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

Still hate the loot system in pugs.

The loot should be locked to a user until all monsters are cleared in the loot drop area. This is because one person may be fighting a monster and a loot drops but while fighting the other members try to grab the loot instead of helping and before the person fighting has a chance to see the loot and try to get it.

I would scrap the system and just make all drops locked to the particular user it drops for. I am still upset that I had 2 unique drop and some random people took them before I could get to it.

The current system encourages stopping the fight to grab loot before anyone else which is counter productive to "grouping".

haters/trolls gonna hate but I'm not the only one who feels this way.

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killbilly wrote:

i was referreing to the "community made it harder via loot grief"
i know we do not fix the game :P

Well... I blame ambiguity.

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rothmans2k wrote:

The current system encourages stopping the fight to grab loot before anyone else which is counter productive to "grouping".

Correct.

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rothmans2k wrote:

Still hate the loot system in pugs.

The loot should be locked to a user until all monsters are cleared in the loot drop area.

I would scrap the system and just make all drops locked to the particular user it drops for. I am still upset that I had 2 unique drop and some random people took them before I could get to it.

The current system encourages stopping the fight to grab loot before anyone else which is counter productive to "grouping".

+@mibuwolf

if you are interested in a suggestion actually doing exactly that, among other things, please read this one:


i still need good honest opinions about it.

interestingly enough, chris mentioned in the interview, that they are against loot dropping fully allocated as a simple reward for players progress through the game.
But he didnt mention that they would be against any idea, making the allocation dependent on the players performance and therefore adding true competition between party members.

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DisorderedMind wrote:

+@mibuwolf

if you are interested in a suggestion actually doing exactly that, among other things, please read this one:

Spoiler

http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/18eodl/dynamic_player_performance_based_loot_allocation/

i still need good honest opinions about it.

interestingly enough, chris mentioned in the interview, that they are against loot dropping fully allocated as a simple reward for players progress through the game.
But he didnt mention that they would be against any idea, making the allocation dependent on the players performance and therefore adding true competition between party members.

Seems cool. Didn't read all of it and just glanced it, but I got the gist of it all. I honestly wouldn't mind such a change. But yea I'll read it after I'm done eating.

Well, it seems that everyone needs to find some friends. Or that the other side of the loot community needs to make a group that plays strictly with others who don't "ninja loot". I see this as the only possibility for those players currently.

Who knows, it's still a beta, things aren't set in stone. Have hope, but don't be blinded by it.

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Juggernaut448 wrote:

Well, it seems that everyone needs to find some friends. Or that the other side of the loot community needs to make a group that plays strictly with others who don't "ninja loot". I see this as the only possibility for those players currently.

Who knows, it's still a beta, things aren't set in stone. Have hope, but don't be blinded by it.

or play solo :)

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killbilly wrote:

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Juggernaut448 wrote:

Well, it seems that everyone needs to find some friends. Or that the other side of the loot community needs to make a group that plays strictly with others who don't "ninja loot". I see this as the only possibility for those players currently.

Who knows, it's still a beta, things aren't set in stone. Have hope, but don't be blinded by it.

or play solo :)

That too, I play solo because I like going at my own pace.

I play with my friends for when they're on.

You don't need to group up in a public game to enjoy the game. I've had plenty of fun playing solo and playing with a bunch of strangers you don't know doesn't enhance the game what so ever.

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Magus_Coldfire wrote:

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Survious wrote:

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Magus_Coldfire wrote:

New word for griefer/ninjas/people who just take everything they get:

LOOT WHORES

This describes their behavior better then ninja/griefer in my opinion.

Already used the word Loot Whores in my previous posts...and it is copyrighted.

You owe me $0.25 Canadian. ;)

But I have used it before you pal :P

Show me the copyright, until then I will tell people it was my idea, MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And next comes the world! :D

TeeHee

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Magus_Coldfire wrote:

New word used by little whiney cry babys for people who pick up random drops in public games is griefer/ninjas/people who just take everything they get:

LOOT WHORES

Fixed that for ya ^


...lol

Now we need a word to desribe these whiney little monkeys.


Im thinkin' Tear Jerkers.