Idea for endgame raiding

[Ulaar]

The other day during our Zlandicar raid we engaged with roughly 28 people. We didn't do all that bad and got him to around 30%. Was more fun then I have had in awhile raiding even though we lost.

This got me thinking. What if we agreed on as system that promoted trying to get the fewest amount of people to engage a raid target. Instead of Zerging down when it spawns how about we enter a bid system. Rules would be simple, guilds that are there would enter a bid to see who could do the target with the least amount of people.

Example. Guild A bids 43 players. Guild B then bids 38. Guild A then bids 30 players. Guild B does not think that Guild A can do it with 30 players so they sit out for guild A's attempt.

Rules of engagement would be something like this (rough idea). Once the guild that bid the lowest amount of players won the bid, they must attempt within 20 min after winning the bid. The raid target must be engaged within this 20 min time frame and in camp, this includes train ups and such. All players from the guild that is doing the attempt must log out unless participating in the kill to show they are doing it with the amount of players they bid. If they wipe then the next guilds (if any) can start bidding. If all guilds fail with the bid amount of players then of course the last guild can just walk in and kill it with any amount of players.

Pros:
-All the rules are pretty hard and set in stone. If you wipe you lose. GM intervention would only have to be involved if there was obvious tampering from another guild.(training attempting guild, exploits and such)

-Its a true test of skills and teamwork.

-Its a challenge to fight a target with less people.

-I believe its a fun way to approach these old encounters.

Cons:
-Could be time consuming if more then 2 guilds show up.

-Less geared players would not typically get to participate.

-If multiple targets spawn at once, could get a little weird. (I would just have it that a guild already engaged on a target can not bid on a newly spawned target.


Of course this system would have its fair share of problems but I think this is a different and interesting idea on how to raid.

Let the flames begin!