Former Echo member here. Love you guys, lot of great people in this guild and a lot of good times were had, but this is not an accurate description of how loot council works in practice.
If it were a matter of performance, overall upgrades, raid viable gear, last loot, and attendance, there is no way both the Silithus shield (2nd BiS for tanks) and the Chromag shield (BiS) would have gone to the same tank within a week when all tanks had perfect attendance, did their jobs equally well, and were all using inferior shields. Call me a salty tank (I'm Ghod, lest you think I'm trying to hide behind anonymity) if you must, but the loot council is more a trickle-down loot system, where the best loot goes to the perceived best in class every time unless they don't need it or pass on it (Like Vio passing on the t2 chest for months).
I really don't want to come off like I'm trying to derail your recruitment, I really wish you guys the best, and anyone who wants to raid will not find a better raid group to do it with. And don't get me wrong, you'll get gear, and you'll get gear fast, the loot council is a great system for gearing up new players to be competitive in raids, but towards the end of progression the flaws in the system show.
I honestly don't even know why I'm bothering to respond to this, it's likely only going to make you guys dislike me, but I think those applying to the guild should be informed of the system to its fullest extent. It will get you very good gear pretty fast, but for full BiS, you'll be waiting a while, and there's no opportunity to "save up" for one piece of gear you really want like you get in a DKP system. Both systems have flaws. If you geared up in a DKP system as quickly as you do with LC, you'd be in debt forever. But with LC you have no better shot at getting a piece of gear, regardless of how long you've waited for it. So I guess that's my point. Please don't ignore the flaws in the LC system, that will only grow resentment.
A+ guild though, I truly mean that. Best of luck to you guys and see you on the 17th.
