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Burta, need 3x Crushed Topaz and 3x Crushed Jaundice Gems please.

Name: Lucianna
My vote:
#1 - NO!!!
#2 - YES with caveats
#3 - NO

#1 - I am a VERY strong NO on this one. Some others made great points about the problems of elitism, special status, and the need for ACTIVE raiders. Boxes are as much a danger to the raid as they are a help. I have been in groups that supposedly have a box as a healer, even though the box never heals anyone except their owner. The rest of us just die. Although less obvious, this is true about boxed Bards to some extent as well.

And there is the problem of abuse. Some I fear just "box" so they can get yet another alt preferentially geared up and are influential enough to get leadership to agree. It may sound harsh to those who sincerely just want to get geared up so they can better help the guild, but they can still gear up when items go to Alt or Greed rolls.

#2 - I like this IF it is restricted to high value greed items only. I think it could be a great way to drain large amounts of dkp from those with tons of it, in order to keep dkp levels more competitive for everyone else.

#3 - I am not sure what problem this is addressing, but I don't like seeing "Raider Boxes" given any precedence.

Additional Notes:

1. We should make Member to Raider status automatic. The easiest way would be to say after you reach xxx DKP you move to raider status. This is information we already collect and is easily accessible by all. We should also demote back to Member if the raider is not consistent, and maybe that could be a judgement left to class leads. If a player gets raider status, lots of gear, then goes away for 2 months waiting for the next expansion to reappear, they should return to find they are now a Member once more.

2. We should NOT impose further rules ad hoc on the fly as they can have unintended consequences. One example was the decision to give preference to the "highest level" characters on spells when Kunark came out. In my case I lost spells that would still be tremendously helpful, and I have

Have completed everything except the staff drop from the broken golem in Fear.

"5 points for being at the raid when it officially ends."

Does this mean the end of the scheduled time e.g. 3 hours? Or is it over whenever the raid leaders declare it officially ended regardless how long it runs over?

One suggestion might be to award the 5 dkp at 7:30 pm and offer a bonus for those who can stay longer if needed.

Just like to clarify as some of us have hard cutoff times negotiated with our spouses!