With so many players raiding in World of Warcraft there is also a greater necessity for a solid loot distribution system. Many guilds feel that DKP or EP/GP is too much overhead to run or that it is just for hardcore guilds. Therefore many turn to a loot council to distribute gear. While in theory a council is easy, in actual fact there is a lot that goes into it to make everyone happy and ensure that your guild does not disintegrate over loot distribution.

The ideal group to use loot council is a group of players that knows each other and wants to work as a group to get through and defeat new content. While wanting to experience new content they also do not really care if they are personally 1st or 15th on the damage meters, or 1st or 5th on the healing meters, or if they are the main or off-tank is the ideal group for using loot council.

Byron “Messiah” Mudry walks you through the basic rules behind a loot council and how to run it as drama free as possible in this guide on How to run a Loot Council.