NOTE: To any officers of the Fellowhip of Azeroth – I will do my best to just tell a story here. I am no longer upset and accept your offer to make last night right. This is for journalistic purposes.
Got your attention now? Good. Last night was quite possibly the worst experience I could have had in-game. It was only the second time the game really affected my personal being. The only reason I was so affected was because it was so clear that it was real people in a trusting environment not trusting me.
As we made our way toward Lucifron, I started to get back into the groove, never drawing aggro and not dying. I thought things were going pretty good. Things were about to get even better… for a bit.
We dropped Luci on the first attempt without even breaking a sweat, and it was the first MC boss fight that I was still standing at the end of. Luci dropped the Gauntlets of Might, which I of course wanted. I sent the /t to the DKP tracker and waited, pretty sure I had a 50-50 chance of having more points than anyone left in my class. Shoot, I’m still positive in our null-zero system. I got a whisper asking which run this was for me. I was pretty darn sure it was my 5th, but I guaranteed that it was my 4th. A reply came stating that the DKP sheet said this was my third run. It didn’t. I said it was wrong if it did. I have this blog recording my runs. I counted 3. I told them dates. It didn’t matter. Some considerable time passed and it went to another warrior. No really big deal, because I might have been lower. Actually I haven’t checked because of what happened later.
Next was Magmadar, and he went down like a little schoolboy trying to play tackle football with the home town pros. Once again, I was still standing, and grinning about that. And then IT dropped. IT, you know. OEB. The Obsidian Edged Blade was going to be mine. I was sooo sure I had more points than anyone now, because more people had just used their points on Luci. I sent the /t again, said how many runs I’d been on, how many points I had, and that I really needed that sword. Almost a full 15 minutes later, the blade went to a paladin with negative points. The story was the same, the sheet said I had 2 runs and that the officers weren’t going to argue about it mid-raid. The speed with which the announcement was made and the blade just handed off really set me into a fit.
BoPs are undoable. It’s like capital punishment. You can’t undo it. You can’t just say “Ooops, lemme get that back for you. We made a mistake.” I was telling them the truth, and my situation was voted upon, not having the facts checked again. A decision was made on bad information from one glance at a VERY wide sheet. You actually have to line up my name with the bottom of the window to be sure I have been there 3 times, but it was there. To top it off, 10 minutes before the Ghennas fight, the pally logged off, saying, “I’ve really got to go.” I don’t think he was talking bio, because he never came back.
I was really hoping the Brutality Blade would drop from Garr or the Legplates of Might from Ghennas, but no. So, I was left with nothing, knowing I was robbed. After the loot from Garr was passed out, I got into a private channel with the leader on TeamSpeak. I gave him my view of what happened, and was informed that the forums had it posted that you are loot ineligible until after your third run. It sure wasn’t a sticky, so I never saw it. Had I known that AND it really had been my third run, this whole thing would have been fine. Then I asked him to do me a favor and line up my name at the bottom of the screen and scroll across to count 1, 2, 3. Then the apology came. He went into officer channel and WoW officer chat.
As I was lamenting in IF, the whispers started coming in from officers apologizing. They really do feel bad, but there isn’t any way for me to get it back. Anyway, to end the story, they have made me an offer to try to make up for the mistake, and it’s the best we can do. Hopefully I get to play in the 2pm, all-day run on MC to get something this time around.
Now for the loot:
Lucifron:
Cenarion Boots
Gauntlets of Might
Magmadar:
Obsidian Edged Blade
Nightslayer Pants
Medallion of Steadfast Might
Ghennas:
Lawbringer Gauntlets
Lawbringer Bracers
Wristguards of Stability
Garr:
Cenarion Helm
Nightslayer Cover
Talisman of Ephemeral Power
My guild uses EQdkp 1.3.0. With that, and the info up on our website, I know exactly the DKP standing of everyone in my class at the time of the run.
We don’t have a rule about a certain number of runs before you qualify for loot. What we do is have a 200DKP threshold for new members. (Earn 200DKP and then you can bid on things. That’s only about two full runs with us so not insurmountable. And when you can bid on something, you already have 200+DKP!)
Everytime I lose on a bid, or get passed over by someone with more DKP, I figure that’s just me climbing the DKP ladder and I’ll get my pick of stuff later on.
Our DPS Warrior loves his OEB. Hope your’s drops soon.
Yeah, the loot master on my MC run last night seems to have missed my tell on a nice dps caster dagger. I don’t really care that much, but it makes me wonder if better dkp tools would make the job of loot distribution easier for these guys. I envy them not one bit.
Your guild leaders are fucking noobs, no two ways about it. Tell them to get their useless arses organised.
EQdkp is a good start. You can also get dkp tracking mods so that when an item drops you just press a macro and bang, it lists how much the item is, who has got it already, who hasn’t got it and how much dkp they have.