Order+ EQ Loot Distribution Options

Okay we did Razy twice so it wasn't just a fluke.  I have been
thinking about loot distribution options for future high ticket
parties.

* Dice. (What we've been doing now.)

* Earmark for the person who needs it. (We've been doing some of this too.)

* Someone buys the EQ from the party for gold, or someone sells the eq
  for gold and splits with the party.  I sold some stuff for some
  goshawk parties and hated doing the work of selling stuff.

* NL+ with known bidder and reasonable mindbids for party members
  only.  For example for SBS, the minbid might be 500k nl+ points,
  which is cheap for an SBS and then members could bid higher if they
  want.

* NL+ with open auction and maybe a higher minbid?  So someone not in
  the party could bid it and get it, and all party members would get
  nl+ points .

Let me know if I missed any, and let me and Took and Banba know your
thoughts about all the options.

My thoughts at this moment are that the NL+ options more fairly
distribute the high value reward to everyone who participates, and
it's sorta nice because Hair and Nepos and the system do the work of
bidding and handing out the loot, and the leader's job is done once
they enter it in and hand the eq to them.  The earmark option is nice
but we don't yet have critical mass of members to really make that
work.  Since we're often picking up outsiders it is nice for those
outsiders (and everyone else) to get a payout.  The dice option is
nice because it's all done at the time the party happens, but it sorta
sucks because just one person wins big and the other people get much
less reward.

My inclination is to try the next razzy party as an open or closed NL+
as an experiment to see how it goes.  If someone wants the SBS I'd do
closed (party members only).  If no one does I'd do open to try to
maximize the NL+ points for members.

But I'm really new to all this sorta thing, I've nver done WoW or
anything, so let me know your thoughts.