PSA Drop Transfer at your own Risk

[hagglebaby]

I've been experimenting with solo Shaman farming down in seb crypt but it's cumbersome to gate out with the loot and make my way back down solo. So I had the bright idea of drop xfer to a rogue bot at the safe spot and then hide/sneak the loot back out of the crypt.

Unfortunately I did this next to a full group. First I dropped two lumi staves. logged over easily with no hiccups but they were gone.

I then announced that I would be dropping a JBB and a Hiero Cloak and trying it again. I tried it again and those were also gone when i quickly logged over. maybe took a minute tops.

Soon after i alerted this full group that my stuff "poofed" one of the rogues went LD and a chanter gated and the group took a break to reform.

talking to a few friends, the consensus is that i'm a dumbass for attempting a drop transfer, especially in seb and especially near a full group. I left a petition in the forum, maybe I can get something back. Not the end of the world if i don't but this would be the biggest poof i've had. Just wanted to leave this here so maybe someone can get a chuckle out of my carelessness. perhaps a scoff. Maybe even a cringe

[Jimjam]

Lucky you weren't fined $200 for littering tbh.

[vales]

why not just ask someone in that group to trade you the items instead

[Lifebar]

In the off-chance that new players use these forums: DO NOT DO DROP TRANSFERS.

NPC's pick stuff up.
Sometimes things poof.
People steal.

It sucks this happened bud. I think we all learned this the hard way at some point.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Lifebar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

People steal.

Worth mentioning, from a policy position, people picking up your dropped items: they are not stealing. They are picking up things you discarded. If you sell an item, drop it, give it to an npc then that is not your item anymore. You've relinquished ownership of it by doing this.

 

anyone using this as an excuse to interupt drop transfers is a jerk though

[hagglebaby]

Originally Posted by hagglebaby [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes I could have traded them to a player but the idea is to have a repeatable way to get loot out of the tunnel when I’m down there solo. So I was practicing

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Worth mentioning, from a policy position, people picking up your dropped items: they are not stealing. They are picking up things you discarded. If you sell an item, drop it, give it to an npc then that is not your item anymore. You've relinquished ownership of it by doing this.

 

anyone using this as an excuse to interupt drop transfers is a jerk though

Does that mean a reimbursement wouldn’t be granted from the staff?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by hagglebaby [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does that mean a reimbursement wouldn’t be granted from the staff?

You didn’t have the item at the time it was picked up so there is nothing to reimburse. They may tell you who picked up the item so you can ask them to return it. Idk if their policy is still to name pickeruppers tho.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You didn’t have the item at the time it was picked up so there is nothing to reimburse. They may tell you who picked up the item so you can ask them to return it. Idk if their policy is still to name pickeruppers tho.

Are their logs able to track that? I'd assume so?

[Belambic]

Originally Posted by hagglebaby [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does that mean a reimbursement wouldn’t be granted from the staff?

Doubtful they'd do anything. You threw it away, someone else took it. No different than IRL dumpster diving.
They're scum for taking them, but they broke no rules.

Also, beware of dropping things where there are pathing MOBs, they'll pick them up too.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Lifebar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

NPC's pick stuff up.

I don't think they do on this server. They did in classic, and I'm pretty sure there's a ticket to have them do it here, but I don't believe that ticket has been resolved.