People underestimate the variance of random loot. Once I lost 17 fungi tunic rolls in a row - in 3 man groups. Another time I won an IP, Torpor, another IP, and the Prince sword in Chardok - 4 out of like 6 rolls in a 12 man raid. I gave the last two away to Xoquil and Lavarian because I was feeling so bad at that point. It's simply a terrible system.
I am not a big fan of DKP either. I hate the fact that I will get a Monk item for either 500 or 1 DKP depending on whether or not my other monk pals show up. There are all sorts of opportunities for shenanigans there as pointed out previously. And lastly, you get the retards who insist on hoarding DKP for months while running around in rags to get That One Status Item rather than spending it on 10 other items that would make their character much better. But DKP is much better than random.
My favorite system is Loot Factor: every item is assigned a fixed value, and the system sums your total loot value over the past few months and divides it by your total attendance. This solves most of these problems, though I think any system needs a loot council override here and there to prevent major idiocy.
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