UPDATED: 11-19-09

EDIT: This post has been edited to be current as of 11-11-09

The following table shows the number of trophies looted in the Trial of the Crusader and the equivalent tier pieces looted from Koralon the Flame Watcher (both in 25 man-normal mode). This table is for informational use only and does not imply any type of priority on loot. The people that have not looted any of these items yet are typically either not able to make it to every raid or are passing for whatever reason (not enough badges, better pieces available, etc.)

We've basically been handling trophy drops in rounds of 20. (20 was chosen because that is about the number of people that are consistently at every raid)

From here on out, trophies are still being done in rounds of 20, with each person being limited to 1 per round. (An exception to this rule being that if we run out of people that are eligible (they don't have enough badges, etc) we may begin a new round to allow those with the badges to roll again)

Once a player has their 4 piece set bonus (from ilvl 245 gear), I ask that they pass or stop rolling completely to give the others a chance at their bonuses. Once the majority of the raid (consistent raiders) have their bonus, the rolls will be opened up for people to get offset gear or that 5th set piece.

Once we start doing the Trial of the Grand Crusader (25 man-hard mode) the normal tier tokens that are restricted by class will start dropping. These will be handled the same way we've always handled them. We can all thank Blizzard for the worst tier system they have ever come up with, and hopefully they won't put in 3 tiers of gear for the same raiding season again.

I realize that this system isn't perfect, but considering we don't use any form of DKP, it's the best that I can come up with. If you have any questions, please send me a PM

PS. Just a clarification on a question that has come up several time in the past couple of weeks:

Trophies DO NOT count towards your getting loot from the instance. They never have.

Example 1: Player "X" gets a trophy from Icehowl, then a weapon player "X" wants a weapon from Jaraxxus, Player "X" can still roll.

Example 2: Player "X" gets a weapon from Icehowl, then player "X" wants a trophy from Jaraxxus, Player "X" can still roll.

Example 3: Player "X" gets a weapon from Icehowl, then wants a pair of bracers from Jaraxxus. Player "Y" also wants said bracers from Jaraxxus, but has not gotten any loot (not counting a trophy) so far on this night. The following should take place:

[Raid][Brashan] [Epic Bracers] anyone?

[Raid][Player X] me (1)

[Raid][Player Y] me

[Raid][Brashan] grats Player Y

I hope this clears things up a bit. Luckily we won't have to mess with this much longer as Blizzard is using a slightly different system for Icecrown.