Looting -- The official thread for discussing the loot system. Updated 18th March, 2013.

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sittingonaparkbenchforyou wrote:

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bilbobeastlybaggins wrote:

It is insanely difficult for ranged players to pick up there loot with 4 tanks huddled over it.

People that argue this are obviously not playing squishier, ranged specs. It's pretty easy to defend the system when you're sitting their huddled in between monsters, not doing much of anything other than waiting for loot to drop. Then said players will say, as already noted, 'oh, you're just a lazy ranged spec, you don't deserve your loot.' What a joke. Half of the time something will drop that I can't get to because there will still be 2/3 of the mob standing there and I simply can't go rushing in like I'm a tank. The timer doesn't mean anything when everyone stops attacking the goddamned mob, period.

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Vooodu wrote:

Only the odd unique monster puts up a fight.

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mibuwolf wrote:

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Vooodu wrote:

Only the odd unique monster puts up a fight.

You sound as if you're speaking from a highly leveled up character. What about fresh new ones (1-40ish?)

I've already forgotten what has prompted this silly discussion. The goal here is to argue that another's opinion is wrong, or what?

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mibuwolf wrote:

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ktogives4 wrote:

Got tired of my loot getting jacked. I guess us slow people not hardcore enough.

It's currently a pseudo-FFA loot system. There is no "my". However, I understand your concern.

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ktogives4 wrote:

to make this less self-centering, it can read:

"Getting tired of ALL the loot getting jacked. Guess us slow people not hardcore enough."

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Minioneer wrote:

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ktogives4 wrote:

to make this less self-centering, it can read:

"Getting tired of ALL the loot getting jacked. Guess us slow people not hardcore enough."

This brings up an interesting thought: I've always been a slow thinker, and so are my friends. We've even made guilds named "Old and Slow" in other games. It's probably why I favor minion master builds; it doesn't take much in the way of twitch reflexes to stand back while minions do all the in-your-face fighting. And it's why we absolutely won't play a game without instanced loot.

The sad fact is, our slowness is a disability. It's the way we're built and there's nothing we can do to fix it. Does GGG really want to discriminate against it? Would GGG deliberately design PoE with a color scheme that gives the colorblind a major disadvantage? Or add flashing lights to trigger epileptic seizures? Or make quest text audio-only so the deaf can't play at all?

Of course GGG can't cater to every disability. It's probably impossible to make PoE playable by the blind, for example. But it's not that much trouble to add an instanced loot option for us slow folks, and judging by the amount of discussion about loot, it's a pretty good guess that there are enough of us to warrant it.

How about it, GGG? Have a heart! Instanced loot for the speed-challenged, please!

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Vooodu wrote:

core game mechanics

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Seraphyna wrote:

I don't understand why this is even an issue.

Just make it so that party leader sets loot-rule upon party creation. Those that want to play FFA can go ahead, those that prefer to play with designated loot can do so, don't like the loot rules in your group? Form your own group or join another.

End of story. Gosh >.>;