[Bubbles]

Need before greed is so relative in a lot of spots.

For example: in lower guk dead side, there isn't a single item a druid would 'need'.

In Solb, discounting fire giants and efreeti, there simply isn't a lot of need in most of the drops.

But yeah, in general, i've always gone with need before greed. It's 10x more rewarding to watch someone put on a new piece of gear and continue on fighting than watching someone score something and go 'oh that'll rule for my 3rd alt!"

Pick up groups are generally something i normally just avoid, though.. I imagine a lot of those are straight /random 100s for whatever drops just because there's no other simply way to gauge need among 6 strangers and keep everyone happy (not everyone is so socialist and myopian about clapping for others getting loot).

As for 'Greed' in lower guk.. well.. considering 3/4s of anything killed in lower guk is killed solo by dang plat farmers, the greed component killed the mere concept of "grouping" entirely heh.