[Spoiler Alert] Need for Party Looting (Chest) Mechanic

My thoughts:

Realism, IRL you can't open a chest and stuff a lot of gold, some armor, some other stuff, etc into your backpack without people seeing you do it.
So my issue is that the game "hides" what that player is doing.
Unless they are really sneaky about it and no one catches them.

But I like there to be repurcussions when caught.
As is you pretty much cannot touch them even when caught.

 

I do like the idea of everyone seeing what is there though

 

with a justice system i've heard is on the schedule at some point, i'm certain something will be there as an additional way for the community to police it. i figured we'd be able to add bounties too with the system, too.

 

You need trust built into the system because you can't trust the people you play with, even if it is a PUG?

If this is a true role playing game, sucks for you is my simple answer.

That is just what people want to play at. You mean I can't play any Neutral or Evil biased character because the system will auto share what I "find"?

Yeah, if you want to play a NON RP game, sure, just like every WoW, EQ, LOTRO out there. Go for it.

Otherwise, besides the above, you are immediately insulting new people to your group as well, saying they are potentially dirty thieves that cant be trusted.

Which may, indeed, be the RP element they are going for.

And I ask again: Why must it be fair? It is unfair to those playing greedy characters, or *Evil character alignments.

Cheers.

 

Yeah, I am fine with everyone seeing the chest contents just no auto loot systems.

 

I think even if you trust others in the group, there is a not a really fair/easy way to handle the most valuable items in a chest. Even a simple /roll command might assist with that.

 

where can i find these dungeons?

 

There are some dungeon locations listed here:
http://sotawiki.net/sota/Hidden_Vale

 

I was just partying with a party of 7 in Chilblains Compendium and I was glad of it being auto calculated and it showed details in the chat window when someone looted.
It was automatically done and I liked it and it was fine. We were way too busy trying to keep track of
each other,sometimes dying, zoning back to our group,(dang liches lol), dealing with the lag, crashes and some bugs, so for me I didn't want to think about it.

If people here have not done the dungeon in a big group get busy, I say it is great for having the ability to voice your thoughts here, plus submitting bug reports can
only help the game.

I have a pet peeve (or annoyance ) about hearing someone speak of something they have not even tried or done like they are an authority and like it is true. lol Well just sayin

I voted no by the way after hours in that dungeon lol, well only some of us diehards

 

oh... i soloed most of those, i thought you guys were talkiing about like actual dungeons.

i dont remember finding much treasure other than a nice bone throne

 

Absolute agreement.

 

First, the value of items is twice higher than the amount they sell for (though some items like silver ore or ectoplasmic residue can be sold to some NPCs for more), so if the value of items is 90k, you sell them for 45k.

Back on topic, I am against transparent looting of chests (and monsters). I think that player should be given option to 'cheat' the party, because being honest is than much more valuable if it is not forced on you.

The obvious solution for parties is to let the party leader (or some assigned person) to loot everything and divide it later. If someonbe breaks such rule, party leader should kick him out of the party...

The thing is, if the current looting mechanics are in place, it is quite easy to quickly learn who you should (not) run the dungeon with. Sure it might be more complicated in the future with more random content in chests. Still, as much as I hate someone keeping loot for themselves, I want them to have such option. It will allow me to learn more quickly who not to be in party with.

 

A lot of us would use pick up groups to do dungeons and quests. Most new players now barely know anyone and the game (currently) doesn't provide a good way to communicate with strangers. I remember standing around for 30 minutes yesterday asking in local if anyone knows where the guild hall was. I doubt if anyone even seen my text even though they were near me.