Raid loot assignation

[Rasczak]

@Rasczak. There are exceptions tough if you arrenge them *before* running the raid, especially in guild runs. Don't expect the guild to be nice to you, if the guild run was all about guildy X getting Y but you get the drop and want to keep Y, since you want to TR in some far future.

I'm fine with the current system, it works pretty well IMHO

That is an age old debate though. If the leader has specified that when you join the lfm and you agree then it's still your decision. If nobody has said anything, it's a PUG group then it doesn't relate. A party leader can't turn around after seeing you dropped something and say you have to give it up now without first specifying that they are running the raid purely to find a certain item for someone.

I do agree though that if you have agreed to hand over a specific item if you find, prior to starting the raid / quest, then you should honor your word. You were allowed to join the group based on you saying that you agree to the terms. If you didn't agree with them then you should never have joined.

If it is your guildies asking and you run with them and find it then you have decided to hand it over prior.

At the end of the day though, no matter what the situation is, the loot has your name on it and you decide to pass it over or not. Everything else that is situational is considered to be good manners or ettiquette. But then again if I run a PUG group I will expect players to pull everything for themselves. I don't expect to be offered a chance to roll. I myself always stick bound to character items up for roll (that I don't need) to whoever wants it and once I have put their name on it then they can decide what they do with it.

What I will never agree with though, is some player telling you that his character has more use for an item than you do so you should give it to them. That is a piker trying to take a chance with you and con you out of your fairly earned gear. If someone like that gets annoyed and squelches you I would consider that a gift. Unless I squelch them first

[wamjratl1]

the whines onnly come from the pikers or jerks, something which can safely be ignored

the common rule is what drops for you, you can do with whatever you want

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The only issue I have ever had with the raid loot system is when other people think they are entitled to something with my name on it.

But that is not my problem, it is their's.

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QFT.

I am always happily surprised if I am allowed to roll on a piece of loot that someone else got in the chest. But I do NOT expect it. It's their loot, not mine.

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...in DDO the general idea is: what you find is yours.

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LMAO.

Anyway, here is a system, if it drops to you, do whatever you want with it. If it doesn't drop to you, man up and run it again in 2.5 days.

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Named loot sharing / rolling is awesome. If I don't need it, I'll put it up for roll but not cuz I have too, but cuz most folks do the same and it makes for good karma. If I want it, need it, feel I can use it, I'll keep it. Most folks seem to do the same thing.

You know it's funny, we've seen a bazillion threads on this topic but I do not recall ever having once seen any real drama on raid loot in the game. In fact, most of the time, when someone pulls something nice, I see "grats" pop up several times in party chat. <shrug> Maybe I have blinders on. No one has ever ****ed me off over raid loot (I've been jealous but not ****ed). I hope I've never ****ed anyone else off either.