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.
• 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 indeed it has changed several times since inception. This document sets out the system in place as at September 2006.

The BRP systems are managed by a dedicated website. The system presently includes Zul'Gurub and Ruins of Ahn Qiraj (AQ20).

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 by someone other than you.

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.

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) and the nexus crystals bought by the Banker (see later), 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: Using the BRP system over a specified period of time (eg a week). People will place their calls on the forums and at the specified close time for that auction, the winner will be selected in the usual way, and the item mailed to them. BRP will be charged against the system in which the item was looted.
• Nexus crystals: People may request these for specific purposes through the forums thread. Distributions will be made periodically, according to current BRP totals, and items mailed to winners.

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

ZG BRP Price List

Item name	Thottbot	Allakhazam	Drops from	Item type	BRP
Aegis of the Blood God	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Shield	70
Ancient Hakkari Manslayer	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	1H Weapon	100
Animist's Boots	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Feet	75
Animist's Leggings	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Legs	105
Animist's Spaulders	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Shoulder	70
Arlokk's Grasp	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	1H Weapon	90
Arlokk's Hoodoo Stick	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	Off-Hand	50
Band of Jin	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Ring	50
Band of Servitude	Thott	Alla	Priests	Ring	70
Belt of Untapped Power	Thott	Alla	Priests	Waist	70
Betrayer's Boots	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Feet	95
Bloodcaller	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	1H Weapon	100
Blooddrenched Footpads	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	Feet	70
Blooddrenched Grips	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Hands	75
Blooddrenched Leggings	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Legs	105
Blooddrenched Mask	Thott	Alla	Priests	Head	95
Bloodlord's Defender	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	1H Weapon	95
Bloodsoaked Gauntlets	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Hands	75
Bloodsoaked Greaves	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	Feet	70
Bloodsoaked Legplates	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Legs	140
Bloodsoaked Pauldrons	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Shoulder	75
Bloodstained Coif	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Head	105
Bloodstained Greaves	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Feet	70
Bloodstained Legplates	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Legs	105
Bloodtinged Gloves	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Hands	75
Bloodtinged Kilt	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Legs	105
Cloak of Consumption	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Back	75
Cloak of the Hakkari Worshipers	Thott	Alla	Priests	Back	50
Fang of the Faceless	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	1H Weapon	100
Fang of Venoxis	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	1H Weapon	90
Fiery Retributer	Thott	Alla	Hazza'rah (Alchemy)	1H Weapon	65
Flowing Ritual Robes	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Chest	130
Foror's Eyepatch	Thott	Alla	Gahz'ranka	Head	130
Gloves of the Tormented	Thott	Alla	Priests	Hands	70
Gri'lek's Blood	Thott	Alla	Gri'lek (Alchemy)	Quest	20
Gri'lek's Carver	Thott	Alla	Gri'lek (Alchemy)	2H Weapon	105
Gri'lek's Grinder	Thott	Alla	Gri'lek (Alchemy)	1H Weapon	65
Gurubashi Dwarf Destroyer	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Ranged	100
Gurubashi Helm	Thott	Alla	ZG Trash	Head	85
Hakkari Loa Cloak	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Back	55
Halberd of Smiting	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	2H Weapon	145
Hazza'rah's Dream Thread	Thott	Alla	Hazza'rah (Alchemy)	Quest	20
Heart of Hakkar	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Trinket	95
Hoodoo Hunting Bow	Thott	Alla	Wushoolay (Alchemy)	Ranged	65
Jeklik's Crusher	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	2H Weapon	140
Jeklik's Opaline Talisman	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Neck	50
Jin'do's Bag of Whammies	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Off-Hand	70
Jin'do's Evil Eye	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Neck	75
Jin'do's Hexxer	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	1H Weapon	95
Jin'do's Judgement	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	2H Weapon	145
Mandokir's Sting	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Ranged	95
Mar'li's Eye	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Trinket	65
Mar'li's Touch	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Wand	65
Might of the Tribe	Thott	Alla	Priests	Back	50
Nat Pagle's Broken Reel	Thott	Alla	Gahz'ranka	Trinket	65
Nat Pagle's Fish Terminator	Thott	Alla	Gahz'ranka	2H Weapon	140
Overlord's Crimson Band	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Ring	55
Overlord's Embrace	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Back	55
Overlord's Onyx Band	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	Ring	50
Panther Hide Sack	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	Container	100
Peacekeeper Boots	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Feet	70
Peacekeeper Gauntlets	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Hands	105
Peacekeeper Leggings	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Legs	95
Pitchfork of Madness	Thott	Alla	Renataki (Alchemy)	2H Weapon	105
Primal Hakkari Idol	Thott	Alla	Mandokir/Jin'do	Enchant	100
Primalist's Band	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Ring	50
Primalist's Seal	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Ring	55
Renataki's Soul Conduit	Thott	Alla	Renataki (Alchemy)	1H Weapon	65
Renataki's Tooth	Thott	Alla	Renataki (Alchemy)	Quest	20
Ritualistic Legguards	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Legs	95
Runed Bloodstained Hauberk	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	Chest	130
Sacrificial Gauntlets	Thott	Alla	Priests	Hands	70
Sceptre of Smiting	Thott	Alla	ZG Trash	1H Weapon	60
Seafury Boots	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Feet	70
Seafury Gauntlets	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Hands	105
Seafury Leggings	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Legs	95
Seal of Jin	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Ring	50
Seal of the Gurubashi Berserker	Thott	Alla	Priests	Ring	70
Shadow Panther Hide Belt	Thott	Alla	ZG Trash	Waist	65
Shadow Panther Hide Gloves	Thott	Alla	ZG Trash	Hands	65
Soul Corrupter's Necklace	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Neck	75
Swift Razzashi Raptor	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Mount	Free roll
Swift Zulian Tiger	Thott	Alla	Thekal	Mount	Free roll
Talisman of Protection	Thott	Alla	Mar'li	Neck	50
The Eye of Hakkar	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Neck	75
The Hexxer's Cover	Thott	Alla	Jin'do	Head	105
Thekal's Grasp	Thott	Alla	Thekal	1H Weapon	90
Thoughtblighter	Thott	Alla	Hazza'rah (Alchemy)	Wand	50
Tigule's Harpoon	Thott	Alla	Gahz'ranka	2H Weapon	105
Touch of Chaos	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	Wand	70
Warblade of the Hakkari	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	1H Weapon	95
Warblade of the Hakkari	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	1H Weapon	95
Will of Arlokk	Thott	Alla	Arlokk	2H Weapon	140
Wushoolay's Mane	Thott	Alla	Wushoolay (Alchemy)	Quest	20
Wushoolay's Poker	Thott	Alla	Wushoolay (Alchemy)	1H Weapon	65
Zanzil's Band	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	Ring	50
Zanzil's Seal	Thott	Alla	Bloodlord Mandokir	Ring	55
Zin'Rokh, Destroyer of Worlds	Thott	Alla	Hakkar	2H Weapon	155
Zulian Ceremonial Staff	Thott	Alla	ZG Trash	2H Weapon	95
Zulian Defender	Thott	Alla	Jeklik	Shield	50
Zulian Headdress	Thott	Alla	Priests	Head	95
Zulian Scepter of Rites	Thott	Alla	Priests	1H Weapon	65
Zulian Slicer	Thott	Alla	Thekal	1H Weapon	65
Zulian Stone Axe	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	2H Weapon	105
Zulian Tigerhide Cloak	Thott	Alla	Venoxis	Back	50

AQ20 BRP Price List

Item name	Thottbot	Allakhazam	BRP Value	Item type
Boots of the vanguard	Thott	Alla	100	Non-set armour
Bow of Taut Sinew	Thott	Alla	155	Range/Offhand/Shield
Bow of Taut Sinew [Melee]	Thott	Alla	60	Range/Offhand/Shield
Bracers of Brutality	Thott	Alla	85	Non-set armour
Buru's Skull fragment	Thott	Alla	70	1-H weapons
Class skill book	Thott	Alla	80	Misc
Crossbow of Imminent Doom	Thott	Alla	175	Range/Offhand/Shield
Crossbow of Imminent Doom [Melee]	Thott	Alla	65	Range/Offhand/Shield
Dustwind Turban	Thott	Alla	145	Non-set armour
Gauntlets of New Life	Thott	Alla	120	Non-set armour
Gauntlets of the Immovable	Thott	Alla	105	Non-set armour
Gloves of Dark Wisdom	Thott	Alla	120	Non-set armour
Head of Ossirian the Unscarred	Thott	Alla	80	Quest item
Helm of Domination	Thott	Alla	160	Non-set armour
Leggings of the Black Blizzard	Thott	Alla	160	Non-set armour
Manslayer of the Qiraji	Thott	Alla	145	1-H weapons
Manslayer of the Qiraji [Hunter]	Thott	Alla	80	1-H weapons
Ossirian's Binding	Thott	Alla	120	Non-set armour
Qiraji Hilt	Thott	Alla	105	Quest item
Qiraji Hilt [Hunter]	Thott	Alla	60	Quest item
Qiraji Sacrificial Dagger	Thott	Alla	95	1-H weapons
Qiraji Sacrificial Dagger [Hunter]	Thott	Alla	55	1-H weapons
Runic Stone Shoulders	Thott	Alla	120	Non-set armour
Sand Polished Hammer	Thott	Alla	110	1-H weapons
Sandstorm Cloak	Thott	Alla	85	Non-set armour
Shackles of the Unscarred	Thott	Alla	85	Non-set armour
Slimy Scaled Guantlets	Thott	Alla	105	Non-set armour
Staff of the Ruins	Thott	Alla	175	2-H weapons
Stinger of Ayamiss	Thott	Alla	100	Range/Offhand/Shield
Talon of Furious Concentration	Thott	Alla	75	1-H weapons
Thick Silithid Chestguard	Thott	Alla	145	Non-set armour
Vestment of the Shifting Sands	Thott	Alla	135	Non-set armour