Rapture's Loot System is unique and has been enjoyed by everyone that has come through Rapture. The bottom line is there never has been a shortage of Loot in this guild and the system is extremely fair to those that raid and excel in their classes. There has been very few bitches, gripes, or complaints about our officer led voting system. This may seem like a complex system due to Officer voting but 90% of the time it is rather easy decision. Member Mains and Recruit Mains will always trump ALTS.
When a piece of loot drops in raid it will be designated by the Officer/leader that opens the box as to who to send tells to on each piece of loot in the box. Lore Items will be looted immediately and divied up when time permits.
Once an Officer has been designated, any Main that would like to roll on that piece will send a tell with a link to the item it will be replacing. That officer will then link the items in O-chat with the names for a vote amongst the officers. The Officers will first identify whether it is a Member versus a Recruit. Once that is identified, the Officers will then vote using the following guidelines:
That is most of the criteria that officers use to vote on loot. Once majority vote has been reached the loot will be given up. There is no reason to wait for a unanimous vote.
If for some reason there seems to be a discrepency in the decision making, Officers will explain what criteria they are thinking is being over looked and all officers will rethink their vote and again come to a majority vote. If for some reason majority can not be met then the Leader(s) will make the final call. That will be the only time that leader(s) will cast a Vote. If for some reason a Leader is not on, the Leader Vote will be represented by the current Raid Leader.
That is your standard loot system and as identified there has been little or no conflict with loot since this systems existance. Only in specific situations is a RECRUIT authorized to receive LOOT over a member. This must be agreed on by all Officers and leaders and the decision will be made for the betterment of the guild!
ALT Loot must always be treated as nothing more than it actually is and that is ALT LOOT.
If you are getting upset that you are losing loot on your alt then you might want to check the guild you are in and ask yourself if you are really committed to being here. ALT Loot will not hold up raids and will be left to rot if the raid will be held up.
With that being said, the officers and leaders think ALT Loot is very important to the game. For both the individual players interest and motivation levels and for Rapture Raiding in the end. This allows gearing of an ALT to be a main much easier.
ALT loot will be /random 100, when told to do so. ALT loot will be followed by a PLAT donation to Guild Bank 1. Our current donation is 20 Plat for Pattern and 10 Plat per Item for ALT Loot. The following criteria will be followed:
ONLY THE GUILD LEADER(S) OR RAID LEADER CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE CRITERIA AND THAT WILL BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE GUILD AND NOT PERSONAL GAIN.
So the bottom line for loot is the following:
If you have any issues with loot please bring it to the attention of a Guild Leader first. Most of the time an issue is a misunderstanding and can be explained on the spot or at a good time for both parties.
Thank you for considering Rapture as your new home. Below is some information that will help you decide if Rapture may be for you. Please pay special attention to our loot system. It is different from many other raiding guilds as we do NOT use a point system. However, since it has worked quite well for us, we have no desire to change it.
In addition to our loot system, please read and understand our requirements for raiding and what we expect from all our recuits and full timers alike. We like to have fun, but just as important, we like to raid. Solid raiding makes for solid fun. If any of the things below turn you off, then we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
If interested, please check the main page for our class needs. We will always consider good players over a class that we don't need, just understand you may have to sit for some raids. If you are online but not raiding, you still qualify for loot.
Regards,
The Management
With the upcoming expansion, please do not demand or expect an automatic starting raid position. Many of the raiders in Rapture have been with the guild for years and will continue to get first dibs on raiding. If you're serious about raiding you need to show up, excel at your class, and you'll get raid time. You may even end up being a starter. If you think you deserve to start because you're you, then keep looking. We're not going to make you any promises. The people that ask for and demand a starting position are usually the ones that don't deserve it. We'll let your actions speak for themselves.
Regards,
The Management
We will be considering and recruiting most classes for the new expansion. If you're interested in joining us, send us a tell in game.
Regards,
The Management