SR BRP
Introduction
The Basin on Stormrage uses the Basin Raid Points (BRP) system to distribute loot dropped on raids. Key features of the BRP system:
- It is a zero-sum points system with no inflation. Long-term, frequent raid participants cannot monopolize loot at the expense of less frequent or newer participants.
- Items have a fixed point cost. When an individual loots an item, those points are deducted from his or her total and redistributed to the other people present on the raid.
- Note: We have added upgrade pricing to the system, so the points paid for class set items will vary depending on whether someone is upgrading from a prior piece looted under our system in the past.
- Loot distribution is proportional to the time you spend raiding. Individuals can enjoy steady progress for each raid they attend without experiencing the ceiling of a weighted random system or the strict turns of a list system.
The system is subject to change at the discretion of the raid leaders, and changes may be retroactive to the inception of BRP. This document sets out the system in place as at 03 January 2008.
The BRP systems are managed by a dedicated website. The address of the site is listed in the Guild Information tab on the Guild Pane in-game, and we are avoiding listing it here or on our forums for security reasons. The system presently includes 25-man raids in The Burning Crusade (HKM/Gruul, Mag, SSC, etc.).
Earning points
When an item is looted, the looter pays the points value of that item. That value is then divided by the number of raiders present, and awarded to them.
So basically, you earn points by being on raids where items are looted.
Spending points
When an item drops that is to be distributed by the BRP system, the loot leader will announce the item on teamspeak or in the raid channel (/ra), and invite calls. You should call need if you need that item on the toon you are playing on that raid. Note that there is a limit of one piece of contested loot per boss.
After waiting an appropriate length of time (not generally more than 30 seconds or so) and trying to ensure that all calls have been made, the loot leader will check the BRP tables and announce the winner, who will be the person with the highest number of current BRP.
If nobody calls an item, it will either be disenchanted (if it is a bind on pick-up item), or held by the loot leader (if it is a bind on equip item) and distributed via the forums, using the BRP system.
Banker
The Banker is a dummy toon who exists in the BRP system to ensure that zero-sum is preserved. He will buy all items that are looted but not awarded to a character present on the raid (eg fiery BoE items not won on the raid, Nexus crystals etc). These items will be distributed on the forums as follows:
- BoE items: Over a specified period of time (eg, a week), people will place their requests in a forum thread. At the specified close time for that auction, the winner will be selected in the usual way using the BRP system, and the item mailed to them. BRP will be charged against the system in which the item was looted.
Item values
Item values are calculated according to the following formula (if you are curious as to where this comes from, you may like to read this reverse engineering thread:
BRP value = iLvl^2 * (Slot Mod * Quality Mod) * 0.025
Explanation of terms:
- ilvl is the Item Level. It is squared to make higher-level items cost disproportionately more.
- Slot mods are as follows:
- Head – 100%
- Neck – 54%
- Shoulder – 74%
- Back – 54%
- Chest – 100%
- Wrist – 54%
- Hands – 74%
- Waist – 74%
- Legs – 100%
- Feet – 74%
- Ring – 54%
- Trinket – 68%
- Shield/off-hand – 50%
- Wands - 45%
- 1h Weapon – 70%
- 2h Weapon – 110%
- Ranged Weapon - 70%
- Quality Mod is is the modifier for loot quality (1.2 for a purple, 0.8 for a blue), again from the reverse engineering thread above, tweaked to reflect the relative values of blues and purples.
- The 0.025 is a constant that scales the values back down to something approaching sensible BRP values.
This formula makes higher-level items cost disporportionately more as we get into harder and harder instances that drop epics with a higher base item levels. We pay more to reflect the increased difficulty of the instance and the dedication we have to put into our toons to be able to contribute to a boss kill that can drop an item of that level.
List of values
T4 Items - Gruul's Lair, Magtheridon's Lair
| Item name | Drops from | Item type | BRP |
| Maulgar's Warhelm | Maulgar | Head | 470 |
| Malefic Mask of the Shadows | Maulgar | Head | 470 |
| Hammer of the Naaru | Maulgar | 2H Weapon | 520 |
| Belt of Divine Inspiration | Maulgar | Waist | 350 |
| Bladespire Warbands | Maulgar | Wrist | 255 |
| Brute Cloak of the Ogre-Magi | Maulgar | Back | 255 |
| T4 Shoulder Tokens | Maulgar | Shoulder | 320 |
| Axe of the Gronn Lords | Gruul | 2H Weapon | 520 |
| Teeth of Gruul | Gruul | Neck | 255 |
| Shuriken of Negation | Gruul | Ranged | 210 |
| Cowl of Nature's Breath | Gruul | Head | 470 |
| Dragonspine Trophy | Gruul | Trinket | 320 |
| Eye of Gruul | Gruul | Trinket | 320 |
| Collar of Cho'gall | Gruul | Head | 470 |
| Bloodmaw Magus-Blade | Gruul | 1H Weapon | 330 |
| Gauntlets of Martial Perfection | Gruul | Hands | 350 |
| Windshear Boots | Gruul | Feet | 350 |
| Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer | Gruul | Hands | 350 |
| Gronn-Stitched Girdle | Gruul | Waist | 350 |
| Aldori Legacy Defender | Gruul | Shield | 235 |
| T4 Legs | Gruul | Legs | 435 |
| Aegis of the Vindicator | Magtheridon | Shield | 235 |
| T4 Chest | Magtheridon | Chest | 435 |
| Cloak of the Pit Stalker | Magtheridon | Back | 255 |
| Crystalheart Pulse-Staff | Magtheridon | 2H Weapon | 520 |
| Eredar wand of Obliteration | Magtheridon | Wand | 235 |
| Eye of Magtheridon | Magtheridon | Trinket | 320 |
| Girdle of the Endless Pit | Magtheridon | Waist | 350 |
| Glaive of the Pit | Magtheridon | 2H Weapon | 520 |
| Karaborian Talisman | Magtheridon | Off-Hand | 235 |
| Liar's Tongue Gloves | Magtheridon | Hands | 350 |
| Soul-Eater's Handwraps | Magtheridon | Hands | 350 |
| Terror Pit Girdle | Magtheridon | Waist | 350 |
| Thundering Greathelm | Magtheridon | Head | 470 |
T5 Items - SSC, TK (to be added)
Nether Vortexes: Prices based on the items they will make: 1H Weapon = 65 BRP 2H Weapon = 100 BRP Chest = 260 BRP BoE Belts = 150 BRP (paid for by the person who will wear the belt)
| Item name | Drops from | Item type | BRP |
| Scarab of Displacement | Hydross | Trinket | 335 |
| Robe of Hateful Echoes | Hydross | Chest | 495 |
| Brighthelm of Justice | Hydross | Head | 495 |
| Blackfathom Warbands | Hydross | Wrist | 270 |
| Fathomstone | Hydross | Off-Hand | 250 |
| Ring of Lethality | Hydross | Ring | 270 |
| Ranger-General's Chestguard | Hydross | Chest | 495 |
| Living Root of the Wildheart | Hydross | Trinket | 335 |
| Pauldrons of the Wardancer | Hydross | Shoulder | 365 |
| Idol of the Crescent Goddess | Hydross | Relic | 250 |
| Boots of the Shifting Nightmare | Hydross | Feet | 365 |
| Shoulderpads of the Stranger | Hydross | Shoulder | 365 |
| Wraps of Purification | Hydross | Wrist | 270 |
| Band of Vile Aggression | Hydross | Ring | 270 |
| Grove-Bands of Remulos | Lurker | Wrist | 270 |
| Ancestral Ring of Conquest | Lurker | Ring | 270 |
| Boots of Effortless Striking | Lurker | Feet | 365 |
| Earring of Soulful Meditation | Lurker | Trinket | 335 |
| Tempest-Strider Boots | Lurker | Feet | 365 |
| Cord of Screaming Terrors | Lurker | Waist | 365 |
| Libram of Absolute Truth | Lurker | Relic | 250 |
| Mallet of the Tides | Lurker | 1H Weapon | 380 |
| Glowing Breastplate of Truth | Lurker | Chest | 495 |
| Choker of Animalistic Fury | Lurker | Neck | 270 |
| Velvet Boots of the Guardian | Lurker | Feet | 365 |
| Bracers of Eradication | Lurker | Wrist | 270 |
| The Seal of Danzalar | Lurker | Ring | 270 |
| T5 Gloves | Leotheras | Hands | 395 |
| Tsunami Talisman | Leotheras | Trinket | 335 |
| True-Aim Stalker Bands | Leotheras | Wrist | 270 |
| Coral-Barbed Shoulderpads | Leotheras | Shoulder | 365 |
| Girdle of the Invulnerable | Leotheras | Waist | 365 |
| Fang of the Leviathan | Leotheras | 1H Weapon | 380 |
| Orca-Hide Boots | Leotheras | Feet | 365 |
| T5 Legs | Karathress | Legs | 535 |
| Soul-Strider Boots | Karathress | Feet | 365 |
| Fathom-Brooch of the Tidewalker | Karathress | Trinket | 335 |
| World Breaker | Karathress | 2H Weapon | 595 |
| Bloodsea Brigand's Vest | Karathress | Chest | 495 |
| Frayed Tether of the Drowned | Karathress | Neck | 270 |
| Sextant of Unstable Currents | Karathress | Trinket | 335 |
| Razor-Scale Battlecloak | Morogrim | Back | 270 |
| Serpent-Coil Braid | Morogrim | Trinket | 335 |
| Pauldrons of the Argent Sentinel | Morogrim | Shoulder | 365 |
| Mantle of the Tireless Tracker | Morogrim | Shoulder | 365 |
| Talon of Azshara | Morogrim | 1H Weapon | 380 |
| Gnarled Chestpiece of the Ancients | Morogrim | Chest | 495 |
| Ring of Sundered Souls | Morogrim | Ring | 270 |
| Warboots of Obliteration | Morogrim | Feet | 365 |
| Girdle of the Tidal Call | Morogrim | Waist | 365 |
| Pendant of the Lost Ages | Morogrim | Neck | 270 |
| Luminescent Rod of the Naaru | Morogrim | Wand | 270 |
| Band of the Vigilant | Morogrim | Ring | 270 |
| Illidari Shoulderpads | Morogrim | Shoulder | 365 |
| T5 Helm | Vashj | Head | 535 |
| Glorious Gauntlets of Crestfall | Vashj | Hands | 425 |
| Krakken-Heart Breastplate | Vashj | Chest | 575 |
| Coral Band of the Revived | Vashj | Ring | 310 |
| Lightfathom Scepter | Vashj | 1H Weapon | 420 |
| Vestments of the Sea-Witch | Vashj | Chest | 575 |
| Ring of Endless Coils | Vashj | Ring | 310 |
| Prism of Inner Calm | Vashj | Trinket | 390 |
| Runetotem's Mantle | Vashj | Shoulder | 425 |
| Fang of Vashj | Vashj | 1H Weapon | 420 |
| Serpent Spine Longbow | Vashj | Ranged | 420 |
| Cobra-Lash Boots | Vashj | Feet | 425 |
| Belt of One-Hundred Deaths | Vashj | Waist | 425 |
| Boots of Courage Unending | Trash | Feet | 365 |
| Pendant of the Perilous | Trash | Neck | 270 |
| Serpentshrine Shuriken | Trash | Thrown | 270 |
| Spyglass of the Hidden Fleet | Trash | Trinket | 335 |
| Totem of the Maelstrom | Trash | Relic | 250 |
| Wildfury Greatstaff | Trash | 2H Weapon | 595 |