Originally Posted by
Polarthief
Because giving gear to players that die to mechanics is stupid. If you're not running personal, you're running loot council or an unfair group loot system (never again after my guild tried this in Highmaul).
If you are good at mechanics and pull your weight on DPS, you should be rewarded with gear. If you suck ass at mechanics and/or pull dumpsterfire numbers, no, you shouldn't be rewarded for being carried, even in a non-Mythic guild. Why are you rewarding the carries?
As for why EPGP/DKP/etc is reviled, it's just a horrible system. You either stockpile points into a blind auction and might still lose or you spend your points like mad and never have enough for what you need. There's also no telling if it's someone's BiS piece or not. The whole point of raiding btw shouldn't be the loot, it should be the challenge of killing bosses, and loot council makes it more about what's best for the raid rather than the individual.