Loot and Raid Invites
Raid Invites
Beginning at 10:45 you may request to be added to the wait list by whispering the waitlist holder for the night. This is usually placed in the Guild MOTD. Both guild members and non-guild members can add themselves to the wait list at any time. A UI mod tracks the wait list and attendance so you must add yourself with the whisper command. Whisper commands are:
- /w Joulez wl add
- * Adds yourself to the wait list
- /w Joulez wl remove
- * Removes yourself from the wait list
At 10:45, invites are sent out to the top 18 guild members as sorted by 6-week attendance. If you are doing something like PvP'ing in a battleground, "finishing off the last boss of scholo" and what-not you forfeit your attendance-based raid spot. It is the top attending 18 guild members who are ready to go when the invite is sent. If there are any requirements for that night such as "100 FR minimum" then those restrictions are checked at this time as well.
The remaining 7 spots are decided by the raid leader to preserve class balance, give tryouts/applicants/non-guildies opportunities to raid with us, save a spot for a dedicated raider who RSVP'ed they'ed be late that night and/or maximize the chances of raid success, etc. All things being equal, the last 7 slots will often just be the next 7 people by 6-week % attendance.
The waitlist
Guild members (and non guild members at officer discretion) on the wait list who don't receive a raid spot will continue to receive full attendance credit and whelps as long as they meet one of the following criteria.
- Playing on your main ready to be summoned at any time.
- Playing on a registered alt. A registered alt is any alt that's in the guild with your "Guild Note" set to the name of your main
- Offline or AFK but sitting in vent in either the raid channel or the "Raid Waitlist" channel with your volume turned up sufficiently so that we can request that you come in when we need you. You can then watch TV, play Diablo 2/Civ 4, or play a non-guilded alt as long as you remain in that vent channel and able to come in.
Any abuse of the generosity of the wait list (earning credit for basically doing nothing) will be heavily punished. If you can no longer jump in at a moment's notice, remove yourself from the wait list with the "wl remove" command. Don't freeload by leaving yourself on the waitlist and hope nobody notices. It is particularly important that you remove yourself from the wait list if you log off for the night
Finally, veterans who no longer require much gear from a dungeon may offer to step aside to be on the wait list so that others can get geared up. As with others on the wait list, as long as you follow the wait list rules and are ready to step in when needed you earn full credit.
AFK/Offline penalties
People who are regularly afk or are offline when we ready check but decide to pull a boss anyways will not receive whelps for those bosses. I understand that sometimes real life happens. The occasional afk or offline shouldn't affect people in the grand scheme of things. But it is unfair to those who are consistently attentive and ready to go to keep them all waiting for 2-3 people who are AFK.
Loot
Loot is shared using the Progression Incentivized Raid Allocation To Earn Loot (PIRATE) Loot system.
When an item drops everybody interested in the item rolls /random 100. Your /random roll is added to your 6-week attendance and 12-week attendance. 10 points are subtracted from this score for every item won in the last 6 weeks. The highest total point value wins the item.
Zone specific crafting items such as Gems, Sinning Materials, Nether Vortexes, are held in the guild bank. If you receive these items during a raid please mail them to the appropriate Guild Bank character at the end of the raid
Whisperwind Eleven alt raiding policy
- We do not bring alts to core raids
- You may offer an alt in situations in which you feel it would benefit the raid better than your main
- Whisperwind Eleven occasionally has "alt" raids on super-farm material. Alts typically receive lower loot priority than any mains attending the same raid.