Monday, December 29, 2008

The Problems With Loot Council

Our Guild uses a Loot Council, made up of the interested parties, to distribute loot. Sometimes, this works great. I know right now that one of my fellow hunters will get the first KT gun, and the other will get the 2nd, 'cuz my 10-man KT gun is better than their Arrowsong's. In some situations, it works less well. Our first Fury of the Five Flights dropped tonight. Which is great, and I'm overjoyed! Except we had to figure out who got the damn thing. Officer's solution tonight? Drop both hunters, the DK and herself into a party & say "figure it out". *sigh* How do you say "the DK shouldn't get it because he's been too lazy to buy the badge trinket" without sounding like a greedy bastage? We ended up rolling... I won with a 53, but I feel guilty that I "bullied" other people into passing, with my enthusiasm. Anyone else been in this situation, and found a better solution than a /roll?

In the Queue Again...

Just can't wait to get out of the damn queue again! That seems as good a place to start as any, I guess, while I wait. So, I'm nothe. I've been playing WoW for a long long time, as both factions, and in every role except tanking (I seem to have a particular lack of skill in that roll, although a large amount of respect for people who can do it well). Currently I'm back on the alli side, as a female dwarf. Actually, two of them, twins. The first one was my very first toon ever, after a server transfer, a rename, and two trips through the barber shop (once to change the hair, once to put it back after I hated the new 'do!) She's a paladin, currently holy, but often ret. The second is currently my raiding main, a hunter, with her trusty cat, You. 

I read a lot of BigRedKitty, a lot of World of Matticus, some TJ, and a bit of Blessing of Kings. Reading all of that has convinced me that just maybe, I might have something of my own to add, as I often disagree with bits and pieces from all of them. 
 
What you should expect to see from me, in this space, is a little of a lot of things. Commentary on guild politics (you notice I don't mention my server or guild here ;) ), commentary on PvE, commentary on gear, on huntering, on paladining, on achievements, reps, alts, 5 and 10-man raids... just about everything except PvP, which I dabble in often, and fail at even more often. Hopefully it'll be interesting!