Rant: Raid Point Systems, and Their Manipulation, and Fucking Internet Queen Whores

It's safe to say that at the moment, I'm quite pissed off tonight.

So I know there is absolutely no perfect, non-manipulable raid loot system aside from the ever elusive non-bias and well tracked council system (which may as well not exist in the first place, since it's so rare to get people to be non-biased). There is definitely no variation of DKP that is non-manipulative and fair, and EP/GP is probably the closest to being the ideal loot system if you can't get a damn fine loot council.

But still...I hate fuckers who intentionally do everything they can to manipulate the system, whether it's point/priority hording by never upgrading themselves unless the best in slot item drops (which doesn't help the raid for a long time in some cases) or by brow-beating or sob-storying people into deferring to them.

When people do the stupid point/priority hording, it forces other people in the raid to do the same in order to continue upgrading themselves...as they have been...the entire time...for the betterment of the fucking raid. People have to stop upgrading to stand a chance at any of the really big upgrades which keeps them weaker like the ones not upgrading when they can.

This kind of shit also prevents people who have viable, sometimes needed off-specs from being able to build viable off-spec sets, such as a DPS or Tank whose class can also heal. Any raid force can wind up in the situation where they're short healers, so if the people in your guild haven't been able to build a respectable off-set, you're going to end up being fucked at some point.

It's not like I'm saying take every negligible upgrade, or semi-side grade that drops; I'm saying take something that's an obvious upgrade, even if it's not the best in slot item. Contribute to the raid the same way other people in the raid force are.

And let's not forget the greedy, petty dipshits that will brow-beat or whine and cry their way into getting the drop passed to them, even if it is a better upgrade for someone else and only a nominal upgrade for them - even if they lost outright.

My guild in WoW has a couple of whiny, dramatic Internet Queens in it (one of which does the above mentioned whiny/pity me, gimme your loots shit), who happen to basically be fucking each other as much as two people who are in relationships/marriages and only online can, so they always back each other up even if they're being out of line in the first place. Since one actually holds a position in the guild, the other tends to act like she has the same position, the whole self-important by virtue of who they are with bullshit. It's a lot like having two yappy chihuahuas. They're two of the biggest reasons I've stopped logging in at all aside from raids, and get irritated mid-raids.

If you have a fucking position in a guild, don't let your fucking personal opinion influence your actions and how you handle people in the guild constantly, unless they directly assault you. Hate them, go ahead, but don't ever fucking belittle them in public or treat them like shit when they need you in the role of your position or class; only treat them like shit if they start in on you first, and if that happens, defer it to another officer or the guild leader. -.-

Needless to say, I'm not an officer or anything in my guild. ;-)