• If you are present for each raid dump (being on time and leaving early affects your RPs)
• The length of the raid in hours (1 hour = 1 dump)
• Success or failure on target goals (possible bonus points)

• At the end of each encounter of a target mob, the Lotto Master of the raid will announce a warning that bidding will commence in the channel WLLOOT
• At this time, all members who are eligible and wish to enter the bid process for an item must be in this channel. You will keep this channel Clear of all unnecessary chatter
• A grace period may be given for all corpses to be resurrected and LD people to log back in before the bidding process. The time for this will be under the discretion of the Lotto Master and must be within a realistic time frame for the raid situation at hand. Example: for cycle mobs during an Emperor Ssraeshza encounter, only a few minutes may be given grace.
• The Lotto Master will clearly announce the start of bidding for Item_01. At this time, all eligible members will place their bids in the WLLOOT channel
• Only bids within the WLLOOT channel will be heard. If you mistakenly make a bid in /gu or /rs, it will not count
• Bids will continue until there is a noted pause between bids. At this time, the Lotto Master will enumerate the bids until a final bid is reached. Example: 21, 23, 25... 25 going once... 25 going twice... Winner! [member] wins Item_01 at a cost of 25 points!
• The Points Officer and Lotto Master are responsible for ensuring all bids are accurate and only eligible members enter the bidding system. Points and items won will be recorded and point standings will be posted on the web page following the raid
• Members may bid their points at their discretion and must not exceed their maximum recorded points
• Members may NOT bid an equal bid of another member. If someone bids 25, your next bid must be 26 or higher. There will be no cases of ties
• Members who lose their chances to bid due to LD's or other problems will have to live with it. This system is designed for ease and efficiency. Just remember that you will have other chances to bid and win so don't kill yourself over it
• Members MUST BE PRESENT from the initial time of engagement to be eligible to bid on the resulting loot.
• Class specific items such as spells and bard songs, runes, key components etc. as well as Omens of War ALL/ALL runes will NOT use the point bidding system. They will be randomly lotted between the classes/levels that can use.
• The loot you bid on MUST be useable by you. If the loot is not useable by you, you will be charged the points you bid on the item and the item will be bid on again.
• If the loot you bid on is lore resulting in duplicate items, you will be charged the points you bid on the item and the item will be bid on again.
• All bids are final and may not be retracted for any reason once submitted to the loot channel.

You are also responsible for making proper choices towards the types of items you need as upgrades. Just because you have a lot of points doesn't necessarily mean you should bid on everything that drops. Please be in good judgment of the types of items you are bidding for as upgrades and be aware that your guild mates might need it more than you.
It is YOUR responsibility to notify an officer if you were at raid but for some reason (link death, CoHing) were not credited for it


What about Alternate Characters? Can I bid for stuff for them?

Alt spending: Points are awarded to a main, not to any alts. A main can spend only up to 1/2 of his or her points (on any single bid) to bid on a piece of gear for an alt, rounded DOWN. So, if Vtull had 101 points, he could bid up to 50 of those points to buy Kazar something. This is to ensure mains have optimal chance at improvement while still allowing those willing to spend their points to upgrade their alts a chance as well. This will be under review.

To bid points for on an Alt, they must meet the following requirement(s):

• The Alt must be present on the raid AND meet our current level requirement for full membership UNLESS the item is attuneable or tradeable or as outlined in the bulleted point below. (example: Ornate Patterns, Attuneable items, etc.) With the advent of Omens of War, the attunement system, and our progression into raiding Sol Ro, epics, EP and beyond, circumstances have allowed us to open bidding for more non-attending alts.
• If a zone is considered to be on farm status only, no longer serves as a primary progression raid, main number restricted, and/or the act to be mentioned does not interfere with the continued flow of the current event, alts may be logged in at the completion of the winning bid. This is at the raid officers discretion and should be considered unique for each individual it pertains to for each individual event.
• We prefer that any drops we get go towards upgrading our members gear. However, we cannot fully police a policy on equipment that is lacking a NO DROP tag. We ask that you use your best judgment and be considerate of others.

• This system is an ongoing process and will have changes periodically made to it as the officers work out the minor glitches. Please keep yourselves updated and informed
• Unsworn who are not eligible to bid for any items during their recruitment period, ARE allowed to accumulate points by attending raids just like any full member
• You may bid multiple times on a raid night on multiple items, as long as you have the points
• There is no going negative, e.g. you cannot bid with points you do not have
• Points earned on the CURRENT raid will NOT apply to your spendable totals until the following raid
• Officers may decide to default certain items (e.g. Bloodfrenzy to MT/ST). When this occurs, it be announced in advance when possible, and this rare circumstance will occur only when the guild leadership deems it is in the guilds best interest
• Raids points are only accumulated on scheduled raid nights (Tuesdays and Saturdays). Guild raids that occur on off nights will NOT award points to members.

• Key components and other special quest items will be a random lottery, starting with mains closest to finishing the stated goal getting first priority. Under no circumstances will a main be rolling against an alt or unsworn in a WL raid situation. Example: Comm3 drops and Unsworn_1, Grugu & Vtull all need it, and it will be Vtull's last piece. The unsworn is automatically out of the picture. Of the 2 mains left, it will default to Vtull.
• There are a few other exceptions to this policy: In the event a raid is planned specifically to obtain special quest items (e.g. epic drops) or pieces, the person benefiting will not be charged points, nor will the person benefiting EARN points until the next scheduled raid dump AFTER the successful completion of the objective.
• Other rare or difficult components that drop unexpectedly and/or randomly that result in armor, weapons, tradeskill goods, or spells such as heads, tears, gems, scoriae, magnetized armor, etc are to be considered loot and bid on accordingly.
• Spells that drop will be deposited in the Winter`s Legacy spellbank. Pre-Omens No Drop spells (e.g. Ancients) will be lotted among the highest level class that can use it.
• ALL/ALL NO DROP runes that result in NO DROP spells/discs will be randomly lotted between main members, starting with the highest level that can use them. If a Greater Muramite Rune drops, any level 70 characters missing level 69 spells/discs will have priority.  If a level 70 rune drops and all 70s have their spells/discs, it will be lotted amongst 69s.  For example, a Glowing Muramite Rune drops and all level 70 people present at raid have their level 70 spells/discs, it would be lotted amongst all level 69 mains.  This will follow suit as needed (If we get a 69 rune, and all level 70 and level 69 members have their spells/discs, it will be lotted to level 68 members.) Please keep yourself updated on which runes you, personally, need.