Tich BRP

Introduction

The Basin on Tichondrius 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 5 April 2006.

The BRP systems are managed by a dedicated website. We maintain separate BRP systems for each of the following:

• Molten Core, Onyxia, World Bosses
• Blackwing Lair
• Ruins of Ahn Qiraj (AQ20)
• Temple of Ahn Qiraj (AQ40)
• Naxxramas

Points earned in one system may only be spent within that same system. This has been done to prevent farming points in earlier instances to spend in later ones.

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. There are a number of calls you may make if you want the item:

• Need: You should call need if you need that item on the toon you are playing on that raid. Need calls have the highest priority for loot.
• Upgrade: You may call upgrade on your Tier 2 hat or leg item (dropped by Onyxia and Ragnaros respectively) if you already have the Tier 1 item for that slot. Upgrade calls rank equally with need calls, but the price that you pay will be the difference between the Tier 1 cost and the Tier 2 cost (ie 45 BRP rather than 175 BRP).
• Downgrade: You may call downgrade on a Tier 1 item if you already have the Tier 2 item for that slot. Downgrade calls rank after need and upgrade calls in priority for looting, but if you win, you will pay nothing for the item.

After waiting an appropriate length of time (not generally more than 30 second 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 (subject to the priority explained above – ie need/upgrade first, and if nobody calls these, then downgrade).

If nobody calls an item, it will either be disenchanted (if it is a bind on pick-up item) and the nexus shards 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.

Class discounts

Certain items may be available to certain characters at a discount to their value, to reflect the fact that these toons receive less utility from these items than others. Examples of this are:

• Melee characters bidding on ranged weapons
• Hunters bidding on certain melee weapons

However, someone paying the full price for an item (ie a hunter no a ranged weapon, or a melee character on a melee weapon) will always take priority over someone paying a discounted price.

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 cores, lava cores, bloods of the mountain, BoE items not won on the raid, Nexus shards 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.
• Cores/BotM/Nexus: 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.

[How do we ensure zero-sum in respect of Nexus? Banker will be buying them in each of the BRP databases - do we track this and award them in the relevant one, or is it all done through the MC/Ony one?]

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 * 1.2) * 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%
  • 1 Hand Melee Weapons for Hunters - 40%
  • 2 Hand Melee Weapons for Hunters - 60%
  • Ranged Weapons for Melee Classes- 40%
• The 1.2 is the modifier for any purple (blues are 1.1 and greens are 1.0), again from the reverse engineering thread above.
• The 0.025 is a constant that scales the values back down to something approaching our old 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

Set armours

Slot	Tier 1 Value	Tier 2 Value	Upgrade available?
Head	130	175	Yes
Shoulders	95	130	No
Chest	130	175	No
Bracers	70	90	No
Gloves	95	130	No
Belt	95	130	No
Legs	130	175	Yes
Boots	95	130	No

MC/Onyxia

Item name	BRP Value	Item type
Aged Core Leather Gloves	105	Non-set armour
Ancient Cornerstone Grimoire	85	Range/Offhand/Shield
Aurastone Hammer	100	1-H weapons
Azuresong Mageblade	105	1-H weapons
Band of Accuria	100	Jewellery/Trinkets
Band of Sulfuras	100	Jewellery/Trinkets
Blastershot Launcher	160	Range/Offhand/Shield
Blastershot Launcher [Melee]	60	Range/Offhand/Shield
Bonereaver's Edge	195	2-H weapons
Brutality Blade	105	1-H weapons
Brutality Blade [Hunter]	60	1-H weapons
Cauterizing Band	80	Jewellery/Trinkets
Choker of Enlightenment	70	Jewellery/Trinkets
Choker of the Firelord	100	Jewellery/Trinkets
Cloak of the Shrouded Mists	90	Non-set armour
Core Forged Greaves	110	Non-set armour
Core Hound Tooth	105	1-H weapons
Core Hound Tooth [Hunter]	60	1-H weapons
Crimson Shocker	55	Wand
Crown of Destruction	175	Non-set armour
Deathbringer	120	1-H weapons
Deep Earth Spaulders	150	Non-set armour
Dragon's Blood Cape	85	Non-set armour
Drillborer Disk	65	Range/Offhand/Shield
Earthshaker	145	2-H weapons
Eskhandars Collar	80	Jewellery/Trinkets
Eskhandar's Right Claw	90	1-H weapons
Essence of the Pure Flame	115	Jewellery/Trinkets
Finkles Lava Dredger	160	2-H weapons
Fire Runed Grimoire	75	Range/Offhand/Shield
Fireguard Shoulders	110	Non-set armour
Fireproof Cloak	80	Non-set armour
Flameguard Gauntlets	105	Non-set armour
Flamewalker Legplates	110	Non-set armour
Gloves of the Hypnotic Flame	110	Non-set armour
Gutgore Ripper	100	1-H weapons
Heavy Dark Iron Ring	70	Jewellery/Trinkets
Helm of the Lifegiver	115	Non-set armour
Malistars Defender	85	Range/Offhand/Shield
Mana Igniting Cord	110	Non-set armour
Manastorm Leggings	120	Non-set armour
Medallion of Steadfast Might	75	Jewellery/Trinkets
Obsidian Edged Blade	155	2-H weapons
Onslaught Girdle	135	Non-set armour
Perditions	125	1-H weapons
Quickstrike Ring	75	Jewellery/Trinkets
Ring of Binding	85	Jewellery/Trinkets
Ring of Spellpower	70	Jewellery/Trinkets
Robes of Volatile Power	130	Non-set armour
Sabatons of the Flamewalker	105	Non-set armour
Salamander Scale Pants	125	Non-set armour
Sash of Whispered Secrets	110	Non-set armour
Seal of the Archmagus	80	Jewellery/Trinkets
Shadowstrike	130	2-H weapons
Shard of the Flame	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Shard of the Scale	105	Jewellery/Trinkets
Sorcerous Dagger	90	1-H weapons
Spinal Reaper	190	2-H weapons
Staff of Dominance	160	2-H weapons
Striker's Mark	155	Range/Offhand/Shield
Striker's Mark [Melee]	55	Range/Offhand/Shield
Talisman of Ephemeral Power	90	Jewellery/Trinkets
Tier 1 Belt	95	Set armour
Tier 1 Boots	95	Set armour
Tier 1 Bracer	70	Set armour
Tier 1 Chest	130	Set armour
Tier 1 Gloves	95	Set armour
Tier 1 Hat	130	Set armour
Tier 1 Legs	130	Set armour
Tier 1 Shoulder	95	Set armour
Tier 2 Hat	175	Set armour
Tier 2 Legs	175	Set armour
Vis'kag the Bloodletter	115	1-H weapons
Wildgrowth Spaulders	110	Non-set armour
Wristguards of Stability	70	Non-set armour
Wristguards of Trueflight	80	Non-set armour

Blackwing Lair

Item name	BRP Value	Item type
Angelista's Grasp	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
Arcane Infused Gem	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Archimtiros Ring of Reckoning	Link	Link	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Ashjre'thul, CoS	Link	Link	195	Range/Offhand/Shield
Ashkandi, GotB	Link	Link	215	2-H weapons
Band of Dark Dominion	Link	Link	80	Jewellery/Trinkets
Band of Forced Concentration	Link	Link	90	Jewellery/Trinkets
Black Ash Robe	Link	Link	170	Non-set armour
Black Brood Pauldrons	Link	Link	125	Non-set armour
Boots of Pure Thought	Link	Link	110	Non-set armour
Boots of the Shadow Flame	Link	Link	155	Non-set armour
Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Link	Link	90	Non-set armour
Chromatic Boots	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
Circle of Applied Force	Link	Link	90	Jewellery/Trinkets
Claw of Chromaggus	Link	Link	125	1-H weapons
Claw of the Blake Drake	Link	Link	120	1-H weapons
Cloak of Draconic Might	Link	Link	80	Non-set armour
Cloak of Firemaw	Link	Link	90	Non-set armour
Cloak of the Brood Lord	Link	Link	110	Non-set armour
Crul'shorukh, Edge of Chaos	Link	Link	140	1-H weapons
Crul'shorukh, Edge of Chaos [Hunter]	Link	Link	80	1-H weapons
Doom's Edge	Link	Link	105	1-H weapons
Doom's Edge [Hunter]	Link	Link	60	1-H weapons
Draconic Avenger	Link	Link	165	2-H weapons
Draconic Maul	Link	Link	160	2-H weapons
Dragonbreath Hand Cannon	Link	Link	185	Range/Offhand/Shield
Dragonbreath Hand Cannon [Melee]	Link	Link	65	Range/Offhand/Shield
Dragonfang Blade	Link	Link	120	1-H weapons
Dragonfang Blade [Hunter]	Link	Link	65	1-H weapons
Dragon's Touch	Link	Link	75	Wand
Drake Fang Talisman	Link	Link	115	Jewellery/Trinkets
Drake Talon Cleaver	Link	Link	185	2-H weapons
Drake Talon Pauldrons	Link	Link	125	Non-set armour
Ebony Flame Gloves	Link	Link	125	Non-set armour
Elementium Reinforced Bulwark	Link	Link	90	Range/Offhand/Shield
Elementium Threaded Cloak	Link	Link	95	Non-set armour
Emberweave Leggings	Link	Link	170	Non-set armour
Empowered Leggings	Link	Link	180	Non-set armour
Essence Gatherer	Link	Link	65	Wand
Firemaw's Clutch	Link	Link	125	Non-set armour
Gloves of Rapid Evolution	Link	Link	120	Non-set armour
Heartstriker	Link	Link	185	Range/Offhand/Shield
Heartstriker [Melee]	Link	Link	65	Range/Offhand/Shield
Helm of Endless Rage	Link	Link	165	Non-set armour
Herald of Woe	Link	Link	185	2-H weapons
Interlaced Shadow Jerkin	Link	Link	150	Non-set armour
Lifegiving Gem	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Lok'amir il Romathis	Link	Link	140	1-H weapons
Maladath, RBotBF	Link	Link	120	1-H weapons
Malfurion's Blessed Bulwark	Link	Link	170	Non-set armour
Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Link	Link	120	Non-set armour
Master Dragonslayers Medallion	Link	Link	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Master Dragonslayer's Orb	Link	Link	105	Range/Offhand/Shield
Master Dragonslayers Ring	Link	Link	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Mind Quickening Gem	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Mish`Undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Link	Link	205	Non-set armour
Natural Alignment Crystal	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Neltharion's Tear	Link	Link	140	Jewellery/Trinkets
Pendant of the Fallen Dragon	Link	Link	90	Jewellery/Trinkets
Prestor's Talisman of Connivery	Link	Link	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Primalist Linked Legguards	Link	Link	170	Non-set armour
Primalist Linked Waistguard	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
Pure Elementium Band	Link	Link	110	Jewellery/Trinkets
Red Dragonscale Protector	Link	Link	80	Range/Offhand/Shield
Rejuvenation Gem	Link	Link	115	Jewellery/Trinkets
Ring of Blackrock	Link	Link	90	Jewellery/Trinkets
Ringo's Blizzard Boots	Link	Link	110	Non-set armour
Rune of Metamorphosis	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Scrolls of Blinding Light	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
Shadow Wing Focus Staff	Link	Link	185	2-H weapons
Shimmering Geta	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
Shroud of Pure Thought	Link	Link	90	Non-set armour
Spineshatter	Link	Link	110	1-H weapons
Staff of the Shadow Flame	Link	Link	215	2-H weapons
Styleen's Impeding Scarab	Link	Link	115	Jewellery/Trinkets
Taut Dragonhide Belt	Link	Link	125	Non-set armour
Taut Dragonhide Gloves	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
Taut Dragonhide Shoulderpads	Link	Link	130	Non-set armour
The Black Book	Link	Link	120	Class trinket
The Untamed Blade	Link	Link	175	2-H weapons
The Untamed Blade [Hunter]	Link	Link	95	2-H weapons
Therazane's Link	Link	Link	155	Non-set armour
Venomour Totem	Link	Link	120	Class trinket

AQ20 BRP Price List

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