I do think people should have the right to be a dick and I think people should have the right to face the consequences of being one as long as being a dick doesn't violate the rules. Since no GM has weighed in, no one knows for sure whether there was any clear violation of rules.

Ethics are subjective, as this thread shows. But this is becoming a philosophical discussion and those go nowhere.

You are right about one thing Hitchens, no GMs have weighed in and made an exception to the existing rules that would permit this unethical behavior.

The existing rules are quite clear. Don't take something off of a corpse that you didn't kill unless you have been granted permission to loot that corpse by the person(s) that merited the kill.

Ninja looters
 

Lol at all the people trying to justify ninja looting, and then when proven wrong try to change the argument of discussion. It's a dick move, and it is against the rules, either way, don't do it. For the example of someone perma camping something and getting all his alts an item(s) from that camp... once you log, you give up rights to the camp. Is it that hard to understand? Your camp is NOT the same thing as the mob you just killed.... I can't believe people can't understand this (I think it's more like they refuse to understand, so they can claim ignorance when they are ninja looting).

On a different note, back on live I remember a gm event spawned this black dragon that the best guild on my server took down. While they were discussing who the loot goes to, me and 2 buddies went up to the corpse and just knelt next to it (to make it appear we were looting). Oh boy did that get people upset !

Being on the internet is like being in a car. People feel safer so you really get to see who people are inside.

-Brimacombe

You guys are all fucking dorks. I'm ninjalooting your shit the first opportunity I get.

If there is an unlocked corpse on the ground and no one around, there is no rule preventing me or anyone else from looting it.

Unless it's a raid-type situation, there is absolutely zero claim to a corpse you've abandoned that became unlocked.
If the system was meant to lock corpses till rot, it would lock corpses till they rot.
End of discussion.

Game mechanics does not equal server rules.

If you did not kill it, it is not yours to loot without permission.

No it's not.

The thread's discussion should have been ended at page 2. It's now going into halfway through page 13. Trust me...the discussion is not ended.

If this argument were valid, it would also be permissible to 2box, ninja loot in groups, and train mobs to your hearts content.