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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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I don't think OP was implying they always get a drop. He probably just saw a hand off occur when it did happen. If a group of players (such as a guild) are camping something 24/7 and simply switch who is playing the character, then yeah they will be handing off the drops to another player in their guild so they can stay at the camp. This is how the Shiny Brass Idol camp works, for example. Typically someone would stay at the camp after a drop occurred, and ask in guild chat for a pickup ASAP from either a Druid/Wizard, or a nearby mule character.
Even if the item isn't lore, you would ideally put as much stuff on this shared character as possible (clickies, drink, spell reagents, etc.) to maximize the time between needing new stuff, so bag space is probably limited.
Unfortunately on a non-instanced server, this behavior isn't against the rules. If people have the time to camp the item, then they get to camp the item. The only way you can probably get a chance at the camp is if you watch the camp and catch the player being AFK for too long. I don't believe you can be AFK at a camp for too long and continue to claim it. Obviously give the player like 5-10 minutes to respond first, as people do need to use the bathroom. But if they are AFK for like 30 minutes straight, then you can take the camp. They will complain of course, but the rules state that you can't AFK camp. You should ideally record the player being AFK for 30 minutes and not killing the mob, so you can use it as evidence if elf lawyering is needed. You do not want to be the one that gets punished for camp stealing.
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This is what I'm talking about. I wont shame people by naming the camps, but there are items required for raiding and currently one guild is 24/7 spawn camping several of those items. There is absolutely no chance to get these items that significantly help unless they decide to sell them, and because they own the camp, they also dictate the price of this item. Seems shady and I'm 100% certain it wasn't allowed because my brother actually had to give up a camp due to a complaint of monopolization, because he would grab the same camp and just stay there constantly, using a timer to let him know when the mob would pop, then hand off the item to my other brother when he got it. We were younger then, but still I'm 100% certain that's what's happening here. The question I guess is whether anything will be done about it.