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

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iamstryker wrote:

On a side note. I don't think that this game is really classified as an mmorpg. Its an ARPG. In my eyes anyway

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BloodBlade22 wrote:

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iamstryker wrote:

On a side note. I don't think that this game is really classified as an mmorpg. Its an ARPG. In my eyes anyway

Online only to me means MMO(massive multiplayer online). But meh... splitting hairs here.

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Moosifer wrote:

Jesus christ, would you guys stop hoping this game is like others. Yes, ffa is tough and if you are in a public group you might get fucked over but that's the point of this game. We are playing outcasts who are suppose to fending for themselves regardless of who they are traveling with. Hence why there are dead bodies that look similar to the ones we play that we kick or hit hoping they spill loot.

If anything I think it should be more cutthroat and when a hardcore player dies his items spit out like they do in the cutthroat leagues.

I understand the whining but this game is modeled after d2, which was FFA (and who didn't have lag killing baal back in the early 2000s, fuck anyone who had T2-T3 internet).

Those of you coming from D3 wanting the same system, the rolls on items there are so horrible that everyone getting 2-3 inventories worth of items they'll be lucky if a couple are good. Then you have the AH to make up for bad drops. While good items aren't dropping like candy in PoE, I see way more usable items per run than I did in D3 where I could go a day without finding something worth over 10m gold (sometimes a week).

GGG stand firm but don't throw away any good ideas of they do come. Just keep FFA.

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Moosifer wrote:

Jesus christ, would you guys stop hoping this game is like others. Yes, ffa is tough and if you are in a public group you might get fucked over but that's the point of this game. We are playing outcasts who are suppose to fending for themselves regardless of who they are traveling with. Hence why there are dead bodies that look similar to the ones we play that we kick or hit hoping they spill loot.

If anything I think it should be more cutthroat and when a hardcore player dies his items spit out like they do in the cutthroat leagues.

I understand the whining but this game is modeled after d2, which was FFA (and who didn't have lag killing baal back in the early 2000s, fuck anyone who had T2-T3 internet).

Those of you coming from D3 wanting the same system, the rolls on items there are so horrible that everyone getting 2-3 inventories worth of items they'll be lucky if a couple are good. Then you have the AH to make up for bad drops. While good items aren't dropping like candy in PoE, I see way more usable items per run than I did in D3 where I could go a day without finding something worth over 10m gold (sometimes a week).

GGG stand firm but don't throw away any good ideas of they do come. Just keep FFA.

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iamstryker wrote:

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Moosifer wrote:

Jesus christ, would you guys stop hoping this game is like others. Yes, ffa is tough and if you are in a public group you might get fucked over but that's the point of this game. We are playing outcasts who are suppose to fending for themselves regardless of who they are traveling with. Hence why there are dead bodies that look similar to the ones we play that we kick or hit hoping they spill loot.

If anything I think it should be more cutthroat and when a hardcore player dies his items spit out like they do in the cutthroat leagues.

I understand the whining but this game is modeled after d2, which was FFA (and who didn't have lag killing baal back in the early 2000s, fuck anyone who had T2-T3 internet).

Those of you coming from D3 wanting the same system, the rolls on items there are so horrible that everyone getting 2-3 inventories worth of items they'll be lucky if a couple are good. Then you have the AH to make up for bad drops. While good items aren't dropping like candy in PoE, I see way more usable items per run than I did in D3 where I could go a day without finding something worth over 10m gold (sometimes a week).

GGG stand firm but don't throw away any good ideas of they do come. Just keep FFA.

Sooooooo do you have any argument against looting options, which is what people are asking for?

This game has different leagues to satisfy the different playstyles. Not everyone wants to play hardcore, cutthroat, or any kind of PVP. So whats wrong with a purely pve option?

How does D3 having horribly stupid loot and an AH have anything at all to do with this topic?

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devmoon wrote:

You have your answer as to why NOT include options already.

"We are playing outcasts who are suppose to fending for themselves regardless of who they are traveling with"

Add instanced loot and there is no more fending or interesting group dynamics (yes i think its interesting, yes i played public groups)