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Originally Posted by Vallanor
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Maybe I just don't understand what you mean by unbiased. I don't consider a DKP system inherently biased. You earn a DKP currency by attending raids and you spend that DKP as you see fit. Those who raid more have more currency to spend, but in the long run everyone should get an amount of loot equivalent to their raiding input. If everyone behaved in an ideal manner, there's no reason this system shouldn't divy up loot just as efficiently as a /random system.
When I think of "bias" I think of subjectivity. DKP systems are not subjective. You seem to have a different definition.
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What I mean by unbiased is it doesn't favor one particular outcome over another. If you go into a raid with Johnny DKP, Billy Casual Scum and Every Evening Eddie and it's /random, on any particular raid it's not going to favor one raider from the next, as it shouldn't because everyone has an equal contribution to making that particular raid happen. But over time, the Johnny DKP's are going to accrue more loot relative to others, because they're rolling more. On average it'll balance out that the people who show up to say 80% of the raids are going to be sharing 80% of the loot and the 20%ers 20%. The people who work more have more to show for it.
If you go DKP, the outcome of who gets loot is strongly skewed to Johnny DKP. Every Evening Eddie has a little favor, Billy Casual Scum may as well not even bother. Now say Billy Casual Scum rides it out and saves his DKP for that one special item he really, really wants, he's still at a horrible disadvantage as other loot that he might otherwise buy is going to the Johnny DKP's of the guild because he can't afford to spend his points and bid on it because he needs every point he can get for the one thing he wants and at the end of the day it's still no guarantee he won't be outbid. The loot goes disproportionately to the DKP farmers.