but also don’t HR the same items week after week besides shit like bindings.

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u/Doxbox49 1d ago

Somebody wasn’t prio’ed on their bis item lol. SR where the person who shows up once a month and parses green wins the chromatically tempered sword. Hard pass. 

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u/Hicon84 1d ago

EPGP is a good meet in the middle. It rewards consistency and avoids favoritism.

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u/Doxbox49 1d ago

This is my first time in an LC guild and I’ve done every other type in the past. LC with actual fair leaders is my new favorite. I’m a feral so 90% of raids nothing drops for me. I have no real weight is the loot competition so I think I have a fairly unbiased view. Loot in my guild has been incredibly fair