Entropy uses EPGP for loot distribution. You can find more information about this system here.

The basic mechanic is the following:

- Contributing to the guild efforts, will award you Effort Points (EPs).
- Acquiring gear from raids will cost you Gear Points (GPs).
- Misbehaviour during raids will cost you EP penalties.

Every member starts with 0 EP and 500 GP.

Loot is distributed according to a priority value which is calculated as follows:


The higher your PR, the higher your priority to receive loot.

Every week, after the last raid, a 10% decay will be applied to both your EP and GP. However, your GP will never be allowed to fall under the initial value of 500.

EPs will be awarded as follows:

Event	Naxxramas, OS , Maly, Uld 10, Ony 10, TotC 10	Ulduar 25,Ony 25, TotC 25 , ICC10/25
Raid/Standby	50  (75 = Ony 10 , TotC 10)	100  (75 = Uld 25)
Past midnight bonus	25	25
New boss kill bonus	N/A	50
Join before 10 pm	50	100
Join after 10 pm	25	50
No show	-50	-50
Leave announced	-50	-100
Leave unannounced	-100	-150
Unannounced AFK (over 10 mins)	-25	-50

Raid/Standby

This bonus is applied to all those who signed up as Accepted on the calendar, and accepted a raid invite before 8.30 pm server time. It will also be awarded to people who signed up as declined, but managed to make the raid anyway. If the raid is oversubscribed, and you have to be on standby, you will also be awarded this bonus, provided you're available throughout the evening as replacement.

Past midnight bonus

If the raid continues over midnight, you will be awarded a little bonus for the extra effort.

New boss kill bonus

Awarded for first time kills, only on official raid nights.

Join before 10 pm

If you are late, if you declined but still manage to join the raid, or if for whatever reason you join later, you will be awarded the full EP value of the raid.

Join after 10 pm

If you join later, you will be awarded half of the value of the raid.

No show

If you signup as accepted, but are not available for a raid invite by 8.30 (that means being online but afk, being on an alt, being offline), you will be given this penalty. If you are regularly late for raids because of a specific real life reason, please inform the officers and you will not be given this penalty. Also, informing an officer beforehand, or making a post on the forum, about being late/not coming at all, will avoid you getting the penalty.

Leave announced

If for whatever reason you need to leave in the middle of the raid, and you whisper the raid leader or an officer about it informing them before logging off/leaving the raid, you will loose the EPs you gained when you joined. This is technically not a penalty, but we will consider you as if you signed as Declined and didn't show up at all, therefore removing your EPs for the evening.

Leave unannounced

If you leave the raid without announcing it, whether in raid chat, vent or whisper, all the EPs you earned will be removed and you will also be given a penalty. Please note that being afk unannounced for 20 minutes will result in you being removed from the raid and given this penalty as well.

Unannounced AFK

This penalty will be applied if you go afk without informing the raid leader (specifying how long you expect to be away). It will also be assigned if you fail to return in time during a scheduled break (so if we have a 5 minute break, but it takes you 15, you will be penalized).

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I have to leave at say 10 pm server time but can raid until then?

Feel free to sign up as Accepted on the calendar, and be online for invites. Before the start of the raid please whisper the raid leader and inform them that you will have to leave earlier, in that case the raid leader might decide to replace you or allow you to raid until you're able to (if the raid isn't full for example). If you are allowed in the raid group you will receive the regular EP award, while you will not be assigned any points if you aren't given a spot (as we won't be able to rely on you to step in if someone has to suddenly leave).

I'm a Social member, do I get EP?

No, you don't. Social members live outside EPs, GPs and PRs. As a social member, you will have lower priority on raid spots and loot on official raids, therefore you will be rolling against raiders offspecs and pay no GP.

My connection went down and I couldn't get back in the raid, will I be penalized even if I tell you what happened the next day?

In short, yes. We understand that sometimes stuff beyond one's contron happens, and the penalties are not in place to punish you for that. They are in place to discourage behaviours that could ruin the game's enjoyment for the other 24 people in the raid. If you have a real life emergency, you will not care about -EP, and if it's something out of your control, it will be unlucky for you, but the penalties are not that severe and unless it happens constantly (in which case there must be some underlying problem that needs to be addressed) you shouldn't be affected much by it.

How do I know how much GP a certain item costs?

If you download the EPGP DKP Reloaded addon, each item tooltip with have an additional GP value that will specify the cost of a specific item.

Why do some weapons have two different GP costs, and which one is the right one for me?

The GP value depends on the class and the use it's made. Let's take a gun for example: a hunter would pay the higher value as this is their main weapon, while a warrior would pay the lower value as this would be their off-weapon. Wands, thrown and off-weapons (other than off-hand) use always the lower value.

Rogues pay always the higher value on both main hand and off-hand weapons, so do fury warriors and other dual wielding melee classes.