Longbow of the Stormcaller  

 

it depends on what system your guild is using for loot.

/random. if your guild is casting lots* for loots, you're in a guild that's way too noob to kill agnarr. so don't worry about it.

merit. if your guild is on a merit system (and if they're kiling agnarr, they probably are), then a ranger will get this bow. it will do more for the guild to award an am3/eq ranger this bow than any other class. if all the rangers present on the raid have this or better bows, then they'll hand it to another class - hopefully a person who deserves it.

dkp. if your guild is using any sort of dkp system, any of the five classes above stand an equal chance at getting this bow. i personally disagree with this theory. i suggest a 1.5 modifier to a ranger vying for a bow. the same for +aggro weapons for warriors and pokers for rogues.

-for a dkp bids system. 10 dkp on a ranger who wants this bow would be the equivalent of 15 dkp for anyone else. this way, it's easier for these classes to get the upgrades they need to help the guild. under a bids system, if one raid-devoted warrior really wants this item for his range slot, he can still get it before anyone else. but it'll cost him.

-for a dkp /random system. that is, you take a list of everyone who is willing to spend the dkp on a certain item, then use /random to determine the winner. if each candidate for a bow is using /random X Y, rangers should get a 1.2 modifier on their roll. on a /random 1 100, that means any ranger who gets more than 84 has cut off non-rangers from winning. but 84 is a pretty high roll.

-for a dkp alpha random system. an alpha roll is /random 1 X, where X is the number of people who want the item. each person is assigned a number based on their alphabetical placement in the list of people who want the item. if the roll turned up 1, Aaaaniden would win. if it turned up X, Zzzthorn would win. if rolling for a preferred class item, each member of the preferred class should have their name entered twice. if 20 people want to loot this bow and 5 are rangers, well.. i think it's crappy chart time. one to display the effects of double name entry for preferred class loot's preferred classes.
total #interested/#preferred loot class(PLC)/initial % loot chance/modified PLC %chance/modified non-PLC %chance

 
#i   #plc   %c   %plc   %nlc 
 4     1    25    40     15 
 4     2    25    33.3   16.6 
 8     2    12.5  20     10 
 8     4    12.5  16.6    8.3 
16     2     6.3  11.1    5.6 
16     4     6.3  10      5 
16     8     6.3   8.3    4.2 
20     2     5     9.1    4.5 
20     5     5     8      4 
20    10     5     6.6    3.3 
25     5     4     6.6    3.3 
25    10     4     5.7    2.9 
25    15     4     5      2.5 

hope that gives you a rough idea. 22 looters for the item is the ideal number. but since they're regularly 4-10, the double name bonus is overmuch. but .2 of a name in an alpha roll is kinda hard =P

sorry for the long post.

*casting lots. an ancient form of gambling/making decisions, fairly equivalent to rolling dice.

Edited, Mon Feb 3 04:03:11 2003