After spending some time looking for a SW:TOR guild and getting tons of responses after a post I made in the  "looking for guild" thread, I realized I had plenty to think about and even more to write about. So the topic we're about to discuss is not only controversial but very personal.

The loot systems...

• Pros
• Puts the groups needs before the individuals.
• Allows a lesser geared player to catch up in the event of a replacement situation (healer had RL issues and had to be replaced).
• Cons 
• Allows one person or a group of people to dictate the progression of a larger group.
• Does not require nor reward hard work..
• Does not reward diligence or work ethic.
• Can be tainted with favoritism.

DKP Pros / Cons:

• Pros
•  Rewards those who show up on time and put in the work.
• Rewards diligence.
• Cons
• Can be abused with DKP hoarding.
• Can be tainted with corrupted data (addons / Website data corruption)

Roll lockout Pros / Cons:

• Pros
• Everyone has a fair chance at loot.
• Promoted selflessness.
• Less drama.
• No Favoritism
• Cons
• Requires luck
• Can be skewed by player banding (X player rolls for Y player so Y player has more than 1 shot at a roll)
• Can be frustrating never winning a roll per raid ID.

If you have any Pros / Cons to add to the list please leave a comment and I will try to edit them into the post.

The idea for the next few weeks and hopefully some of you from the SW:TOR forums made it over here, is to find out the most popular type of looting system and why. To keep the poll from being skewed I would like to ask that everyone please only vote once and please don't change your answer after voting unless you have a good reason, and in the event that you do change your answer please leave a comment listing why you changed your answer.


-Vudu