Comments on: Get your hands off my gear, you Damn Dirty Healer! http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/ A Perspective on the Raiding Priest Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Juzaba http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-281 Juzaba Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:36:01 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-281 Remember that occasionally quests will also provide decent upgrades. In upcoming 3.3, for example, I think the Quel'Delar turn-in caster mace will be what most people want to have in their hands as they enter Icecrown.

http://www.wow.com/2009/11/11/patch-3-3-ptr-queldelar-stats-revealed-kind-of/

]]> By: Exanna http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-280 Exanna Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:19:08 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-280 Our guild uses Loot Council, but we keep a very thorough record of who gets what in every raid. On our website, there's a loot summary page, a loot history page, and a very well-done attendance page. We (the LC) try very hard to be fair while also taking into consideration seniority and even "work ethic in the game," as in: "did you care enough to getyour crafted item made," and "are you HERE?"
As for priest gear, I have always maintained a list of the items I really, really, really need. I use the add-on LootPlan to keep that list accessible in-game without tabbing out. As an officer, I have passed on items that are on my list for others as it was a bigger upgrade for them. It's all about being informed about your needs and also being considerate of others' needs, too. Every now and then, something drops (like a top-notch mace) that I just want to cry over. Oh, well… /boohoo. It will eventually drop again, right?

]]> By: Christine http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-279 Christine Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:15:29 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-279 In our guild, we use DKP. no.2 post by matt about "Prioritize your list and figure out what you need vs others" does helps a lot, in our forums we all posted our loot wishlist in order to know what boss drop you really need as an upgrade to help the guild as a whole. so for me, it is important to prioritize things like these it really helps a lot knowing your character what gear base on looking at the stats,if you know that it does then you are good to bid.

Thanks for sharing this, really helps a lot and understanding more using the DKP system too.

Keep up the good work Matt and Avalonna! <3

]]> By: Zusterke http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-278 Zusterke Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:12:58 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-278 We had a similar problem in 3.1.
To make matters worse, half our raiding core were clothies. My fellow officers showed remarkable resilience towards my pleas to see the problem of the situation. In the end nothing was done to accomodate this issue.

In the end, it didn't pose a dramatic problem though it did take me a month longer to achieve the same gear level as fellow raiders with a lower participation level. We didn't use DKP but a simplified SKG-clone instead. Because of the SKG system, this balances out a bit better. Since the druids, shamans and pallies have a bigger guarantee on getting their armor item there's fewer left to big on weapons and jewelry. So our clothies had a pretty good shot at getting top gear.

Never the less, it took me a month longer to obtain a comparable gear level as my fellow, non cloth healers and I largely depend on badge/craft gear until the raid content is farmed frequently.

]]> By: Rilgon Arcsinh http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-277 Rilgon Arcsinh Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:20:29 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-277 And this is what fixed-price, zero-sum DKP absolves. Every item is X price, and the DKP spent by Y raider is given to everyone present in an equal share (even the purchaser). Highest point-retaining interested party wins, unless rulings are made by leadership for the guild's benefit (i.e. Trophies going to tanks first for quick gearing).

]]> By: Bati http://talesofapriest.com/2009/12/02/get-your-hands-off-my-gear-you-damn-dirty-healer/#comment-276 Bati Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:39:09 +0000 http://talesofapriest.com/?p=87#comment-276 Loot rules in my guild are with whispering a certain bid for 1 item. Who was the higher will win. This system definitely has his advantage but… i am a priest. So, this was interesting to read and yes, some things mentioned here are well spoken. I have been in this situation many times and I still am.
After I hoped for some drops that I didn't got because the mage had a uber upgrade with that item so he basically bided half of his dkp that was like 150% of my bid… I start accepting that I won't get best in slot on each item and after I did a short recap on how much those items WILL improve my end game performance and, considering gear is the last thing people should fight for any loot rules are fine with me at the end. I just need to perform better in what i wear and, to be honest, I didn't see my self falling behind :)

Hugs and happy healing!

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