One of the things discussed at the last officer's meeting was eligibility for loot on 25man raids. There's a limitation of the EPGP loot system that someone new has a top priority rating until they get their first item.

It really isn't fair for someone new to show up on their first 25man raid and get 1 or more highly desirable items immediately, without having proved themselves to be a raider first.

So, we decided to set a minimum EP of 6000 to competitively declare need. This number is equivalent to 2 full Naxx clears, which really isn't too difficult to earn. We may adjust this number at some point depending on how things work out.

The EPGP addon will automatically sort all people with less than the minimum below all people above the minimum. This means that people below the MinEP can still declare need, but they'll only win an item if no one above the minimum needs it as an upgrade.

This will go into effect immediately.

On a separate, but related, note: Because tanking druids spend a significant portion of their time dpsing for the benefit of the raid, they will get first grabs on offset dps gear. So it's still main gear set upgrades first at full GP price, then tanking druids for offsets at offset prices, then everyone else for offsets at offset prices.