Starting with next week's Gruul's raid, we will be implementing a new system of loot distribution called "Effort Points, Gear Points," or EPGP. Unlike the more traditional DKP models you may be familiar with, EPGP is ratio-based rather than currency-based. For a full explanation, I recommend visiting the developer's website. Otherwise, for an overview of the system as it applies to our guild, please see the following: An Introduction to EPGP.

As always, please feel free to contact me in-game if you have any questions or concerns. I definitely want to make sure everyone understands the system and is comfortable with how it works, since I expect it will become part of our shared vocabulary very soon.

On a side note: I'm a financial analyst by day, so I applied the model to a prior Gruul's run and crunched the numbers to prove that they're fair -- and they are. If anyone's interested, I'm happy to share the results of my mini-analysis through e-mail. (Yes, I'm a math geek. Are you really surprised? ;)