Raid Attendance

Since raid attendance has become the largest road block for our guild, we are instituting a modification to the DKP system in an attempt to encourage people to stay the entire length of the raid. We fully understand that RL can interfere from time to time and that is why we have chosen not to punish people for attendance, but if we do not push for better raid attendance we are not going to get through the Tier 5 content in a timely manner.

That said, we are not rewarding people for being in the raid when the raid leader calls the raid, but for being in the raid from the BEGINNING of the raid to the end of the raid when the raid leader calls the raid. This is called the "Iron Man Bonus." Previously, we were awarding all members in the raid at the time of completion 2 DKP. The Iron Man reward is substantially greater than this. It will be half of the total DKP earned by the raid as a whole, but not less than 5 DKP. This means all of the wipe and boss kill DKP will be added together and divided by 2, but it will not take into consideration sign up or on time DKP.

Example: An SSC run wipes on Hydross 3 times for 3 DKP, then kills Hydross for 3 more DKP. With a total of 6 DKP they venture to Lurker and wipe on him 5 times. Then they kill him for the first time as a guild which awards another 5 DKP. The total raid earned DKP is 16. If the raid is called at this point, the Iron Man bonus awarded would be 8 DKP.

This means if you want to be competitive in bidding for items, you need to seriously reconsider leaving a raid to go PvP, do quests, be frustrated at wiping, or for any other illegitimate reason. This guild does not function because Fogel and Rivalen show up to a raid. It functions because Fogel, Rivalen and 23 other people show up to a raid. Be part of the team and attend.