Looting -- The official thread for discussing the loot system. Updated 18th March, 2013.
" Its not yours, you had a head start to get it. That’s all. Among friends, they will usually not take something after the timer expires unless you walk away from it etc... I am fully in support of removing the timers actually. The only redeeming quality of them to me is it would make a "pickit" style program (used in d2 to loot first) less useful. I have tried multi-boxing in PoE and it’s not very fun or rewarding. Short of having bots follow you around it’s just not very practical. Results may vary I suppose. Thank you for the rational reply! maybe I did get you wrong. |
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" If players are expected to enforce loot rules we will need to have a loot log so we know who to kick from the group. If GGG will not include loot options please add a loot log and the ability to create a ban list for public groups. IGN: Wrathmar * Paulie * Client
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" the entire premise and/or motivation behind the feelings expressed in this post are so completely foreign to me I feel like any attempt to understand them would be impossible (to be clear, through no explicit fault of your own) but I'll take a shot at it anyway "Looting options however imposes a rule on gameplay that cannot be avoided." Do you know what you are describing here, in fact quite specifically? Free for all loot rules, or really any static setting without an offer of choice. If it were the other way around, and the game currently included, say, a permanent allocation timer, would you play solo exclusively and be happy with it? Would you prefer an option to disable it in order to enjoy being able to race other players for loot? as for the rest of your post, I think my opinion differs too much from yours in order to reach any sort of conclusion I prefer enjoying combat with reliable allies at my side, and to receive loot as a reward for a recently finished battle as a entirely separate occurrence you clearly do not, better to leave it at that |
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I feel that this thread has three distinct groups.
1.Players who are frustrated with the lack of loot options 2.Players who get a rush from FFA 3.Players who are exploiting the current mechanic to gain an unfair advantage IGN: Wrathmar * Paulie * Client
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" We kinda agree here. :) " There´s some player who multi box and are having very good results. I never did, and never gonna do that. But who im to judge who does it. GGG should be juding them. " Thank you :) |
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" what are people exploiting, the slow response time of others? lol loot log i kind of agree with, though it really doesn't feel right.. a blacklist for public parties - hell no. Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. Last edited by Chrono89#7401 on Dec 18, 2012, 11:29:36 AM
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High player latency, Slow player response time, Not actively taking part in combat.
IGN: Wrathmar * Paulie * Client
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" This might be true. Maybe there are some player who like the system and abuse it. But the real problem kicks in wen some factors come in, like ping/lag, people not fully enganging to kill a mob, like just waiting for it be killed to try to ninja loot and stuff. And the list goes on and on. As lots of people allready write in here, if the system still as it is right now, the game it´s not gonna be competitive, because no one gonna party besides close friends. It´s gonna be a non-cooperative game. Sad, but true. Im gonna still support the game, still gonna advertise the game, still gonna play the game for sure, but not the way i want to play. |
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" sorry to say that's not exploiting, that's the way of the road on the internet man " i don't see that, everyone kills the monster, then everyone scrambles for loot... it's just not a loot cooperative game really. People just fine cooperate all the time, if someone wants to throw a fit cause they lost a chaos - Oh well. Big difference between a guy stopping for 2 seconds to wait for the loot, and not fighting at all. Stopping for 2 seconds to concentrate on loot makes them more prone to dying anyway. If your leaving guys that don't contribute at all in your group its your own fault there. Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. Last edited by Chrono89#7401 on Dec 18, 2012, 11:35:18 AM
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Wow this is so sad....so when my friends ask me wtf PoE is i'll say its, "a non-co-operative game that you play with other people".
Just add loot options...by default you will be competitive unless you change the loot rules how hard is that ? |
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