FFXIV Loot Priority Calculator

What this ledger solves

A loot meeting usually mixes three different questions: did an award appear, can a member use it, and who has priority under the group's policy? Combining those questions into one probability score makes the result impossible to audit. This tool starts only after the first question is settled. You enter the confirmed number of awards, mark item-specific eligibility, and calculate a simple quotient from values your team owns.

The output is provisional. It does not know job upgrades, best-in-slot lists, attendance exceptions, crafted gear, prior verbal promises, or whether a member wants the item. Those remain human decisions. The tool's value is narrower and more practical: everyone can reproduce the same arithmetic and see exactly why an eligible member appears above another.

How to run one assignment pass

1. Name the exact item and tier. Do not use a generic “raid loot” label when different jobs or exchange paths have different eligibility.
2. Count only awards already available. If one coffer is visible, enter one. Do not add an anticipated future reward.
3. Freeze the roster inputs. Copy EP and GP from your group's dated ledger before discussing the assignment.
4. Mark eligibility for this item. Confirm job compatibility and whether each member is participating in this decision.
5. Review the provisional order. Resolve ties and policy exceptions openly, then record the actual recipient in your external log.
6. Update points before another pass. If your policy changes GP after an award, apply that change before calculating again.

The exact formula and its limits

For each valid row, priority quotient = effort points ÷ gear points. GP must be greater than zero. Only eligible rows are ranked. Higher quotients come first, and equal quotients retain roster order. The calculator then marks at most the entered number of eligible rows as provisional recipients. If there are more awards than eligible rows, the remainder stays visibly unassigned instead of being silently allocated twice.

EP and GP have no universal FFXIV meaning. A fair policy must define how points are gained, when GP changes, how absences and new members are handled, and who can correct the ledger. If your group uses another decision rule, use this page only if the quotient honestly represents that written rule.

Worked arithmetic example

The starting rows are deliberately generic. Member A has 1,000 EP and 500 GP, so the quotient is 2. Member B has 900 EP and 600 GP, producing 1.5. Member C would also produce 2, but is marked ineligible for the current item and therefore receives no rank. With one confirmed award, Member A is the sole provisional recipient. This demonstrates filtering and division; it does not describe a real static or a Square Enix system.

Evidence boundary

Square Enix's current Patch 7.4 Notes describe tier-specific reward restrictions and eligibility. They do not establish EP/GP. For that reason, the calculator cites official notes only for the changing game boundary and labels the quotient as a user-entered governance rule. Recheck the current Lodestone notes and in-game help before each tier.

Privacy and recordkeeping

Calculations run in the browser. A copied link stores the entered labels and numbers in its URL, so use role labels instead of personal information if that link will be public. The page does not replace a permanent award log. Preserve the final recipient, timestamp, item, point change, and any exception in a sheet or bot your group controls.