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

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AMightyFlash wrote:

Personally, I'm a veteran of the old FFA style of looting as per D2, and I see literally no reason why at least trying loot options would be a bad idea. The game is in beta. There is plenty of time to experiment. As has been stated previously, giving the +drop quality benefits to those who choose to FFA but not those who want their loot instanced gives players options and incentives to play as they see fit. If they want a drops-flying-everywhere-grab-what-you-can fest, great! If they just want to worry about staying alive and completing content without pressure that your shit might get ganked, you've got recourse. Everybody is happy!

It's hard for me to say if I personally would play regularly in instanced parties, but a sizable group of players seem to want it as an option, and make good points. I can understand their frustration when, for example, you get that drop that wand you need for the witch you are currently playing, you dive into a dangerous mob to get it, click on it but it doesn't pick up, then the Leap Slam Marauder who has been hovering over it the whole time snatches it from you, probably just to vendor or sell it later. This is an issue that could have a strong presence in determining the future success of the game. Even if it is a system you decide not to adopt, you have little to lose by giving it a shot for a week, a month, or whatever, and seeing how the numbers tumble out and what the community response is. I would be interested more in the numbers, myself. Again, it's beta. This is the time to be doing this sort of thing.

I might be late to the party, but there has been a lot of talk about "whiners" in this thread. Specifically, people telling GGG not to give in to those "whiners", keep the game tr00 and |-|4R|)|<00R, and to not cater to casuals (which I find more than a bit ironic). I agree. Keep the game challenging, engaging and fun, but keep in mind this isn't a debate about "casualizing" the game. This is a debate about providing players with options to play the game how they please.

tl;dr: Try it. See what happens. Make your decision from there.

My two cents.

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AMightyFlash wrote:

Personally, I'm a veteran of the old FFA style of looting as per D2, and I see literally no reason why at least trying loot options would be a bad idea.

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VideoGeemer wrote:

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Since increasing timers which slows down the game is a stupid thing to do, you can forget about GGG doing so.

Dude, just because your interpretation was 20-30 seconds, and THAT seems too much to you (and to me as well), doesn't mean twice as long as they are now would slow anything down considerably, and doesn't make the idea stupid.

The great majority of people who have suggested and supported this idea are only in favor of LONGER timers, not SUPER LONG ones.

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Mischief67 wrote:

1. Fight
2. Loot

what most people do:

1. Loot (watch for and take)
2. Fight

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Vooodu wrote:

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Mischief67 wrote:

1. Fight
2. Loot

what most people do:

1. Loot (watch for and take)
2. Fight

...Really? How do you loot before fighting?

Alls i ever see is


Fight and loot.. Fight and loot. In that order.


I keep see this getting posted and i can`t help wondering where this backwards point of view keeps comming from? Is it a WoW thing?


Hell, even when i play alone i pick up drops the moment they hit the ground.


I really don't understand concept of having to kill everything in a certain radius before all agreeing to pick up drops. What is this?

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EndOfEnds wrote:

Why is it that when you make a logical post with a suggestion that FFA defenders can't argue against, it just gets ignored in favour of flame wars. =(

While it wouldn't hurt GGG to EXPERIMENT with loot options, since it is in beta, all they really have to do is extend the loot timer by 1-2 seconds (not minutes, Vooodu, seconds.) .