EPGP
We use an EPGP system for our scheduled raids. This is an addon-automated mechanism that attempts to fairly distribute loot in direct proportion to the effort that you put into raiding.A player earns EP (effort points) for attendance, killing bosses, and progression wipes. A player incurs GP (gear points) for taking gear. A player's priority for a desired item is determined by EP divided by GP. Every week these values decay slightly to keep them from getting out of control.
Unofficial raids scheduled outside our phpraid system, ad-hoc raids, raids that we partially PUG, and raids that are substantially below our progression curve will use free rolls rather than EPGP.
Downloads
You must have the epgp_lootmaster addon installed to participate in loot distribution in our raids. This addon will give you a special dialog when we are rolling on loot with four options: 100%, 50%, Greed (10%), and Pass.The epgp addon is required for officers and optional for others. It allows you to see everyone's current EPGP priorities.
Detailed Rules
The rules for rolling on loot are simple.- Click 100%if you want to incur full GP value for an item you want. An example would be for a significant main set upgrade. You will win the item if you are the highest priority 100% roll. In the past we have termed this a Need roll but we are deprecating that usage.
- If you were the only person to roll 100% then you will only incur half GP value for the item just as if you had won by selecting 50%.
- Click 50% if you want to incur half GP value for an item you want. An example would be for a side-grade or off-spec item. You will win the item if there are no 100% rolls and you are the highest priority 50% roll.
- If you win as the only person to roll 50% then you will only incur 10% GP value for the item just as if you had won by selecting Greed (10%).
- Click Greed (10%) if you want the item but want to incur minimal GP, a tenth of the GP value of the item. An example would be a minor piece you only want to take to prevent it from being sharded. You will win the item if there are no 100% or 50% rolls and you have the highest addon-generated random roll; priorities are not used.
- Click Pass if you are not interested in the item.
Gear Competition Issues
Thanks to Blizzard's design certain classes have low competition on their gear. Paladin plate and Elemental Shaman mail are good examples. It is inappropriate for players running these toons to roll 50% or even Greed (10%) on everything just because they can. It should also be unnecessary since as noted above you incur less GP if you are the only person to select either 100% or 50%. Everyone is on the honor system to use EPGP appropriately without attempting to game it.Alternate Characters
EPGP is tracked by player, not by character. For almost all purposes alternate characters are treated the same as main characters. If you wish to pass on gear on an alt in order to build priority for your main, or vice versa, that is fine. Your EPGP priority is yours to use as you wish with few restrictions.If you want to roll 50% on everything for an alt to ensure you don't take loot from main characters that is fine but you must roll 50% consistently. For example, if your alt is an Elemental Shaman, it's not appropriate to use that as an excuse to 50% on all your mail, but then 100% on rings and cloaks and other multi-class items. An occasional 100% on a huge upgrade would still be OK.
Tier Tokens
Some instances have tokens used for tier pieces. These tokens are treated no differently from other items.BoE Items
When BoE items drop, you may roll 100% or 50% on behalf one of your alternate characters as if they were present in the raid. They're your points, so you can spend them where you like. However please exercise restraint if, for example, your alt is one that rarely attends raids. Auctioning, trading, or otherwise selling a BoE item is prohibited and may result in being kicked from the guild.If nobody rolls 100% or 50% on a BoE item characters that are present in the raid (whether in-guild or not) take precedence over Greed (10%) rolls for alts that are not currently present in the raid.
Patterns
When a pattern drops all eligible crafters in the raid can roll. Crafters who may learn the pattern immediately may roll 100%; others may roll 50%. If the pattern is BoE, players may also roll Greed (10%) for in-guild alts who may immediately learn the pattern. Addon-generated random rolls are used to determine who wins the pattern, with 100% preceding 50% and 50% preceding Greed (10%). Priorities are not used and GP is not incurred. A BoE pattern will go to the guild bank rather than to a non-present alt who cannot immediately learn the pattern. Patterns cannot go to out-of-guild characters.Some patterns may be determined to be progression patterns by the officers, typically dropping from our progression instance. If there are 100% rolls on such a pattern, the winner will not be determined by the addon's random roll, but rather by availability. This is to make sure it is as easy as possible for our guild members to get the pattern created. We are lucky that we finally have a fairly decent mechanic for unambiguously determining availability. Availability is determined by the highest EP (not priority).
Current progression patterns: All Cataclysm raid patterns.
Out-of-Guild Characters
Some players have alts that are not in Dev Null. These out-of-guild alts can still raid with us with the permission of the raid leader. Unlike in-guild characters these alts will not accrue EP with each boss kill and wipe; instead, they will be awarded EP in a lump sum at the end of the raid. It is the out-of-guild alt's responsibility to check with the officers and make sure this manual award takes place. No adjustments will be made later than the end of the raid.Out-of-guild alts may only select Greed (10%) on loot since we are unable to properly track their priority. Officers will have to manually adjust GP. Patterns cannot go to out-of-guild alts.
Bank Items
Sometimes the guild bank will contain valuable BoE gear or, more typically, crafting materials. Such items can be purchased for half of their GP value. Talk to an officer.Web Interface
We no longer update our EPGP standings on their website. If you want to look at the guild's EPGP priorities download the epgp addon.Our Configuration (Gory Details)
Plugin Configuration
When you install epgp_lootmaster you will want to configure it.EVERYONE will want to check the "Listen for incoming monitor updates" checkbox and set the "Only receive for equal or higher..." drop-down to "Epic"; this should permit you to see the same interface the lootmaster sees with all incoming rolls once you have made your own selection.
OFFICERS will want to configure the selection buttons we use for handling loot. Set the "Amount of buttons to display" to 3.
- Button 1 text should be '100%' with a default GP setting of 100% and a fallback of Mainspec. Note you must include the % symbol.
- Button 2 text should be '50%' with a default GP setting of 50% and a fallback of Offspec. Note you must include the % symbol.
- Button 3 text should be 'Greed (10%)' with a default GP setting of 10% and a fallback of Minor Upgrade.
OFFICERS will also want to: Set a 30 second timeout. Set a 50% decay cost (make sure you include the "%" symbol). Check "Only accept first candidate response for each item." Check "Send outgoing monitor updates" and set the "Only send for equal or higher..." drop-down to "Epic".
OFFICERS will also want to configure the epgp addon: Send announcements of EPGP actions to the Officer channel instead of the default Guild channel. On the "Boss" tab, enable automatic boss tracking to pop up a dialog when bosses are killed prompting for EP awards.
Effort Point Awards
- 1000 EP: Signed up for and logged on at raid invite time (whether invited or not).
- 3000 EP: Raid boss kill.
- Cataclysm raids.
- 0 EP: Ilevel 200-239 raid boss kill.
- 1000 EP: Guild-first hard mode raid boss kill.
- 10% of kill EP: Progression wipe at discretion of officers. Wipe credit capped at 10 wipes per boss per raid night.
- Nefarian is the only pre-Firelands boss eligible for wipe EP.
- All Firelands bosses are currently eligible for wipe EP.
Gear Points
We use the addon defaults for GP values without exception. Weapon GP is no longer adjusted in any way.Other Details
- Minimum EP for gear eligibility: 0.
- Gear points: As determined by EPGP defaults.
- Base gear points (denominator fraction that never decays): 100, or about the value of a single ilevel 200 item.
- GREED gear point reduction: 50%. (Must configure in epgp_lootmaster!)
- EPGP decay rate:
- 35%: Each Tuesday morning server reset.
- 100%: Expansion (see Expansion Resets below).
- Roll timeout: 30 seconds. (Must configure in epgp_lootmaster!)