Frayed Knot Raiding and Loot Rules

[Kenluin]

Welcome to the Frayed Knot Auction System and Loot Policy

The most current form of the Auction and Loot Policy is kept here


Section I - Auction Channel and Auction Etiquette:

The Loot Council (LC) conducts the bidding for items in an auction channel. Keep this channel in your list of Auto-joins. This channel is NOT for chatting. It is only to be used for the placing of bids, and other business as required by the LC. All items for bid will be linked in this channel individually for bidding, even duplicate items.If you have questions that needs to be addressed by the LC, you should:
A. send a /tell to a member of the LC AFTER the auction
OR
B. post on the guild boards under Loot Stuff

Section II - The Auction

Frayed Knot utilizes an open Dragon Kill Point (DKP) and loot award system. Each item is given a minimum and maximum value. You must be present for 80% of the event to be eligible to bid.
Bidding occurs in six phases -
1. Main Auction, where Mains (members, recruits, and guests) bid to obtain new items that they will use.
2. Alt Phase - Mains on the behalf of their Alts express interest in the loot that they will use.
3. Welfare Phase - Mains that have less DKP than the minimum bid may express interest for the item.
4. Open loot Phase - The Dannis rule is waived and the item is open for interest from everyone including earlier winners.
5. Vendor Sale Phase - Anyone so inclined to do so may bid on the item to sell to the raid vendor for the expansion, if the expansion supports it.
6. For Phase - If after the above have been completed,  and the item has not been claimed it will be looted by a loot council member for tribute, sale in the bazaar, or destruction.


Order of Events:
1. Beat the Big Bad Boss.
2. Member of the LC links all loots dropped in /rsay.
3. Begin Main Auction
  a. LC announces an item for bid in the auction channel, including min and max bid values.
  b. Mains (members, recruits, and guests) bid on linked item.
  c. LC closes the auction.
  d. LC announces the winner of the auction and the DKP cost.
4. Begin Alt Phase - if no mains bid during the Main Auction
  a. LC announces that the item is eligible for Alts. Please express interest.
  b. Members express interest for their Alts.
  c. LC closes the Alt Phase.
  d. LC announces the winner of the item based on highest current DKP, at the minimum cost of the item.
5. Begin Welfare Phase - if there was no interest during Alt Phase
  a. LC announces that the item is eligible to "Low DKP" Mains(mains that do not have enough dkp to cover the
  minimum bid)
  b. Low DKP Mains may express interest for themselves.
  c. LC closes the Rot Phase.
  d. LC announces the winner of the item based on highest current DKP, charging only the amount the winner has.
6. Begin Op4n Phase - if there was still no interest in the item
  a. LC announces the "Dannis Rule" has been lifted. This allows anyone to bid even if they won an earlier bid
  for that boss.
  b. Anyone may state interest for their main or their Alt.
  c. LC closes the Open Phase.
  d. LC announces the winner of the item based on highest current DKP, at the minimum cost of the item. 
  Awarding hierarchy is Mains first, then Alts.
7. Auction for Sale - if item is not won by someone in the previous phases then auction it for sale to raid vendor
8. Repeat 3-7 for all loots.

Notes about the Main Auction
1. Hosting LC starts and closes the bidding.
2. Auctions are for mains only.
3. Minimum is the lowest possible bid.
4. Maximum is the highest possible bid.
5. Multiple people can place a Max bid. Whoever has the highest current DKP total will be awarded the item.
6. If multiple people place the same bid below max, the first person to place the bid will win. The second
  bidder must increase the bid in order to continue the auction.
7. Correct typos immediately and don't joke in the auction channel during auctions. Example:

      Member A tells (auction channel) "4450"

      Member A tells (auction channel) "typo 450"

8. If a bid is placed at the same time that the LC closes the bid, the hosting LC may reopen the auction at
  their discretion.
9. Any member of the LC may suspend bids at any time for any reason. The Hosting LC will announce the reopening
  of bids.

Notes about the Welfare Phase and Open Phase
1. Identify yourself after LC asks who is interested in the rotting item.
2. Highest DKP total of those identified wins.
3. The winner is charged the min DKP price (or available DKP) of the item to their main.
4. If there is no interest, the item will be looted for tribute by a member of the LC.
5. You must be able to get your alt to the loot in a timely fashion. If you are unable to loot the item, the LC
  is not obligated to refund the lost DKP.

Section III - Loot Rules

1. No one may bid on an item that he or she cannot use because of level restrictions / class / deity / race. Erroneous bids could result in a penalty.

2. Dannis Rule - No member shall be allowed to bid on a second item from the same event from which they have already won an item, unless the second item is declared a rot by LC.

3. Each member is responsible for earning and spending their own points. There is NO deficit spending. In order for your attendance to be properly recorded, be at the raid on time. Totals can be checked at anytime on the loot site and any errors that may be found should be noted in a Ticket on the DKP site.

4. All members must attend at least 11 raids in a 30-day period to remain active. If a member does not maintain the prescribed number of raids they will go inactive and as such may bid no more than 400 DKP on any given item. In order to return to active status members must attend at least 11 raid events in a 30 day period.

5. Guests and inactive members are limited to a maximum bid of 400 DKP during any auction.

6.  You must be present for at least 80% of the event to receive DKP.  The LC is not obligated to award you DKP for questionable attendance/participation.

7. You must be present for 80% of the event in order to be eligible to participate in the auction for that event.

8. All items start at the MINIMUM price and will be bid on from that point until the MAXIMUM price has been reached. It is entirely possible that an item that sells for minimum on one date will go for maximum on the next.

9. Zone wide augments/items may be either handled as ordinary loot, or set up as a random roll depending on the rarity of the item. You may only receive one per night.

10. No member of the LC will ever host an item they wish to bid on, and will pass the hosting duty to another member of the LC who will not be bidding on the item.

11. You are expected to bring your main on raids unless given permission to leave your main behind by an officer/leader. Unless an alt is specifically requested, not merely Okay-ed by a raid leader, you will NOT earn DKP if your main is not present for a raid.

12. Should you be allowed to bring a secondary character on a raid, and the need arises to give the spot to a main, you may be asked to drop the secondary character to make room for the incoming main character. Removal of secondary characters is purely at the discretion of the raid leader, and will be handled in the most expedient/fair manner possible.

13. A very small number of items will not be distributed via DKP bidding. These items are almost always raid flag keys, quest items required for gaining access to raids, AE blockers, and on very rare occasion special loot exemptions. These items are handled by officers and are usually given out based on attendance, current progress on a quest, or items so rare that the guild leadership deems them too important to permit completely open bidding (this only happened once in the last 4 years).

14. The Ever Powerful Nufan Rule - One shall not link old gear of less than half the caliber of the new item awarded. To do so may result in bleeding eyes, mass hysteria and prolonged entertainment by the members of Frayed Knot. Instead, please excitedly and politely link your newly augmented items in appreciation.

15. You may not bid on an item for resale to another entity until the loot council has opened bidding for said purchases.

Section IV - Earning DKP

DKP is awarded per raid target.  Target values are determined by LC Officers and Raid Leaders.  DKP amounts for current targets are listed in the forums under Frayed Knot-Loot-Loot Stuff-Current DKP Amounts. 


Earning DKP -
1. Raid, Raid, RAID, then raid some more.
2. Recruiting a friend via the Find a Friend program.
3. As a recruit, when you are voted into the guild as a probationary member you will received a DKP bonus based on your attendance.
  a. For passing the vote, you get a bonus of 100 DKP.
  b. If your attendance exceeds 60%, you will receive an additional 100 DKP, or 200 DKP total.c. If your attendance exceeds 80%, you will receive an additional 100 DKP (to the 60% attendance level) or 300 DKP total.
4. When a level increase expansion comes out, sometimes a bonus will be offered for reaching the maximum level within a set time period.

Section V - Penalties


While penalties aren't the nicest of subjects, they are required in case of unacceptable actions taken by an individual to protect the rights of others and to correct inappropriate behavior. No penalty should ever be taken lightly. While we understand and accept innocent mistakes, we do not tolerate habitual misconduct, or malicious, greedy, or abusive use of the system. Innocent mistakes are dealt with quickly, and generally do not involve any kind of penalty. Infractions are usually dealt with DKP deductions. Continued misconduct may result in guild removal.

Penalty List (this list is not inclusive and is subject to change without notice):
1. Looting of items that were not awarded.
2. Interfering with a raid event.
3. Continuous raid errors.
4. Bidding on unusable items.
5. Spamming or playing around in the auction channel.
**Note** Auction channel is for auctions and LC run randoms ONLY. Keep all other chatter out.
6. Accepting Raid Invites and going AFK for the raid's duration (unless approved by a raid leader).
7. Bidding more DKP than available.

8. If you guild remove for any reason you will be given a 5 day grace period to return.  After 5 days your DKP will be reset to 0.
9. Guests who have not done a raid with us in 90 days will be removed from the system and their DKP set to 0.

We reserve the right to change these rules as we see fit.

Penalties are as follows:
Frist offense: Verbal Warning,
Second offense: negative 200 DKP
Third offense: negative 400 DKP

Subsequent offenses may result in removal from the raid, or even the guild.