Isn't there a better way to distribute raid loot? If not which is most fair?

[Raev]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here's how it works:

Every player earns .5dkp for every event they arrive to on time.
Every player earns 1 dkp for every hour spent at every raid.
Every player earns 2 dkp for every mob killed.?

It's obvious that you have never run a guild before.

• Player X just spent 5 hours tracking. Should the contributions of trackers be valued more or less than raid hours?
• Tank X has 80% attendance while Tank Y has 20%. Tank X is busy upgrading all of his slots, but Y just wants to look cool in the tunnel with lightsabers. Is it really in the guild's best interests to give green dragon scales to Y?
• Rogue X averages 100 dps on Kunark targets, while rogue Y averages 50 (if you ever parse, you'll find its the same players who are at the top of the dps charts every time). Both players get the same DKP. Rogue X is justifiably pissed.

I could go on. The point is that DKP is a measurement of your contribution to the guild, and that measurement contains the bias. Not everything will make it into the DKP metric.