I think in many ways, item loot would discourage pvp. On RZ, you saw people bagging items or doing all they could to gate instead of fighting back. When they did fight back, they were usually in planar gear with all drop items bagged. If you go the other way, and only allow stuff that isn't worn to be looted, people will just stop carrying that stuff around. You'll see a lot less clicky items being used, and in some ways this would gimp melee classes. If they want to use bracer of the hidden for their see invis (and a clicky), they would have to keep it equipped all of the time or risk losing it.
Who are these hordes of people that some of you are saying will come to Red99 if item loot is enabled? I don't understand it at all; even players on RZ seemed to hate it (doing all the could to prevent it from happening).
If item loot ever goes in, it of course wouldn't stop me from playing. It would, however, gimp my characters as I would not often be willing to risk my stuff. I've never been remotely rich in EQ, and to lose any piece of equipment is a HUGE blow to me. The problem with item loot, I feel, is that the uber rich powergamers are actually risking less than players such as myself. Sure, they still risk losing the same kinds of items, but losing a resist ring is a much bigger deal for someone who doesn't have 100kpp banked.
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