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Originally Posted by loramin
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I see DKP as channeling selfishness for the greater good. It's organizational sure, but not corporate.
Consider an obvious example: a Shaman has no reason to go to Plane of Sky once they get their FD ring. But other classes want haste belts and such, and they want Shaman to help.
Without DKP they wouldn't, but by having DKP the Shaman's selfish desires can lead to him helping his guildmates get Sky loot. Nifty.
The real question of "is it a participation trophy" is simple: did you do more than just participate to get it?
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TMO had a neat merit / DKP hybrid. DKP was literally participation trophies 1:1 and not spent. Before the FE merger ruined the loot council, I'm pretty sure it was a mostly objective system with some subjective wiggle room. Got something recently? Screw off loot whore. Haven't gotten something recently but a guy with >300 raids has objectively "earned" it more. It created a pretty good hierarchy based off both seniority and participation. Try hards could climb the ranks pretty quick, but old heads had an advantage just because they've been around longer.
tl;dr: DKP and merit both suck. Anyone who plays this game for virtual dollars or lets other people subjectively decide when they are worthy of an upgrade isn't lifeing to their full potential. Chat rooms are very 1990s. You should stop playing this one.
05-03-2019, 09:45 PM
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